Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-02-02

the past thirteen years. measured az
q point near the town Of Richfeld. is
rs, 900 acre feet The minimum run
of Of Big Wood river was in 1920
The run-off for that year was 1z5.e10
acre feet. and the maximum in 1911
Of $4,000 acre feet
Big Wood river above the Magic
reservoir flows through = valley rang
ing from TWO 70 ten miles wide Tia
valley Is an enormous gravel I'll with
z heavy ground water flow. Ground
water problems Of considerable i'm
portance viii be taken UP later.
Camas creek which empties into Big
Wood river al the hack waters OF the
Magic reservoir drains Camas Prairis
and the hills north Of the prairie.
Below the Magic reservoir al places
the river flows through canyons cut
in the lava rock; at other places the
river flows in z shallow lava rock
bed and in a few instances over 4
gravel bed
The waters Of the Little Wood
river after the spring run-off is util-
ized in its entirety by Carey Act
water users This part of the river
in the decree was segregated and de-
creed separate from the rest Of the
river and Will therefore not be treated
IL ~ -
Of the upper Big Wood river valley
the ground water intercepts the sur
face OF the ground and becomes q
surface stream namely, Silver creek
This stream is the only source OF
supply for the priority rights on lower
Little Wood river after the spring
run-off. Silver creek empties into
the channel Of the Little Wood river
ar q point just north OF the northern
boundry line Of Lincoln county.
In the upper Big Wood river valley
there is q 900 acres in cultivation
which are irrigated By 50 canals d.
verting from Big Wood river and its
tributaries These canals vary in ca
pacity from few inches 10 $50 sec
ond feet Over 1000 second feet OF
the waters Of Big Wood river have
been decreed in this section
South and west of the Magic rese--
voir lies the Big Wood project q seq
regation Of Carey Act land This pro-
ject had an irrigated acreage OF 5S.s55
acres in 1892 And 5000 acres OF de-
creed lands are irrigated from Big
Wood river below the Magic reser-
voir. The water for the third segre-
cation OF the Twin Fails North side
project Is irrigated n part from the
waters OF Big Wood river The rest
1f the supply IS obtained from Snake
river which is delivered into Big Wood
river at Gooding and diverted into
TWO canals further down stream The
acreage under cultivation on the third
OF the Twin Falls North
side project in 1922 vas 5.0ss acres
There are ss canals diverting from
Big Wood river below the Magic res
srvoir varying from a few inches 10
900 second feet in capacity Over
100 second feet Of the waters OF Big
Wood river are decrsed and diverted
n this section. In addition there are
licenses and permits covering over
200 second feet
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yood river the total acreage under
covered By decrssd prior
ty rights IN 1899 was lo.ese. There
re 2sT second feet q the waters q
silver crsek and lower Llttls Wood
iyer decrsed ard q isrse amount =
ratsr covered by licenses and permits
here are 81 independent canals d.
ertins from thess srreans with ca
ac'tiss varying from ts@ inches
3 ESQ sscord feet
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se above described streams in 1879
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