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• Board Meeting Date: 3/18/2008
• Description: WPFM Section - Flood Outlook Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

2008 Snowmelt Flood Preparation
Summary of March Snotel Data
March 3, 2008
SNOTEL data for those locations where the March 3, 2008 reading for Snow-Water
Equivalent (SWE) was over 120% of average are listed below. Light shading shows
SNOTELs where the average is between 140% and 159% of average, while darker
shading shows SNOTELs where the average is at or above 160% of average. -This is a
first cut attempt at focusing attention on those watersheds where we should be most
concerned about the possibility of snowmelt flooding.
Gunnison River Basin (Basinwide SWEat 145% ofAvervge)
Station Potentially Potentially Elevation of Current % of
Name Affected Affected iBasins SNOTEL (ft) inches Average
Counties SWE SWE
:`Butte Gunnfsan ast River .10 160 18.8 14,7
Columbine Montrose Gunnison River, 9,400 22.2 136
Pass Tabe uache Creek
Idarado Oura Uncom ah re River 9 800 15.4 129
Mo>rlur+e Pass Pitkin, Gunnison, Delta Crystal RWer, Muddy 9,5()0 23.3 Y53
Creek
Mesa Lakes Mesa, Delta Plateau Creek, Kannah 10,000 17.7 123
Creek

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~ Delta, Mesa I
Muddy Creek, Plateau
9,840 _ __ _
~ 19.3
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'-182
Reservoir ' Creek ~
;: ar~tCone ~`_ (~ur~` fincon ~re~l~lver, ~ g~~ ~ `.24.3 ,t3~
Park Delta Plateau Creek 9,960 29.4 133
Reservoir __
Porphyry Gunnison, Chaffee Tomichl Creek, South 1 10,760 20.0 X55
.Creek _ __ _ _______
~ Arkansas. Riyer_..._ _._ __ __ _ '
1 __
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Red Ouray, San 7uan Animas River, 1,200 28.0 143
Mountain Uncompahgre River
Pass __ _
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Schofield Pitkin, Gunnison Crystal River, East River 10,700 i 42.2 250
Pass ~ ~ _.
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Slumgullion .---------~ --
Hinsdale, Mineral, -~--..._ ..._ _..._
Cebolla Creek, Lake Pork ~ ..__..__._.. _...__._._ .
11,440 _...
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15.6 __ ~
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Saguache Gunnison, Rio Grande,
Sa uache Creek
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