NEWELL.] 
NORTH PLATTE RIVER, WYOMING. 
29 
point Laramie River discharges into the North Platte, Fort Laramie 
being situated at the junction. Here a float measurement on August 
20, 1894, showed a discharge of 51 second-feet, and on October 7, 1894, 
23 second-feet. 
DOUOLAS STATION, ON NORTH PLATTE RIVER, WYOMING. 
Results of occasional measurements of the higher tributaries of 
North Platte River are given in the Thirteenth Annual Report of the 
United States Geological Survey, Part III, Irrigation, page 78. The 
highest permanent station, however, is at Douglas, Wyo., established 
by the State engineer in 1891. Above this place, on the north side of 
the river, are extensive tracts of laud which can possibly be reclaimed, 
though at heavy expense, by canals heading 70 miles or more west of 
Douglas. Records at Douglas have been kept for portions of four years. 
The results for 1894, as computed by the State engineer of Wyoming, 
are shown in the following table: 
Daily gage height 
and discharge of North Platte River at Douglas 
Station, 
Wyo., for 1894. 
Day. 
May. 
June. 
July*. 
August. 
Septemher. 
Gage 
height. 
Dis- 
charge. 
Gage 
height. 
Dis- 
charge. 
Gage 
height. 
Dis- 
ci: urge. 
Gage 
height. 
Dis- 
charge. 
Gage 
height. 
Dis- 
charge. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
8 .'..'.'.. 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
10 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
7.8 
7.8 
8.0 
8.2 
8.3 
8.6 
8.6 
8.8 
8.9 
9.3 
9.4 
9.7 
10.0 
10.0 
10.0 
10.1 
10.3 
10.5 
10. 3 
10.0 
9.7 
9.6 
9.8 
9. 9 
9.9 
9.8 
9.8 
9.8 
9.8 
10.0 
10.2 
Sec. feet. 
4, 600 
4, 600 
5,044 
5,488 
5,710 
6,377 
6.377 
6, 823 
7,076 
8, 092 
8,346 
9, 212 
10, 131 
10, 131 
10,131 
10, 438 
11, 052 
11,668 
11,052 
10, 131 
9, 212 
8,906 
9,518 
9, 824 
9,824 
9,518 
9,518 
9,518 
9,518 
10,131 
10, 745 
10 3 
10.5 
10.6 
10.8 
10.9 
10.8 
10.8 
10.9 
11.0 
10.8 
10.5 
10.0 
9.5 
9.1 
9.1 
9.0 
9.1 
9.1 
9.0 
8.8 
8.7 
8.5 
8.4 
8.3 
8.2 
8.0 
8.0 
7.9 
7.8 
7.7 
Sec. feet. 
11,07)2 
11, 068 
11, 977 
12, 596 
12, 907 
12,596 
12, 596 
12, 907 
13, 218 
12, 596 
11,668 
10, 131 
8,600 
7, 584 
7,584 
7,330 
7,584 
7,584 
7,330 
6, 823 
6,600 
G, 154 
5, 932 
5,710 
5,488 
5,044 
5.044 
4,822 
4,600 
4,380 
7.7 
7.6 
7.4 
7.3 
7.3 
7.6 
7.6 
7.6 
7.5 
7.3 
7. 2 
7^0 
7.0 
6.8 
6.8 
6.7 
6.6 
6.6 
6.7 
6.7 
6.7 
6.7 
6.7 
6.6 
6.4 
6.2 
6.2 
6.2 
6.0 
5.9 
5.8 
Sec. feet. 
4,380 
4,157 
3,718 
3,500 
3,500 
4,157 
4,157 
4,157 
3,937 
3,500 
3,283 
2,850 
2,850 
2, 423 
2,423 
2,211 
2,000 
2,000 
2,211 
2,211 
2,211 
2,211 
2,211 
2,000 
1,620 
1, 345 
1,345 
1,345 
1,145 
1,070 
1,000 
5.8 
5.8 
5.8 
5.7 
5.7 
5.6 
5.6 
5.6 
5.8 
5.7 
5.6 
5.6 
5.5 
5.4 
5.3 
5.5 
5.5 
5.4 
5.4 
5.4 
5.4 
5.3 
5.3 
5.3 
5.3 
5.3 
5.3 
5.3 
5.2 
5.2 
5.2 
Sec. feet. 
1,000 
1,000 
1,000 
960 
960 
920 
920 
920 
1,000 
960 
920 
920 
883 
850 
815 
883 
883 
850 
850 
850 
850 
815 
815 
815 
815 
815 
815 
815 
790 
790 
790 
5.2 
5.2 
5.2 
5.2 
5.2 
5.1 
5.1 
5.1 
5.1 
5.1 
5.2 
5.2 
5.1 
5.2 
5.4 
5.4 
5.4 
5.3 
5.3 
5.3 
5.2 
5.2 
5.2 
5.2 
5.2 
5.2 
5.1 
5.1 
5.2 
5.2 
Sec. feet. 
790 
790 
790 
790 
790 
765 
765 
765 
765 
765 
790 
790 
765 
790 
850 
850 
850 
815 
815 
815 
790 
790 
790 
790 
790 
79(1 
765 
765 
790 
790 
ORIN STATION, ON NORTH PLATTE RIVER. 
About 25 miles below Douglas the North Platte River is crossed by 
the Cheyenne and Northern Railroad, which joins the Fremont, Elk- 
horn and Missouri Valley Railroad at Orin Junction. At this railroad 
bridge a number of measurements have been made, and observations 
of river height were begun on November 1, 1894. The gage at this 
