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<br />UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
<br />GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
<br />Water Resources Division
<br />Utah District
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<br />STREAMFLOW AND RESERVOIR CONTENTS IN UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
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<br />November 1972
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<br /> Monthly discharge Maximum.dailv Minimum daily
<br /> Percent of
<br />Stream .!!/Median (Cfs) Mean (Cfs) 3D-year
<br /> 1931-60 this month median Cfs-davs Acre-feet Cfs Date Cfs Date
<br />Colorado River
<br />near Cisco, Utah 3,050 4,659 153 139,780 277,300 5,230 4 3,700 29. 31
<br />Adjus tedE.1 4,037 132 121,099 240,200 - - - -
<br />Green River at ~0-22 27. J(
<br />Green River, Ut 2,098 5,717 272 171,500 340,200 6,080 4,QOO
<br />AdjustedE./ 3,734 178 112,024 222,200 - - - -
<br />San Juan River
<br /> 738 1,626 220 48,770 96,740 2,130 2 1,300 .) c _ :~(
<br />near Bluff, Ut _u .>
<br />AdjustedY 1,969 267 59,057 117, 140 - - - -
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<br />a/ ~!cdian of mean discharges for the month for 3D-year period 1931-60.
<br />:t/ Adjusted for change in storage in Blue Mesa Reservoir. Storage began October 27, 1965.
<br />c/ Adjusted for change in storage in Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Storage began November 1, 1962.
<br />d/ Adjusted for change in storage in Navajo Reservoir. Storage began June 27, 1962.
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<br /> Drainage area Usable End-of-month Change during
<br /> Reservoir above dam capacity usable contents month
<br /> sq. mi. (acre-feet) (acre-feet) (acre-feet)
<br />Blue Mesa Reservoir near
<br />Sapinero, Colorado 3,426 829,500 495,600 -37,100
<br />Flaming Gorge Reservoir at ~/
<br />Flaming Gorge Dam, Utah 15, 100 3,749,000 3,239,000 - 118 , 000
<br />Navajo Reservoir near ~/ 1,696,000 1,013,300 20,400 I
<br />Archuleta, NeH Mexico 3,230 +
<br />Lake Powell Reservoir at 2./107 700 !
<br />Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona 25,002,000 13,112,000 + 44,000 I
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<br /> 31,276,500 17,859,000 90,700 I
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<br />Leon J. Jensen, Engineer
<br />Salt Lake City, Utah
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