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Mill Creek 2006

Mill Creek Water Measurement Project

Paradise Valley, Park County

The Mill Creek Water Measurement Project is a planning and hydrologic study aimed at addressing the chronic dewatering of Mill Creek, a tributary of the upper Yellowstone River. Work is sponsored by the Upper Yellowstone Watershed Group and involves measuring and monitoring stream flows and irrigation diversions so that informed decisions regarding water management can be made by water users and residents. This site is intended to serve as a central point of information about Mill Creek.

  • Watershed Plan Environmental Assessment for Mill Creek Watershed, Park County, Montana - Soil Conservation Service, 1986, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bozeman Montana, June 1986.
    This document describes a plan for water conservation using land treatment and structural measures to improve onfarm and delivery irrigation efficiencies in the Mill Creek Watershed area. It was intended to satisfy NEPA and project planning requirements, and documents the assessment of alternatives to the pipeline project which was ultimately built and completed in 1992.
  • Water Leases and Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Fry Outmigration from Four Tributaries of the Upper Yellowstone River - Roulson, L.H., 1999, prepared by Garcia and Associates, Bozeman Montana, for the Montana Department of
    Fish, Wildlife and Parks, December, 1999.
    Garcia and Associates (GANDA)contracted with Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks to conduct biological monitoring related to Yellowstone cutthroat trout fry outmigrations from four tributaries of the Yellowstone River
    in Park County, Montana. GANDA examined how the existing water leases influenced in-stream flows and Yellowstone cutthroat trout fry outmigration
    from Mill, Cedar, Mol Heron and Big creeks from July 23 to September 22, 1999.
  • Evaluation of Mill Creek Flushing Flow - Opitz, S. and Brummond, A, 2006,
    August 19-22, 2006, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, September, 22, 1999.
    Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) contracted with the Mill Creek Water District to cease diversions from Mill Creek for approximately a 60-hour period in order to move or flush trout fry and young fish into the Yellowstone River. This report documents the monitoring results for that project.
  • Impact of Non-Point Source Pollution on Water Resources in the Paradise Valley - Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, 2005, Prepared for Park County by the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, May, 2005.
    A hydrogeological investigation of Paradise valley was conducted by MBMG in cooperation with Park County 2000-2005. The primary goal was to develop an understanding of the physical hydrogeology of both the ground and surface water systems in the Paradise Valley. The investigation consisted of inventorying wells and surface water sites, monitoring groundwater levels and stream flows, collecting water-quality samples, collecting water samples for groundwater age-dating, and performing aquifer tests.
  • Burned Area Evaluation Report for the Wicked Creek Fire - U.S. Forest Service, 2007, Gallatin National Forest, Livingston Ranger District.
    The 26,500 acre Wicked Creek fire and the 2,500 acre Hicks Park fire form the 29,000 acre WH complex. Major tributary streams burned within the Wicked Creek fire area include Colley Creek, Anderson Creek, Passage Creek, East Dam Creek, parts of the East Fork of Mill Creek, and additional parts of Mill Creek.
  • Measuring Devices on Mill Creek - DNRC Water Measurement Program, April 1994.
  • The purpose of the report is to examine the likelihood that installing devices to control and measure water flow will solve chronic dewatering on Mill Creek, or resolve conflicts among water right holders.
  • Montana's Fish Species of Special Concern - Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout - Young, Michael K., Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula MT. Montana Chapter of the American Fisheries Society.
  • Status of Yellowstone cutthroat trout in Montana.
  • Mill Creek Flow Measurement - Roberts, Mike, DNRC Hydrologist.
    A short report presenting flow data collected on Mill Creek during the 2002 field season.