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<br />fl~ ..4\~'} <br />i).. -.Jj <br /> <br />CHRONOLOGY OF THE 1976-77 DROUGHT <br /> <br />57 <br /> <br /> <br />~""::'" <br />, ' >;'. ''!fr' ", <br />,'-'1'*'"". ',,<'ii,. <br />~"?'I, .!;j'/JAh.,.:, <br />r .",'r, ,~"",.r <br />n .L." ~ <br /> <br />r <br />',\ <br />j <br />\. <br />,J <br />I <br />I <br />~1 <br />-/ <br /> <br />~, <br /> <br />\ <br />'~ <br />I <br />'\ <br /> <br />c ~ <br /> <br />B <br /> <br />the Cascades, Wasil. <br /> <br />adjusted for controlled storage, was the lowest <br />of ,'ecord in 99 years. <br />An interesting statistic that emphasizes <br />drought conditions is the fact that most of the <br />runoff in the Yakima River basin in Washing- <br />ton for the 6 months ending in mid-March 1977 <br />was stored in reservoirs fmd amounted to <br />29:;,000 acre-ft. This is about the same <br /> <br />amount as that stored in 3 days during a flood <br />in December 1975. <br />Streamflow in 1977 was the lowest recorded <br />for most of the streams in Oregon, particularly <br />those in western Oregon. One of the sign ifi- <br />cant aspects of the runoff pattern is the ex- <br />tr'emely low magnitude of the annual peak dis- <br />charges in western Oregon. For exam- <br />