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<br />GUNNISON BASIN <br /> <br />Basinwide Conditions Assessment <br />The SWSI value of 1.9 indicates that for July the <br />basin water supplies were above normal. Flow at the gaging <br />station Uncompahgre River near Ridgway was 418 cfs, as <br />compared to the long-term average of 338 'cfs. Storage in <br />Taylor Park, Crawford, and Fruitland reservoirs totaled 99% <br />of normal as of the end of July. <br /> <br />Outlook <br />With all streams flowing above normal at the end of <br />July, it appears there is more water than can be given away. <br /> <br />Administrative/Manaaement Concerns <br />No administration of water has been necessary <br />recently. <br />Due to the highs rains lately, the Dallas Creek <br />gaging station was washed out. <br />Ridgway Reservoir spilled on July 31, apparently <br />unintentionally. The Bureau of Reclamation believed it had <br />been releasing enough water to avoid a spill. <br /> <br />Public Use Impacts <br />The amount of rainfall, although a blessing, lends a <br />bit of frustration to the local farmers. They are finding the <br />corn fields far too muddy to get into, and the hay has been <br />too wet to pick up. <br />Range lands are in the best condition that, they have <br />been in as long as anyone can remember. The USFS has no <br />complaints thus far about the condition of the range lands. <br />Mud slides have posed a problem basin wide. <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />Aug-99 <br /> <br />GlNIISO>IBASlNSWlI HSltH\' <br /> <br /> <br />3 <br />I- <br />~2 <br /> <br />w <br />::l <br />;oil <br />io <br /> <br />~.1 <br /> <br />-3 <br /> <br />... -- - .,-_.. <br />Jao>g) -' - - - - - - - - <br />M:MH/'l'EAA <br /> <br />IN:XlM>AHGRE RIVER fIR RIDGWAY, FU:JN BY W6.TER YEAR <br /> <br />1~,ooo <br /> <br /> / <br /> / <br /> / V .- <br /> / / <br /> / ;/ <br /> // ~ - - <br />~ v_ / <br /> <br />160.000 <br /> <br />1140,000 <br /> <br />i 120,000 <br /> <br />~ 100,000 <br />ii <br />~ ~,OOO <br /> <br />S 8),000 <br />:;) <br />:Ii <br />a 40,000 <br /> <br />20,000 <br /> <br />o <br />Oct Ntlv Dee Jan Feb Marth Apll ~ June JLiy Aug Sept <br /> <br />.... V\ET (1984) <br /> <br />.... DRY (1977) <br /> <br />......AVG <br /> <br />....1999 <br /> <br />R:FfmNr1Ul\E1aROFS <br /> <br />1:l\aD <br /> <br />1CQaD <br /> <br /> <br />1 lQaD <br /> <br />IV <br /> <br />J lQaD <br /> <br />.. <br />~ <<laD <br />:;) <br /> <br />:naD <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />T*F8k <br /> <br />0lIII0d <br /> <br />I1UIIlnI <br /> <br />11<19 7/31 0rIIns <br /> <br />rJ7/31/BlCl:rtB1s <br /> <br />6 <br />