Table 6. Permanence of stream flow in fourth-order-and-larger streams in the Cuivre River Basin.
Stream Code Stream Name Order Perennial Streama Permanent/ Intermittent Poolsb Total Length (miles)
Miles % of Total Length Miles % of Total Length
Cuivre River
32100000 Cuivre River 7 32.6 100 34.5/0 100 32.6
32114000 Big Creek 5 28.5 93 9/13.5 74 30.5
32114400 Coon Creek 4 3.8 29 0/9 69 13.1
32121000 Crooked Creek 4 9.0 67 0/5.5 41 13.4
32114200 Indian Camp Creek 4 14.5 86 2/5.5 45 16.8
32114100 McCoy 4 9.2 80 2/4 52 11.5
32124000 Sugar Creek 4 8.6 62 0/11 80 13.8
West Fork Cuivre River
32210000 West Fork Cuivre River 6 73.5 96 34.5/19 70 76.8
32220000
32216000 Bear Creek 4 17.7 80 0/14.5 66 22.1
32215000 Camp Creek 4 10.3 54 5/4.5 50 19.0
32223000 Coon Creek 4 11.0 58 0/7.5 40 18.8
32222000 Elkhorn Creek 5 20.0 73 0.5/15 57 27.3
32226000 Hickory Creek 4 7.4 51 0/6 42 14.4
32211000 Lead Creek (includes Big Lead Creek) 4 8.0 27 0.59.5 35 28.5
32223400 Little Coon Creek 4 2.9 50 - - 5.8
32222400 Little Elkhorn Creek 4 0 0 - - 6.8
32224000 Little Lead Creek 4 10.2 77 0/3.5 26 13.2
32224000 Sandy Creek 4 8.4 69 0/5.5 45 12.1
32222300 White Oak Creek 4 4.2 46 - - 9.2
32222200 Wolf Creek 4 4.3 34 0/2 16 12.5
North Fork Cuivre River
32310000 32320000 North Fork Cuivre River (to mouth of Irvine Branch) 6 37.9 100 20.5/8 75 37.9
32321120 Brushy Creek 4 2.9 44 - - 6.6
32323000 Indian Creek 5 19.4 76 0/17 67 25.5
32316000 Mill Creek 4 3.2 43 - - 7.5
32321100 Sandy Creek 4 7.3 64 - - 11.3
32323600 Shady Creek 4 5.6 45 - - 12.4
32321000 Sulphur Creek (to mouth of Middle Sulphur Creek) 5 10.6 100 1.5/9.5 100 10.6

a USGS 7.5-minute topographic maps (Appendix A)

bFunk (1968)

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