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Me an annu al snowf all range s from a few inche s in t he valleys to over 70 inche s in the mountains. Thunder showe r s are qu ite frequent during the summer mo nths . Annual prec ipitation r ange s f r om under 10 inche s in the lower agri cultural area s to more than 40 inches in the head waters . As shown i n Figure 7 , mo n thly precipitation varie s
tJ) SENECA BURNS W B CITY P RANCH REFUGE w I ELEVATION 4 15 1 ELEVATIO N 4 205 u ~ I ~ z ; 0 ·------··------""' ;::: I i': n: i) I w IX'. f- > u z m u 0 w .. w 0 z 0 , 4. FIGURE 7 • Average Monthly Precipitation a t Selected Stations. materi ally between the Seneca , Burn s , and P Ran ch Refug e stations , but the average annual yie ld i s quite s imilar. Mon thly rainfal l varie s from le ss than one -half inch duri ng the ma jor part of the growi ng se ason to about 1. 6 inches I during the variable high r a infall period . EC ONOMIC FACTORS 1. Population Earl i est apprai s al of the reg i on wa s mad e in the first h alf of the 19th century by parties sent out by the Federal Government and by representa t ives of the Hu dson' s Bay Co mpany. Later , following the disc overy of gol d in the John Day an d Powder River r eg ion s , the basin was t rave rsed by prospectors . It was not un t il about 100 years ago, however, tha t the f irs t em i gran ts settled in t he basin . Th e b asin suppor ts a r e l ati ve l y small popu l ati on , concentrated 11 p 1 1900 1910 2,598 5,374 6,113 4,185 .3 904 1,022 2,566 3,093 3,259 17.6 677 918 1,207 790 12.1 • Loca 1 Census Source: U. S. Univ. of and Service. ' Source: U. S. area u bl ow l l nd u in b i by a a. TA3LE 1. 2. 3. . s. AND STATE PRIVATE WTAL 1,230 34,720 496,870 30 51,730 7,810 Uonstocked Noncorrnnercial 8,500- 42,900 9,760 78,160 779,400 s ted to ci r t and d t 0 l i I I I H E B A S I N I G R A N T I CROOK ------RECREATION AREAS .. N.tloNI For..tC.inp 0 111.M R.a..ttlori Site Q R~ IW.t "'" I ~ Boot ~ng sa. NOTE: i..de1 '"""be" ,,.f., lo Tobi. 8 I I MALHEUR I I I ' L__-~--· ~-+..._--il---~~-'.--2+~ I I L I I I I FIGURE 9. Recreation keas. I 19 p i 9 4,500 120 - ,ooo +*Delintment 3,000 picnic, + Lake 3,000 600 +*Fish Lake 2,800 +*Krumbo Res. 1,000 Lake 1,000 0 0 - 0 - 200 WATER SUPPLY .,. I I i • I I I I I I I I i l ct d. l e y l y. max , and e annual ou low r 10 OlYIFWW 0 s 50 i ...... 00 -······ ·- •·· i 50 I I i ; • ;M,~~ I i i i t Average ! r J i u I ' J 1rill1 ili 45 I I 40 45 50 60 SILVER CREEK NEAR RILEY TROUT CREEK NEAR DENIO 10. 0 0 71,000 16,000 22~J,OOO 123,000 15,000 n,ooo 0 0 10,000 5,000 32,000 58,000 16,000 10,000 5,000 0 32,000 0 0 0 3,000 59,000 12,000 154,000 33,000 3,000 59,0'.JO 12,000 TO'l1AL 437,000 172,000 164,000 26,000 130,000 60,000 0 0 ?O,O'.JO 0 100,000 l -wa i I W A T E R S U P P L Y the percentage of t he water shed are a that i s in the higher elevation s and thus has later snowmelt. The Don ner und Blitzen di s tributi on p attern i llustrate s the influence of the canyon s nowpa ck on sea sonal di scharge. There i s a higher ba s e f low and the di scharge peak s are more s ubdued . I Figure 11 illustrate s t he seasonal distribution of the annu' a l DONNER UNO BL I TZEN R I VER SILV I ES RIVER NEAR BURNS NEAR FRENCHGLEN I I I SILVER CREEK NEAR RI LEY TROUT CREEK NEAR DENIO 300 -'-'~-•_M_¥_•L_E_52_•____o•_.._••_GE_._._,._,_,._s~O ~M• ,------DRAINAGE AP£JI se $0 Ml I Ave~ Ann11oJ Runoff: 29. 