Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1893

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Diagram of daily discharge of Yellowstone river near Horr Montana
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Precipitation
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Platte river basin
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Diagram of daily fluctuations of North Platte river Wyoming
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Diagram of daily discharge of South Platte river near Deansbury Colorado
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Diagram of daily discharge of South Platte river at Denver Colorado
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Diagram of daily discharge of Clear creek Colorado
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Diagram of daily discharge of North Boulder creek Colorado
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Diagram of daily discharge of St Vrain creek Colorado
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Diagram of daily discharge of Big Thompson creek Colorado
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Tables of mean monthly and annual discharge
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AMERICAN IRRIGATION ENGINEERING BY HERBERT M WILSON
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Page
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Preface
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Introduction
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CHAPTER I
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Alkali and drainage
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CHAPTER II
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Plan and profile of Pueblo canal Verde valley Arizonac
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Ancient dam San Luis Obispo county California
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Legislation and administration
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CHAPTER III
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Alignment crosssection and slope
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Cross sections of canal banks Calloway Idaho and Turlock canals
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Kings river canals
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Calloway canal system and plan of headworks
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Del Norte canal
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Del Norte canal system and plan of headworks
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Arizona canal
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Wyoming Development Companys canal
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Wyoming Development Companys canal system A and cross sec tion of weir B
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Kraft Irrigation District canal system
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Kraft Irrigation District Plan of headworks
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Pecos valley canals
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Pecos canal system
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Central Irrigation district canal
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Bear river canal system
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Bear river canal Cross section of hillside work
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Bear river canal Cross sections of Corinne branch canal
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Idaho canal system and plan of headworks
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Turlock canal
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Turlock canal system
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Turlock canal Plan of head works
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Turlock canal View of sidehill work
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132 psl. - That the right of way through the public lands and reservations of the United States is hereby granted to any canal or ditch company formed for the purpose of irrigation and duly organized under the laws of any State or Territory, which shall have filed, or may hereafter file, with the Secretary of the Interior a copy of its articles of incorporation, and due proofs of its organization under the same, to the extent of the ground occupied by the water of the reservoir and of the canal and its laterals,...
131 psl. - For the purpose of investigating the extent to which the arid region of the United States can be redeemed by irrigation, and the segregation of the irrigable lands in such arid region, and for the selection of sites for reservoirs and other hydraulic works necessary for the storage and utilization of water for irrigation and the prevention of floods and overflows...
130 psl. - Water being essential to industrial prosperity, of limited amount, and easy of diversion from its natural channels, its control must be In the state, which, in providing for its use, shall equally guard all the various interests involved.
132 psl. - ... of its road ; and upon approval thereof by the Secretary of the Interior the same shall be noted upon the plats in said office; and thereafter all such lands over which such right of way shall pass shall be disposed of subject to such right of way : Provided, That if any section of said road...
3 psl. - So many variables, that it is impossible to predict with any degree of certainty what will be the amount flowing in the stream during the next crop season.
130 psl. - ... to be composed of the State engineer and superintendents of the water divisions, which shall, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law, have the supervision of the waters of the State and of their appropriation, distribution, and diversion and of the various officers connected therewith. Its decisions to be subject to review by the courts of the State.
132 psl. - ... per acre has been expended in such necessary improvements during such year, and the manner in which expended, and at the expiration of the third year a map or plan showing the character and extent of such improvements.
132 psl. - Nothing herein contained shall prevent a claimant from making his final entry and receiving his patent at an earlier date than hereinbefore prescribed, provided that he then makes the required proof of reclamation to the aggregate extent of three dollars per acre : Provided, That proof be further required of the cultivation of oneeighth of the land.
131 psl. - SEC. 4. That at the time of filing the declaration hereinbefore required the party shall also file a map of said land which shall exhibit a plan showing the mode of contemplated irrigation, and which plan shall be sufficient to thoroughly irrigate and reclaim said land, and prepare it to raise ordinary agricultural crops, and shall also show the source of the water to be used for irrigation and reclamation.
120 psl. - Moncrieff * tells us, the difference between the meadows irrigated with the silt-bearing waters of the Durance canals, and those of the clear cold...

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