| Abstract: | Development of water resources has been a major factor in the economy of Prairie Dog Creek Valley in north-central Kansas. Releases from Norton Reservoir to the Almena Irrigation District averaged 6,900 acre-feet per year during 1967-76. The number of irrigation wells increased from 4 to 147 during 1947-78. Ground water in the valley is derived mostly from the alluvial aquifer. The effects of irrigation on the aquifer are indicated by water-level changes. The water in storage increased from 130,000 to 136,000 acre-feet during 1947-78 due to recharge from surface-water irrigation. A steady-state model of the aquifer prior to irrigation (1947) indicated that most recharge was from precipitation (88 percent) and most discharge was to streams (54 percent) and reparian transpiration (26 percent). Although aquifer storage increased in this area, storage generally decreased in other areas of western Kansas. (USGS) |
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| Citation Author: | Stullken, L. E. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vi, 49 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 84-4162 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Hydrology of Prairie Dog Creek Valley, Norton Dam to state line, north-central Kansas; 1984; WRI; 84-4162; Stullken, L. E. |
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| Citation Year: | 1984 |
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| Text: | Hydrology of Prairie Dog Creek Valley, Norton Dam to state line, north-central Kansas; 1984; WRI; 84-4162; Stullken, L. E. |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
