WMOD00556

• Title: A Simulation of the Costs of Removing Snow from County Highways in Colorado
• Date: 3/1/1983
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

TABLE 8

Estimated costs to remove recorded and augrnented* snowfall in winters of low,
average and high snowfall--Rio Blanco County, Meeker district**

Winter and Percentile Estimated
of Long-term Snowfall Removal Costs($) Total Cost($)
Seasonal Snowfall (ioches) Wages Machines Total Per Employee
1957-58 80th
Recorded Snowfall 109.7 76,895 147,082 223,977 7,225
Augmented Snowfall 116.7 81,218 156,928 238,146 7,682
Percentage Increase 6.4% 5.6% 6.7% 6.3% 6.3%
1954-55 50th
Recorded Snowfall 85.1 52,201 103,279 155,480 5,015
Augmented Snowfall 92.1 55,575 111,469 167,035 5,388
Percentage Increase 8.2% 6.5% 7.9% 7.4% 7.4%
1952-53 20th
Recorded Snowfall 68.0 45,138 85,412 130,550 4,211
Augmented Snowfall 72.5 46,921 89,736 136,657 4,408
Percentage Increase 6.6% 4.0% 5.1% 4.7% 4.7%
* See page 14.
** 29 operators, 2 foremen.

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