56 
SEEPAGE OR RETURN WATERS FROM IRRIGATION. 
§ 53. The fact that, as a whole, the gain is small is a striking 
one, and even more so that there is in so many places an actual 
loss. 
It, then, seems true that the amount of inflow brought down by 
these sands is much less than has been believed. 
It seems difficult to account for as great losses at such points 
as is shown by some of the measurements, although the loss can be 
but little. 
§ 54. We have not been able to secure enough detailed in¬ 
formation of the location of the irrigated lands along the Platte, to 
be able to make a comparison in detail of the inflow and the irri¬ 
gated area. The areas irrigated stretch along the Platte, usually 
near the river. The area watered near Fort Morgan is, perhaps, the 
most extensive, and farther from the river than the others. The 
number ol acres which are tributary to each portion is not known 
closely enough to state in acres. But, making a general compari¬ 
son, we have the following table. The most that can be said from 
it is, that the amount of increase bears a relation, in a general 
way, to the extent irrigated. 
§ 54. Comparing the distribution of the inflow on the South 
Platte river with the irrigated lands, taking the average inflow as 
given in Table V., the average inflow to the State line is 2 feet per 
mile. 
TABLE XI. 
No. of 
Miles. 
Average 
Increase. 
From mouth of Poudre to 
Hardin ditch. 
8 
62.0 
From Hardin ditch to Put¬ 
nam ditch. 
11 
17.2 
From Putnam ditch to Fort 
Morgan canal. 
14 
57.8 
From Fort Morgan canal to 
Platte & Beaver canal. 
11 
46.6 
From Platte & Beaver canal to 
Snyder . 
14 
49.9 
From Snyder to Merino.. 
18 
55.4 
From Merino to Sterling... 
14 
33.7 
From Sterling to Iliff.. 
9 
17.7 ] 
From Iliff to Crook .... 
17 
20.3 : 
From Crook to State line.... 
36 
21.3 1 
Total gain. 
149 
298.7 
REMARKS. 
Receives seepage from about 10,000 or 12,000 acres 
watered from Poudre, also from Upper Platte. 
Little irrigation 
ditches. 
Hardin, Illinois and Corona 
Putnum ditch ; large part of Weldon Valley canal. 
tt 11 V; k inuiiuuuBr or vveiuon 
Valley, Deuel & Snyder, and Pyott. 
5 art of Fort Morgan canal, Platte & Beaver canal* 
most of Platte & Beaver supply. 
Some of P. & B. supply ditch, P. & B., and Fort 
Morgan canal; most of South Platte ditch, all of 
Edwards and Johnson, Snyder, and Tetsel ditches. 
jarge part of Pawnee, Springdale ditches, and other 
Sterling ditches. 