400 Ac Ft_ A v.,-ro~ Aa.oua/ Runoff: ll,200 Ac. Ft 200 - -·--~*-···-·------. - 100 - -- ~------1 ol~ ' > 1 u z m ' oc ~ > z ~ o 1 ~ 1 u 0 w < w < ~ < ~ ~ ~ w 0 Z 0 I ~ ~ ~ ~ > , < ~ FIGURE 11. Monthly Distribution of Annual Outflow of Selected Streams• ou tfl ow at s tream gagi ng stations in each study area . 27 r Blitzen s and i d out g ed lo VI R MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP i; 5 12. of Silvies River. i i i 1. 0 3,620 0 0 0 0 3,G20 0 3. 0 0 r, l'otal \) 4. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27,433* 712,855 276,179 24,616 3,945 157,970 1 W A I E R S U P P L Y I SILVI ES RIVER I I I I I I L_ EGAL f-? IGHTS . 3 85 000 A CRE F EET FI GURE 13. Na tural Average Anr.tua l Yield vs Water Right s on Si lvies River. I 33 I I W A I E R s u p p L y I I SILVER CREEK I I I I I c'ATLJfU\L YIELD 58 000 ACRE FEET I LEGAL RIGHTS 84.000 ACRE FEET FIGJRE 14. Natural Average An..rrual Yield vs Water Rights on Silver Creek. 31 W A T E R S U P P L Y DONNER UNO BLITZEN RIVER LEGAL RIGHTS 3 29 000 A CRE F EET I I I I I FIGURE 15. Notura l Average Annual Yield vs Wo ter Rights on Donner und 31itzen Ri ver. 35 l t i d i t I MALHEUR L 1. 8 - 2. 12 81 14 - 16 54 - 12 . 15 - 10 7. 33 6 - 12 8. 100 30 - 14 9. 26 48 24 - 12 10. 6 250 24 ~ 16 SILVER STUDY AREA l MALHEUR L 1' 1 CATIJJN- ALVORD TOTAL 30 9 39 7 2 1 10 Unsatisfactor'J 9 1 10 Tuta Source: l:iarney County Extension Service 1965 Thi wells were d fa ta ory. show ation al alkaline or poorly downward in an er a 3 0 0 0 0 3. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4. CA'l'ION- ALVORD a. Catlow 0 0 0 b. Alvord 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 TOTAL 130 2,737 9,615 49,080 16,360 61,562 Source: Engineer. in I WATER USE & CONTROL I I I I I i i li t the local w to OU ent use. i d ow i 1965 s. Dept. p d t water in ba common h- MALHEUR L d o- () WATER YEAR o Loire level al time of foil waterfowlmiqrotioo DATA FIGURE 20. Malheur Lake Surface .1\rea and Fall Waterfowl Dates. t e l l n ly low in ir for ting d l erosion. POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ,300 183,700 9,700 95,000 117,000 Source: U. S. Dept. of s P 0 T E N T I A L D E V E L 0 P M E N T I PROPOSED SILVI ES IRRIGATION DISTRICT I I :- I : o.:~L~\· · -· : . I I I I I : ' I I 3 31 - 0 I I I SWRB 1967 I FIGURE 21. Proposed Silvies Irrigation District. I I 76 I i - e construe on of major ainage and flood control annels would make it possi most i vidual to econ cally inst l in al wa ties without in e ng wi e operation channels would de sa sfactory avail le now e area. e if f to con in on-farm Flows at were measured at the farm he flows. These flows must e areas well designed and installed , corruga ons, or ers. land level and use n is base i 0 t e t nt plan. o og- i y d APPENDIX !! ( II ( 10) II ( J_ !I l I s f II ure r ency. II ( C ) re op impaired and are in the exercise !I !I !! ( I! ( !I II I' ine r on, in authority ves d on for aw ation on opriated wa r but in various res which d on d d d II II t L 0 i n it te , y c L c on, e on S a t e Unive i y ti on ireme ion lletin ly l I b gon 0 d l i Re n a n ol y, c on L i ol i L l on c Re y ifi ion, 1961 rlarn y n am anni ion 7 y our l on cl cl e l n- l v. c ~ Of. e F n it SL h Fk. k Ft. t, ot l d llons day llon r nute d Ind. tri l I ion J t. ion L. L l QIN u 1 l r l 1 Site I WALLOWA RAB WALLOWA LAKE NR JOSEPH Parameter Q Station number: 13325500 gauge O.OOOft River: Catchment River number: Cf) 07/27/2015 5 08/06/2015 4.00 08/07/2015 08/19/2015 0/2015 0 50 75 100 1 Printed: 31.08.2015 10:25:29 1