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<br />UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE IN'!'ERIOR
<br />GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
<br />WATER RESOURCES DIVISION
<br />Utah District
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<br />STREAMFLOW AND RESERVOIR CONTENTS IN UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
<br />(Provisional records for November 1969)
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<br /> Month1v dischan!e Maximum dailv Minimum dailv
<br /> Percent of
<br />Stresm ~/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 4,842 159 145,270 288,100 5,340 2 4,320 21
<br />Adjusted 'E./ 4,099 134 122,966 243,900 - - - -
<br />Green River at
<br />Green River, Utah 2,098 4,007 191 120,210 238,400 4,850 3 3,510 19,20
<br />AdjustedE./ 2,775 132 83,238 165,100 - - - -
<br />San Juan River
<br />near Bluff, Utah 738 2,010 272 60,300 119,600 2,400 1 1,350 21
<br />Adjusted ~/ 1,502 204 45,073 89,400 - - - -
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<br />a/ Median of mean discharges for June for 30-year period 1931-60.
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<br />for "hange in
<br />for change in
<br />for change in
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<br />storage
<br />storage
<br />storage
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<br />in Blue Mesa Reservoir. Storage began October 27, 1965.
<br />in Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Storage began November 1, 1962.
<br />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 nr
<br />SaDinero Colorado 3 426 829 500 696 100 -44 200
<br />Flaming Gorge Reservoir at aJ
<br />F1aminJ< GorJ<e Dam Utah 15 100 3 749 000 1 713 700 -73,300
<br />Navajo Reservoir nr
<br />Archuleta, New Mexico fj!/ 3,230 1,696,000 1,098,800 -30,200
<br />Lake Powell Reservoir at
<br />Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona ~/ 107,700 25,002,000 9,784,000 -58,000
<br />Totals 31 276 500 13 292 600 -205 700
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<br />fj!/ Approximate
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<br />Ted Arnow, District Chief, WRD
<br />Salt Lake City, Utah
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