1925 1999
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UPPER KANE CREEK
General Description: This location is approximately 1/4 mile southwest of
Hole-in-the-Rock at Kane Springs. The view is west northwest toward Bridger Jack
Mesa across public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Two
petroleum product pipeline rights-of-way and a 4-wheel access road are in the
1999 scene. The pipelines cross the stream at this point and the road follows
the channel downstream for several miles.
Legal Description: SW1/4SW1/4 Section 1 T.27S., R.22E.
COMPARISON: Many geomorphic and vegetation changes have occurred at this
location in the 74 years between photographs. The vertical bank on the far side
of the stream visible in the 1925 scene continued to erode into the terrace. A
new mid-terrace has been deposited on the near side. A wide variety of multiple
aged riparian plants have established across most of the channel width. The
active channel has narrowed and is now somewhat stabilized. Some plant species
occurring here include Fremont cottonwood, Gooding willow, coyote willow, yellow
willow, Russian olive, spikerush, swordleaf rush, Baltic rush, bulrush, common
reed, cattail, horsetail, saltgrass, white virgin's bower and a trace of
tamarisk. Just to the right of the image there is a 2 foot head cut moving
upstream creating an unstable condition at this point. Even though this stream
segment cannot be classified as properly functioning, it is in a definite upward
trend.
Original:
Date: 1925 (- A)
Photographer: W.T. Lee
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado
Photograph Number: Lee No. 3089
Retake:
Date: May 31, 1999 (- B)
Photographer: Earl Hindley
Source: San Juan County
