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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.1 <br /> <br />nn1851 <br /> <br />Appendix C <br /> <br />RESERVOIRS COHPIETill AITill JANUARY 1, 1950 <br /> <br />OOYSEN RESERVOm <br /> <br />Water-stage recorder at dam on Bighorn River, about 21 miles south <br />of Thermopolis, Wyoming. Reservoir formed by earth-fill dam, construc- <br />tion of which began in 1947. Storage began on October 11, 1951. Dead <br />storage, 62,000 acre-feet at elevation 4657.0. Usable contents, 758,000 <br />acre-feet at elevation 4725.0 (top of gates). ,;,'C:;.:, at' darn at elevation 4758. <br /> <br />Records given herein represent usable contents. Water is used for <br />irrigation and power,developnlent. Allocation for flood control pro- <br />vided. Data collected by U. S. Bureau of Reclarr,ation and furnished by <br />Corps of Engineers, U. S. AnlY. <br /> <br />Extremes.--Maximum usable contents during year, 857,400 acre-feet July 5; <br />minimum, 390,600 acre-feet ~furch 30, April 2. <br /> <br />1953-55: Maximum usable contents, that of July 5, 1957; minimum, <br />189,800 acre-feet 11arch 18, 19, 1956. <br /> <br /> Water-Surface {~Contents <br /> elevation in <br />Month in feet Acre-feet <br />September 30, 1956 4,719.61 656,700 <br />October 31 4,715.73 589, 500 <br />November 30 4,711.60 522,800 <br />December 31 4,',D8.12 469,800 <br />January 31, 1957 4,705.98 438,600 <br />February 28 4,704.53 418,000 <br />March 31 4,702.56 391,100 <br />April 30 4,703.21 399,900 <br />May 31 4,709.03 483,400 <br />June 30 4,727.89 816,100 <br />July 31 4,725.73 772,200 <br />August 31 4,724.14 74l,OOO <br />September 30, 1957 4,723.27 724,300 <br /> <br />Change in contents <br />during month <br />in acre-feet <br /> <br />Water year 1956-57 <br /> <br />" <br />67,200 <br />66,700 <br />53,000 <br />- 31,200 <br />- 20,600 <br />26,900 <br />+ 8,000 <br />+ 83,500 <br />+ 332,700 <br />- 43,900 <br />- 31,200 <br />- 16,700 <br /> <br />+ 67,600 <br /> <br />* Does not include dead storage of 62,000 acre-feet <br /> <br />16. <br />