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Table 7
Table 7--Annual discharge of Arkansas River at Syracuse, Garden City, and Larned; diversion of water by canals; loss or gain of stream flow, between Syracuse and Garden City for the twenty-year period from Oct. 1, 1922, to Sept. 30, 1942; and loss or gain of stream flow between Garden City and Larned for the eighteen-year period from Oct. 1, 1922, to Sept. 30, 1940 (1)
| Water year (Oct. 1 through Sept. 30) | Annual discharge at Syracuse (acre-feet) | Annual discharge at Garden City (acre-feet) | Loss (-) or gain (+) between Syracuse and Garden City | Annual discharge at Larned (acre-feet) | Loss (-) or gain (+) between Garden City and Larned | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (acre-feet) | Diversion into canals (2) (acre-feet) | Net loss or gain exclusive of diversion | Acre-feet | Percentage of discharge at Garden City | |||||
| Acre-feet | Percentage of discharge at Syracuse | ||||||||
| 1922-1923 | 594,000 | 484,000 | -110,000 | -88,761 | -21,329 | 3.6 | 459,000 | -25,000 | 5.2 |
| 1923-1924 | 533,000 | 562,581 | +29,581 | -48,537 | +78,118 | 14.7 | 544,757 (3) | -17,824 | 3.0 |
| 1924-1925 | 252,000 | 113,000 | -139,000 | -65,327 | -73,673 | 29.2 | 85,800 | -27,200 | 24.1 |
| 1925-1926 | 106,000 | 15,600 | -90,400 | -58,867 | -31,533 | 29.7 | 46,600 | +31000 | 198.7 |
| 1926-1927 | 356,000 | 204,000 | -152,000 | -88,040 | -63,960 | 18.0 | 243,000 | +39,000 | 19.1 |
| 1927-1928 | 310,000 | 236,000 | -74,000 | -50,280 | -23,720 | 7.7 | 247,000 | +11,000 | 4.7 |
| 1928-1929 | 232,000 | 133,000 | -99,000 | -105,830 | +6,830 | 2.9 | 158,000 | +25,000 | 18.8 |
| 1929-1930 | 152,000 | 42,600 | -109,400 | -84,670 | -24,730 | 16.3 | 77,500 | +34,900 | 81.9 |
| 1930-1931 | 219,000 | 120,000 | -99,000 | -60,650 | -38,350 | 17.5 | 187,000 | +67,000 | 55.8 |
| 1931-1932 | 64,100 | 11,700 | -52,400 | -42,190 | -10,210 | 15.9 | 41,600 | +29,900 | 255.5 |
| 1932-1933 | 161,000 | 50,000 | -111,000 | -86,360 | -24,640 | 15.3 | 56,200 | +6,200 | 12.4 |
| 1933-1934 | 68,900 | 11,960 | -56,940 | -42,140 | -14,800 | 21.5 | 22,690 | +10,730 | 89.7 |
| 1934-1935 | 221,600 | 81,720 | -139,880 | -79,840 | -60,040 | 27.1 | 109,700 | +27,980 | 34.2 |
| 1935-1936 | 323,800 | 199,400 | -124,400 | -93,370 | -31,030 | 9.6 | 162,900 | -36,500 | 18.3 |
| 1936-1937 | 117,500 | 37,290 | -80,210 | -67,180 | -13,030 | 11.1 | 45,100 | +7,810 | 20.9 |
| 1937-1938 | 199,200 | 32,940 | -166,260 | -124,060 | -42,200 | 21.1 | 42,820 | +9,880 | 30.0 |
| 1938-1939 | 80,800 | 21,550 | -59,250 | -58,590 | -660 | 0.8 | 38,340 | +16,790 | 77.9 |
| 1939-1940 | 24,880 | 1,340 | -23,540 | -14,622 | -8,918 | 36.3 | 54,678 | +53,338 | 3,980.4 |
| 1940-1941 | 234,500 | 93,925 | -140,575 | -109,990 | -30,585 | 13.0 | |||
| 1941-1942 | 1,411,610 | 1,223,380 | -188,240 | -110,321 | -77,909 | 5.5 | |||
1. From records of the Division of Water Resources, Kansas State Board of Agriculture.
2. Includes Amazon, South Side, Great Eastern, Farmer's, and Garden City canals.
3. Includes estimated flow of 100,000 acre-feet for January and February.
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