FLOOD10516

• County: Delta
• Basin: Gunnison
• Title: North Fork Water Conservancy District Water Management Plan
• Date: 7/1/2001
• Prepared For: Delta County
• Prepared By: Delta Soil Conservation District
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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TABLE 2-4
Water Budget for Fire Mountain Canal
Average Scenario
(values in acre-feet)

Month Headaate Diversions (3) Deliverv Losses (4\ Farm Crop Efficiencies
Direct Flow Storaoe Total Evaooration Other Total Delivery (5) Requirements (6) Overall (7) Delivery (8) Farm (9)
April (1) 3,262.9 0.0 3,262.9 1.5 266,3 267.8 2,995.1 80.4 2% 92% 3%
May 8,360.2 0.0 8,360.2 12.5 1,717.0 1,729.5 6,630.7 2,180.2 26% 79% 33%
June 8,n8.2 0.0 8,n8.2 15.1 1,658.6 1,673.7 7,104.5 3,891.6 44% 81% 55%
July 7,990.0 2,144.5 10,134.5 15.6 1,913.9 1,929.5 8,205.1 4,413,7 44% 81% 54%
August 4,010.8 5,828.2 9,900.2 14.1 1,715.4 1,729.5 8,170.7 3,480.1 35% 83% 43%
September 2,312.1 3,554.5 5,901.8 10.4 1,663.3 1,673.7 4,228.1 1 ,970.2 33% 72% 47%
October 12\ 364.4 671.4 1 035.7 0.7 155.0 155.7 880.1 70.6 7% 85% 8%
Average Efficiencies (10) 36% 79% 46%

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1 Average start-up date Is April 20, Includes excess water used during startup
2 Average turn-off date Is Oelober 3
3 Average for years 1988 through 1998
4 Estimated at 0.95 cis per mile or 55.79 af/day for the 29.67 miles of canal
5 Headgate diversions less delivelY lOsses
_6_ _C~",!!"!.~l.~l,,g_t!,e B.!.an.ey:C~dEI~ T_R21 method for normal year averages
7 Crop requirements divided by total diversions
8 Farm dellvelY divided by total diversions
9 Crop requirements divided by farm delivelY
10 Does not Include start-up and turn-off months

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