Water-Supply Paper Volume 291-292 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...Daily discharge, in second-feet, of South Fork of Atanum Creek near Tampico, Wash., for 1910. Note.--Daily discharge Jan. 1 to Feb. 28 determined from a rating curve well defined below 70 second-feet and practically the same as the 1909 curve. Discharge Mar. 1 to Dec. 31 deiermined from a rating curve well defined below 200 second-feet. Discharge May 22 to 31 interpolated. Monthly discharge of South Fork of Atanum Creek near Tampico, Wash., for 1910. Drainage area, 28 square miles. TOPPEN1SH CREEK BAS1N. GENERAL FEATURES. Toppenish Creek, which drains the northern part of the Yakima Indian Reservation, enters Yakima River from the west about 25 miles below the mouth of Atanum Creek. The western half of the basin lies in the foothills of the Cascades and is fairly well forested. After leaving the hills the stream spreads into innumerable sloughs, and it is almost impossible to find a point where all its flow can be measured. About 10 miles below the foot of the hills it is joined on the right bank by Simcoe Creek, its principal tributary. About 3 miles west of Alfalfa it receives the waters of a considerable bychannel of Yakima River known as Wanita Slough. A few small ditches divert water from both Toppenish and Simcoe creeks near White Swan for irrigation, but their total flow is not large. The United States Indian Service proposes to divert flood water from Toppenish Creek to a reservoir on Simcoe Creek using the water for irrigating the Wapato Valley. A private concern also proposes diverting from the Diamond Fork of the Klickitat into Toppenish Creek, using the water for irrigation near Fort Simcoe. Records have not yet been kept for a sufficiently long period to properly determine the cycle of wet and dry years. TOPPEN1SH CREEK NEAR FORT S1MCOE, WASH. ...