Excerpt from Land Planning and Classification Report as Related to the Public Domain Lands in the White and Niobrara River Basins: This Area Covers the Ponca Creek Basin, Located Between the Major Basins, Which Is Included in the Niobrara River Basin Section of This Report; Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming White River Basin extends 240 miles northeast from its source in the northwest corner of Nebraska to near Chamberlain, South Dakota° The watershed averages about 42 miles in width and contains square mileso Elevation varies from.l,400 feet at the mouth to feet at the source near Harrison, Nebraskao About square miles of the basin are in Nebraska and square miles are in South Dakotao The name of the stream is derived from.the whitish sediment in its waters, which comes from the badland portion of its drainageo The base perennial flow of the stream is from.springs in the sandhills, some of which have unusually large flowso Average annual runoff of White River is acre feet, . Heavy sediment contributions of the stream, due to runoff from.the large area of badlands and from.hilly farmlands, make a down streamproblem.o The Corps of Engineers has planned Reliance Dam, near the mouth of the stream, to reduce sedimentation in Fort Randall Reservoir. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This report of the Upper Missouri River Basin presents a preliminary analysis of the physical and economic features of the area in Montana and Wyoming embraced within the headwaters of the Missouri River tributary to Canyon Ferry Dam which is located near Helena, Montana. The purpose is to describe pertinent features which relate to the program for the development and use of the public domain lands in the comprehensive resource development program for the Missouri River Basin. The report is intended to serve as a guide in carrying out detailed studies of problems pertaining to the use and management of approximately one an one-quarter million acres of public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management in furtherance of the integrated comprehensive resource developmental program of the Department of the Interior in the Missouri River Basin. The appended map of the Upper Missouri River Basin shows the location of land in different types of ownership.