The Desert Laboratory

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Galena River: Summary of Modern Covered Plain Deposits

Data Files:


Area (acres) Volume (acre-feet)
Galena Main Stem (computed from surveys) 3171 6530
Tributaries covered by surveys:
Shullsburg Branch 516 1027
Coon Branch 229 448
East Fork 4731 1382
Subtotal - all surveyed areas 4389 9387
Estimates for areas not covered by surveys:
Direct drainage:
Above Elk Grove Branch 75 60
Elk Grove Branch to Pats Creek 115 115
Pats Creek to Madden Branch 15 20
Madden Branch to Shullsburg Branch 180 190
Shullsburg Branch to Coon Branch 410 720
Coon Branch to East Fork 270 400
East Fort to Hughletts Branch 165 345
Hughletts Branch to mouth 125 250
Subtotal - all direct drainage 1355 2100
Principal tributaries not surveyed:
Elk Grove Branch and tributaries 155 185
Pats Creek and tributaries 380 480
Madden Branch and tributaries 890 1175
Hughletts Branch2 80 183
Subtotal - principal tributaries not surveyed 1505 2023
Secondary tributaries to surveyed tributaries:
Tributaries to Shullsburg Branch 490 665
Tributaries to Coon Branch 70 110
Tributaries to East Fork 315 810
Tributaries to Hughletts Branch 65 135
Subtotal - secondary tributaries 940 1720
TOTALS 8,189 15,230

1 Including estimated 185 acres not covered by field mapping.

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

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