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Galena River: Computed Volume of Modern Valley Deposits

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Galena River Drainage Area
Computed Volume of Modern Valley Deposits
(Preliminary Figures - Subject to revision on basis of further surveys)
May 8, 1940

Valley Segment Number1 Area of Deposits (acres) Volume of Modern Sediment (acre-feet) Cumulative Volume of Sediment (acre-feet)
Galena Main Stem
1 19 15 15
2 29 47 62
3 52 91 153
4 21 23 176
5 36 38 214
6 54 73 287
7 80 127 414
8 97 169 583
9 179 281 864
10 122 166 1030
11 194 172 1202
12 92 146 1348
13 50 91 1439
14 121 118 1557
15 102 126 1683
16 124 209 1892
17 93 229 2121
18 103 218 2339
19 70 116 2455
20 60 101 2556
21 145 180 2736
22 106 149 2885
23 146 350 3235
24 96 164 3399
25 82 127 3526
26 46 105 3631
27 149 268 3899
28 52 152 4051
29 84 383 4434
30 102 502 4936
31 113 386 5322
32 102 261 5583
33 37 151 5734
34 38 157 5891
35 39 144 6035
36 64 235 6270
37 41 151 6421
37-mouth 31 109 6530
TOTAL 3171 6530
Shullsburg Branch
1 97 150 150
2 317 646 796
3 103 231 1027
TOTAL 517 1027
Coon Branch
1 36 15 15
2 98 163 178
3 72 219 397
3-mouth 23 51 448
TOTAL 229 448
East Fork
1 2144 171 171
2 145 296 467
3 3 184 915 1382
TOTAL 473 1382
Hughletts Branch4
1 30 25 25
2 18 33 58
3 32 126 184
TOTAL 80 184

1 Each valley segment is numbered the same as the range which forms its downstream margin.

2 Includes estimated 100 acres not mapped.

3 Includes estimated 85 acres not mapped.

4 Three cross sections bored and surveyed, but areas of sedimentation estimated.

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