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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
<br />(Provisional records for March 1967)
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<br /> Month1v discharge Maximum dail v Minimum dail v
<br /> Percent of
<br />Stream ~I Median (efs) Mean (efs) 30-year
<br /> 1931-60 this month median Cfs-davs . Ac re- feet Cfs Date Cfs Date
<br />Colorado River
<br />near Cisco, Utah 3,059 3,035 99.2 94,090 186,600 3,820 27 2,290 11
<br />Adjusted bl 3,059 3,321 109 102,951 204,200 - - - -
<br />Green River at
<br />Green River, Ut. 3,840 4,140 108 128,350 254,600 5,400 7 3,240 24
<br />Adjusted ~I 3,840 4,076 106 126,344 250,600 - - - -
<br />San Juan River
<br />near Bluff, Ut. 1,222 1,306 107 40,484 80,300 1,700 13,15 964 5
<br />Adjusted ill 1,222 1,00-8 83.3 31,561 62,600 - - - -
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<br /> Total End-of-month Change during
<br />Reservoir capacity contents month
<br /> (acre-feet) (acre-feet) (acre-feet)
<br />Blue Mesa 940,800 390,100 +17,600
<br />Flaming Gorge. 3,789,000 2,092,000 -4,000
<br />Navajo 1,709,000 356,600 -17,700
<br />Lake Powe 11 27,000,000 7,368,000 -157,000
<br />Totals 33,438,800 10,206,700 -161,100
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<br />~I Median of mean discharges for March for 30-
<br />year period 1931-60.
<br />'E,I Adjusted for change in storage in Blue Mesa
<br />Reservoir. Storage began November 27, 1965.
<br />~I Adjusted for change in storage in Flaming
<br />Gorge Reservoir, Storage began November 1,
<br />1962,
<br />ill Adjusted for change in storage in Navajo
<br />Reservoir, Storage began June 28, 1962
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<br />Ted Arnow
<br />District Chief (WRD)
<br />Salt Lake City, Utah
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