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<br />GEOLOGI_ SURVEY
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<br />STREAMFLOW AND RESERVOIR CONTENTS IN UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
<br />(Provisional records for November 1968)
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<br /> Monthlv dischar"e Maximum dailv Minimum dail"
<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 4,232 139 126,950 251,800 4,950 3 3,210 1
<br />Adjusted b/ 3,321 109 99,634 197,620 - - - -
<br />Green River at
<br />Green River, Ut. 2,098 3,715 177 111,460 221,100 4,150 25 3,100 5
<br />Adjusted c/ 2,337 111 70, 118 139,080 - - - -
<br />San Juan River
<br />near Bluff, Utah 738 826 112 24,766 49,120 1,300 3 670 1
<br />Adjusted d/ 644 87 19,321 38,320 - - - -
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<br />!./ Median of mean discharges for
<br />~/ Adjusted for change in storage
<br />~/ Adjusted for change in storage
<br />~/ Adjusted for change in storage
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<br />june for 3D-year period 1931-60.
<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 Total End-of-month Change during
<br /> Reservoir above dam capacity contents month
<br /> sa. mL (acre-feet' (acre-feet) (acre-feet)
<br />Blue Mesa Reservoir nr
<br />SaDinero Colorado 3 426 940 800 695 200 -54 180
<br />Flaming Gorge Reservoir at 15, 1OQ!1
<br />Flaming Gorge Dam, Utah 3,789,000 2,057,000 -82,000
<br />Navajo Reservoir nr 3.230!.1
<br />Archuleta New Mexico 1 709 000 1,002 100 -10 800
<br />Lake Powell Reservoir at
<br />Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona 107,700al 27,000,000 9,250,000 -122,000
<br />Totals 33 438 800 13.004 300 -268 980
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<br />!.I Approximate
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<br />Ted Arnow, District Chief (WRD)
<br />Salt Lake City, Utah
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