SEEPAGE OR RETURN WATERS FROM IRRIGATION. 
35 
TABLE IV. 
SUMMARY OF PRECEDING TABLES, SHOWING GAIN IN SEEPAGE OF 
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. 
(In cubic feet per second.) 
Mouth of Poudre to Hardin ditch .... 
Hardin ditch to Putnam ditch. 
Putnam ditch to Fort Morgan canal__ 
Fort Morgan canal to P &B. canal ... 
P. & B. canal to Snyder. 
Snyder to Merino. 
Merino to Sterling....]!!!! 
Sterling to II iff ..!. 
Iliff to Crook. 
Crook to State line. 
Average per mile 
Totals 
No. of 
Oct. 
Oct. 
Oct. 
Miles. 
1889. 
1890. 
1891. 
8 
49.0 
68.7 
75.5 
12 
.... 
-18.8 
16.6 
14 
51.3 
27.0 
15 3 
11 
.... 
6.5 
38.3 
14 
17.1 
98.2 
18 
79.6 
21.3 
-20.3 
14 
fju . 8 
29.7 
33.4 
9 
4.4 
14.0 
28.1 
17 
• • • • 
-13.1 
36 
.... 
.... 
3.3 
151 
217.1 
165.5 
275.3 
2.2 
1.-7 
1.8 
Mar. 
1892. 
Oct. 
1893. 
Oct 
1894. 
Oct. 
1895. 
69.1 
69.0 
23.9 
79.0 
45.4 
-33.7 
50.5 
43.0 
29.5 
°60.8 
°68.3 
°152.5 
*72.7 
50.3 
65.4 
.... 
15.0 
24.8 
94.3 
.... 
34.7 
58.7 
158.5 
. . . 
33.8 
f25.8 
46.8 
.... 
24.8 
17.8 
17.0 
.... 
0.1 
-48.1 
.... 
.... 
-34.2 
-32.9> 
216.7 
254.7 
301.1 
510.1 
1.6 
2.6 
2.0 
3.4 
* Opposite Fort Morgan. °Schaefer’s Ford, f Below Pawnee. 
Ave- 
62.0 
17.6 
57.8 
46.ft 
49.9-- 
55.4 
33. T 
17.7 
-20.3 
-21.3 
298.7 
2. ft 
§ 24. We also include the results of the measurements on the 
Upper Platte, from the canon, 22 miles above Denver, to the mouth 
of the Cache a la Poudre, a total distance of 74 miles.' The meas¬ 
urements were usually made continuous with those of the Lower 
Platte, though here given separate. In 1895 they were made after 
the Level Platte was completed. These measurements were made’ 
under direction of the various State Engineers, with the exception 
of the first, which was made under direction of Col. E. S. Nettleton 
m connection with the U. S. Irrigation Survey. 
TABLE V. 
SEEPAGE INCREASE OF THE UPPER SOUTH PLATTE FROM CANON. 
« 
To head of City ditch. 
“ Littleton. 
“ Denver.,. 
“ Fulton ditch. 
“ Brighton . . 
“ Elwood and Wheeler ditch 
“ Platteville. 
“ above St. Vrain. 
“ Union ditch. 
“ Latham. 
“ Cache a la Poudre river... 
* Interpolated. 
(In cubic feet per second.) 
.5 S 
~ o • 
& t- 3 
O fi 
ce * 9 
Oct. 
18. 
Oct. 
14, 
Oct. 
23. 
Mar. 
7, 
Oct. 
30- 
Nov. 
0 'it 
29- 
Nov. 
Nov, 
1895. 
Si 
1889 
1890. 
1891. 
1892. 
1893. 
1894. 
<x> 
> 
< 
6 
5F30 
8.95 
27.6 
26.0 
18.4 
49 2 
19.4? 
24 9 
12 
18.9 
83.2 
73.9 
50.1 
84.6 
80.4 
64 3 
22 
64.1 
70.8 
105.0 
137.4 
94.9 
221.6 
198.2 
127 4 
28 % 
91.6 
110.4 
146.5 
149.4 
138.8 
256.0 
179.0 
163 3 
35)/(> 
115.8 
184.8 
124.5 
164.6 
306.0 
214.1 
171 ft 
44% 
133.6 
191.3 
228.3 
145.7 
220.4 
342.6 
272.0 
219 1' 
51^ 
147.9 
... 
236.5 
189.9 
230.6 
371.0 
336.8 
25211 
56>£ 
172.7 
242.9 
.... 
(20® 8> 
60^ 
16L4 
192! 8 
.... 
264.5 
426.6 
357 5 
302- 5 
68 
211.5 
308.8 
202.7 
291.7 
478.4 
381.1 
295 * 3 
74 1 
260.* 232.1 
335.7 1226.0 
329.9 
501.8 
438.3 
382.'. 0 
The sums given in this table will be found to differ from those 
given in the reports of the State Engineer. In many cases the 
seepage collects in side channels, and runs to the river. Where there- 
is good reason to know that it is seepage, it seems better to include- 
this as a part of the seepage inflow 7 ot the river. The examination! 
