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<br />B8 <br /> <br />DROUGHT IN THE SOUTHWEST, 1942-66 <br /> <br />TABLE 1.- Yearly runoff, in thousands of acre-feet, adjusted for storage and diversion to show approximate natural flow at selected gaging <br />stations in the Southwest <br /> <br />[An asterisk (*) Indicates estimated or partly estimated] <br /> <br /> Santa I Arroyo <br /> Kaweah Tule Kern I-Iufisna Ouyama Ynez Santa Santa Big S'n S,u <br /> Arroyo River PifU Paula Anita Rock Fish Rogers Jose <br />Water Kings Soeo River River River River River above Crook Creok Soeo Creok Crook Gabriel Creek Creek Crook <br />year Rlvorat near near near near near noar Gibraltar near near near near near River near near u,... <br />ending Piedra, Soledad, 'I'hree Portor- Korn- Santa Santa Dam, Plru, Santa Pasa- Sierra Val- noar Duarte, Azusa, Whit- <br />September Oalif. Calif. Rivers, c~lr,. vllle, Marla, Marla, Santa Callf.3 b~Wf~l dena, Madre, yermo, Azusa, Oalif. CRltf. tior, <br />30 of year CaUf. CaIlf.! Calif. Calif. 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'53.5 .....n. ._n._n '8.3 .n_n__n nnnn 139 ~.--_.-- H.___h. ..n.... <br />19IL.___.. 2,830 291 646 121 .n_UUn _..nn. n____h '170.9 nnnn nn..n '18.8 n__n._.. .n.n._ 273 nhd__ ____._n .-.-.--. <br />HIlL_m._ 966 37.0 207 49.8 -------. __u,_n 16.9 n_u_n uir40- '4.12 __..._,_n ndun 77.1 __09..00 .00__._- nnn._ <br />11l13,',...n '42 14.2 221 29,2 306 ...nd_ nnnn 17.0 ..nn._ '2.45 n.nn,n ..""""., 50.3 ..nn"" .'_..n. ._.n..~ <br />191Ln__.. 2,550 261 466 126 762 n__n_. h____.. 187 ._.___u __u.n. 32,08 n._~..n_ nnnn "6 nnn.. nn..n .n___n <br />1915--nu_. 1,820 209 370 103 524 ,.,..,n ,-,.."". '63.5 .___n.. ""'_._n 8,64 _.00__'... nnn_. 132 n..nn .n.__.. ._n'... <br />11116______._ 3,040 259 762 249 1,170 ____n__ n._hn '62.5 ...nn. nh_.~. '19.2 m-4~07n -~----., 279 _un.n ~U_'o.. n._____ <br />11l17___mn 1,890 161 471 138 668 ._..n.. nUUh 44.6 nnnn .n.n_. 5.68 .~nn.. 22 -T96" -Ti4n n~__h_ <br />1918..n.m 1,360 75.7 239 39.9 446 nnnn un..n '94.4 n__nn H_._.._H 5.62 3,74 ._nnn 132 ....n._ <br />1919____.... 1,200 68.5 286 67,9 447 nn..~_ un._._ '4.60 n___O.' u__._.. 1.63 .892 ..._nn 38.9 ,648 .317 ..n_... <br />1920..._.... 1,400 52.8 420 84,0 486 -.---..- .n.n._ '11.9 ._.n__. ,n...'. 3.64 2.40 n..nn 117 2.16 1,47 nnnn <br />192Ln.... 1,530 83.9 371 68.6 442 ,n_,_', . 6.60 3.16 2.56 nO.._n 70,5 1,67 1.07 _.__nn <br /> n..nn nnnn <br />1922o._.nn 2,200 210 461 112 68. ._n__., --..--00 68.4 ,_nnn nnnn 25.44 16.6 ._..n_, 410 8.98 8.37 ,_..nn <br />1923..'n~__ 1,560 127 363 77,6 43. n._nn n._____ 8.70 ...n"_ ___._u_ 3,18 2,44 "Tis' 75.9 1.51 1.04 ,..n.n <br />1924...__... '92 16.6 102 18,5 163 nnnn n..'.n 2.43 n__.U_ _d..U' ." ,706 27.11 ,344 ,153 n_U.~O <br />1925--nnn 1,290 53.5 325 66.7 .96 n__nn .nn_n 3.10 -~..,... ,.n,_n 1.06 .689 2.86 23.7 1.23 .792 .n.n_. <br />1926___nm 1,040 160 219 37.8 '" ....nn n_...._ 47,8 nn.n. nnUn 6.17 4.35 12.2 111 5.17 3.113 nh__._ <br />1927.__.nn 1,980 161 463 162 616 __.~nu n~n_n 52,3 --'9'-75' ""3:50' 6.78 5.18 16.0 129 5.07 4.06 ,_n.... <br />IIl28n.___o. 971 74.4 203 36.9 303 n...