[cdt-l] Water in the Great Divide Basin

[Jeff Braun]

Water sources south of Rawlins for July 20 and 21:

Note the new BLM route off the paved highway south of Rawlins is 
marked with steel posts, usually at intersections and the last 3 mile 
cross country section.  Follow Wolf's Guidebook (not the supplement) 
to mile 7.2.

BLM Water sources:

Spring at 5.3 - could not locate
Impoundment at 5.6 - nearly full, usable water at inlet, muddy near 
impoundment where cows were drinking

Rim Lake - water looks okay, though it is low and hard to get at.
Eightmile Lake - alkaline

(Note Paul Rau of BLM reported to me that Rim Lake was becoming 
alkaline and to use Eightmile Lake, I wonder if he had this backwards.)

Little Sage Reservoir (15.4) - alkaline, a little gross water below 
culvert but full of algae and is difficult to get.

Unnamed water source - no runoff adjacent to road, pond west of road 
is gross, full of cattle

Bridger Pass Spring (not listed on BLM water sources, Wolf 24.0) - 
excellent fenced and piped spring located 0.4 miles north of Bridger 
pass via two track. Spring is located on a BLM section.

Unnamed Spring (26.2) - good fenced and piped spring. Not flowing as 
strong or as cold as the Bridger Pass spring, but I did not attempt 
to turn it up with valve in culvert. The impoundment below pipe was full.

Muddy Creek 4 - good flow but water was warm and cloudy, recommend 
waiting to get water above cattle at Muddy Creek 2 or 3 or as far up 
as possible.

Muddy Creek 1 - good

Muddy Creek Spring - in section 3 on alternate route, excellent 
spring right below road/fence in willow thicket as road climbs to high spot.

North Fork Savery Creek - good flowing creek

Smiley Meadow - very small flowing creek that the trail crosses

Truckdrivers Creek - dry, small pool of water below culvert on west side

Deep Gulch - flowing, very low flow with cattle below road

All water sources mentioned by Wolf on the national forest are good 
except note that the spring near the summit of Bridger Peak (Ley Map 
WY42 #1) is dry.

Jeff


At 04:40 PM 7/18/2007, you wrote:
>Short SOBO update as at July 17:
>
>Sweetwater: good flow
>Long slough: dry
>Harris Slough: ditch water; algae present
>Upper Mormon: good at source
>Weasel: didn't check
>Coyote Gultch Spring (in ravine): low clear spring pool; others nasty
>Coyote Gultch #2: don't count on it
>Coyote Gultch #1: good pools with some flow
>Haypress: Reservoirs are liquid cow crap; creek pools becoming contaminated;
>look for tiny gravel based pool near rocks and bushes
>Crooks Mtn.: contaminated
>West Arapahoe: contaminated
>Benton Springs: low but steady flow, good
>Barrel at 2.3 Section 2 (Green Mtn):turn it on- it flows clear
>A & M Reservoir: good; even has 14" trout!
>Bull Springs: Both good
>
>Temperatures very hot, much above normal, so conditions may change rapidly.
>
>Xkanuck
>
>
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