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<br />YAMPAIWHITE BASIN <br /> <br />Basinwide Conditions Assessment <br />The SWSI value for the month of October was 3.4. <br />Flow at the gaging station Yampa River at Steamboat was <br />195 cfs, as compared to the long-term average of 137 cfs. <br />Precipitation, as recorded at the SNOTEL sites <br />operated by the NRCS, totaled 1600/0 of average (average <br />period being from 1971 to 2000) and 1360/0 of October of last <br />year for the Yampa, White and North Platte River Basins <br />combined. For the Yampa and White River Basins the <br />precipitation totaled 1630/0 of average and 1380/0 of October <br />of last year and for the North Platte River basin it totaled <br />1600/0 of average and 1320/0 of October of last year. The <br />snow water equivalent as of October 31, 2006 for the Yampa <br />and White River Basins and Laramie and North Platte River <br />Basin were 1660/0 and 1750/0 of average, respectively. <br />River flows in the Yampa River basin were well <br />above average, in the White River basin they were right <br />around average, and for the North Platte River basin they <br />were well above average throughout the month. <br /> <br />Outlook <br />Irrigation season has come to an end and though <br />many small reservoirs now take this opportunity to fill, the <br />larger ones have dropped their water level in preparation for <br />the spring 2007 runoff season. <br /> <br />Administrative/Manaaement Concerns <br />Some streams remained on call throughout the <br />month of October and the Michigan River was under <br />administration to fulfill a storage right. <br /> <br />Public Use Impacts <br />Final construction inspections are in progress on <br />Elkhead Reservoir and the reservoir should be able to begin <br />filling in the spring of 2007. <br /> <br />Nov-06 <br /> <br />YAIIIIPA-WHITE BASIN 9NS1 HISTORY <br /> <br />4.0 <br /> <br /> <br />3.0 <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />f- <br />W <br />S <br /> <br />1.0 <br /> <br />w <br />:3 <br /><( <br />> 0.0 <br />>< <br />w <br />o <br />z <br />- -1.0 <br />>- <br />0::: <br />o <br />-2.0 <br /> <br />-3.0 <br /> <br />-4.0 <br />Jan-97 Jan-98 Jan-99 Jan-OO Jan-01 Jan-02 Jan-03 Jan-04 Jan-05 Jan-OO <br /> <br />rIIIONTH I YEAR <br /> <br />YAfv1PA RIVER AT STEAMBOAT, FLOW BY V\AlER YEAR <br /> <br />100,000 <br />00,000 <br /> <br /> <br />Q) 80,000 <br />~ <br />~ 70,000 <br /><( <br />$- 60,000 <br />o <br />Li 50,000 <br />w <br />~ 40,000 <br /><( <br />.....J <br />~ 30,000 <br />::J <br />u 20,000 <br /> <br />10,000 <br /> <br />o <br />Oct <br /> <br />r--bv <br /> <br />Dee <br /> <br />Jan <br /> <br />Feb <br /> <br />March <br /> <br />April <br /> <br />--8-- V\ET (1984) <br /> <br />----fr-- A VG <br /> <br />--*--2007 <br /> <br />-+- DRY (1977) <br /> <br />8 <br />