~'_ 8.57 1.26 1.01 5.47 32.6 .860 .898 nnnn <br />1929..n,._, '" 51.6 223 40.8 287 ';0'-602' .*3~25n 3.70 9,91 3.6lS 1.38 1.21 3.87 35.8 1.04 .459 nTaii) <br />1930'..h___ 663 46.8 218 36.4 298.2 3.09 9,44 3.16 1.60 1.28 6.16 46.2 1.07 ,531 <br />1931._nm_ 466 12,2 11' 13.9 177 ,264 '.92 1.03 12.7 3.59 1.45 .989 4,27 31.8 .888 .260 .534 <br />19320.00,_" 2,080 132 520 104 686 21.6 26.8 44.0 53.0 20,2 5.29 4.01 15.7 129 3.56 2.46 4,03 <br />1933.._.nn 1,180 19,5 284 62.7 360 4.72 7.72 8.18 10.44 7.79 2.74 1.77 6,95 46,6 1.84 .653 1.07 <br />1934..,0..n 659 77,4 131 16,1 220 .594 3,02 18,8 16.91 11.86 2.95 2.52 4.76 52.0 2.44 1.89 7.62 <br />1936..n,.., 1,621 92.15 357.6 69.14 421.2 7.07 9.18 23.5 33.86 13.15 9.01 4.48 17,80 126.8 3.08 1.87 3.86 <br />1936___n.._ 1,877 120.6 486.9 126.6 634.1 18.42 9.16 15.45 14.26 13,76 3.61 2,92 5.00 53.8 3.28 1.42 1.39 <br />1937___nm 2,341 148.5 677.2 213.8 858.5 38.65 43.77 79.18 69.67 32,12 11.92 9.82 22.63 218.3 6.77 5.18 9.60 <br />1938___.__n 3,275 823.7 870.9 261.2 1,016 49.40 .56.06 123.7 128,7 44.55 21.87 15.5 '26.7 353.3 9.52 7.56 16.45 <br />1939......__ '" 24.10 247.2 61.33 388.0 1.25 9.23 13.57 38.21 8.86 4.69 2.68 10.66 67.2 1.70 1.02 3.44 <br />1940-.__n_. 1,790 186.6 512.8 146.9 608.5 5.93 6.12 8.15 19.42 5.65 3.96 2.69 8,66 59.0 1.57 .809 3.02 <br />1941...._m 2,643 380.2 641.7 178.7 945.9 68.30 63.74 187.8 226,3 58,18 26.21 14.13 36.42 325.0 9,34 7.61 22.73 <br />194Ln.m 2,005 169.2 490.8 105,1 618.5 11.62 9.33 21.18 32.19 7,50 2.48 1,83 7,00 51.0 1.03 .477 3.93 <br />1943..__n.. 2,027 132,7 671.3 234.8 802.5 46.08 27.74 89.64 101.9 40.09 21.26 16,64 30.74 283 10.72 9.29 20,48 <br />1944..,.m. 1,168 88,64 315.4 79.12 443.5 7.80 18.93 49.06 125.2 22.84 13.74 6.79 24.12 193.0 4.20 3.10 11.91 <br />1945.n._._. 2,062 105.0 550.6 149.8 665.7 6.88 9.85 20.60 34.38 12.45 5.62 3.62 10.45 95,8 2.58 1.84 7,00 <br />1946___nh. 1,612 79,27 356.5 71.92 528.2 2.86 6.88 23.77 32.33 11.43 4.97 3.10 14.56 161 2.31 1.67 5.75 <br />1947___mo- 1,107 31.95 265.2 43.07 355.5 .932 5.83 10.4 28,38 7.66 5.91 4.28 16.04 169 2.91 2,23 5.10 <br />1948..__,.09 995,6 22.40 261.3 61,78 301.4 .515 1.83 .066 6,63 1.99 1.20 1,04 4.64 29.1 ,636 .190 2.00 <br />194L_mn 960.7 52.10 218.9 38,35 271.8 .384 2.13 1.18 6.02 2.08 1.26 1.13 4.18 24.8 ,610 .314 1.22 <br />1950_h'.'m 1,281 49.63 301.0 47,20 391.1 2.51 2.03 2.56 7.27 3.58 1.52 1.46 3.39 28.2 .888 .623 1.91 <br />195L.._n_ 1,601 89.51 421,3 111.3 464.7 2.96 .803 0 2,41 1.13 .64 ,437 1.38 10,5 ,237 .092 .861 <br />1952.__..,__ 2,856 209.4 825.0 211.5 1,034 40.62 46.31 101.3 78.90 30.94 11.53 8.62 17.54 171 6.06 5.25 17.87 <br />1953.._~..n 1,155 72.16 308.1 76.29 456.4 5.06 4.88 9.85 13,78 4.46 1.48 1.54 4.78 33.6 ,813 .458 1.53 <br />1954......h 1,339 43.86 306.1 71.66 445.4 4.52 5.20 12.00 15.66 5.99 3.03 3.18 6.98 61.9 1.51 1.14 3.97 <br />1951Ln.m_ 1,143 40.89 276.1 50.25 331.0 1.41 1.23 3.98 11.88 3,12 1.28 1.44 6.94 40.1 .567 ,311 1.17 <br />1956.n__m 2,695 177.9 724,6 157.7 766.0 10.43 3.73 12.65 11.03 5,33 2,16 2.23 4.80 36.4 1.10 .772 4.09 <br />1967__nm_ 1,363 47.38 2\)5.1 63.46 387.3 .00 .66 3.81 10.51 3.66 1.17 1.67 4.42 37.1 .674 .440 1.74 <br /> <br />See footnotes at end of table. <br />