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<br />Unique Characteristics <br /> <br />" The mainstems of the San Juan, Piedra and <br />Animas Rivers are not overappropriated. <br />~ Streams are generally not overappropriated <br />within 10 miles of the state border except for the <br />La Plata. <br />& The proposed Animas-La Plata Project is depen- <br />dent on the Sanjuan Basin Recovery Implemen- <br />tation Program for the endangered Colorado <br />pikeminnow and razorback sucker. <br />r\ The second largest project allocation from <br />McPhee Reservoir is for the Dolores River <br />fishery downstream of the reservoir. <br />r\ The Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Tribes have <br />reserved water rights claims which have been <br />quantified by court decree. Settlement of these <br />claims is not final and depends on Animas-La <br />Plata construction. <br /> <br />Wet and Dry Periods <br /> <br />Every year, Colorado experiences at least one <br />100-year flood somewhere in the state. Colorado's <br />total flood losses have been documented to be <br />$4.9 billion to date. The basin's most recent major <br />flood event was May 21-26,1984. The estimated <br />total historic flood damages for this basin are <br />$14.5 million to date. <br /> <br /> <br />- <br />Dry Avg Wet <br /> <br />Oct 1911 <br />San Juan River floods <br />near Pagosa Springs; <br />Animas River floods <br />near Durango <br />I <br /> <br />June 1927 <br />Animas River floods <br />near Durango <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />c. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />m ill <br />ill 0 <br /><Xl 0 <br /> <br />ill <br />o <br />U1 <br /> <br />ill <br />w <br />U1 <br /> <br />ill <br />o <br /> <br />~ <br />U1 <br /> <br />~ <br />o <br /> <br />ill <br />~ <br /> <br />ill <br />w <br />o <br /> <br />Source: Colorado Water Conservation Board and Division 7 Staff <br /> <br />~ <br />o <br /> <br />Major Imports into the Basin <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />Major Exports from the Basin <br /> <br />[ Name <br /> <br />Diversions <br />(acre-feet) <br /> <br />1 * San Juan - Chama Project <br />2 Other <br />Total <br /> <br />86,331 <br />2,264 <br />88,595 <br /> <br />* Numbers in the above tables correspond to numbers that <br />accompany arrows on the basin map (p. 5). <br /> <br />Source: Division 7 1998 Annual Report, 10-year average <br /> <br /> <br />C':;: <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />tI"., ~~ .. <br /> <br />Las Animas River (Photo courtesy of James Page) <br /> <br />Oct 1972 <br />Lightner and Junction <br />Creeks flood <br /> <br />Sept 1970 <br />Animas River floods <br />above Durangol <br /> <br />Spring 1993 <br />Mancos River <br />floods near Mancos <br />I <br /> <br />May 1984 <br />Major flood <br />I <br />II <br /> <br />-=nil <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />~ <br />U1 <br /> <br />ill <br />U1 <br />o <br /> <br />ffi <br />o <br /> <br />~ <br />U1 <br /> <br />ffi <br />U1 <br /> <br />~ <br />o <br /> <br />ill <br />U1 <br />U1 <br /> <br />ill <br /><Xl <br />o <br /> <br />ill <br /><Xl <br />U1 <br /> <br />ill <br />ill <br />o <br /> <br />ill ill <br />ill ill <br />U1 -...J <br /> <br />(Dolores & San Juan River Basin Facts - 3) <br />