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HydroBase Data <br />The data for the 1950 to present period of record pertaining to Eleven Mile Reservoir include the <br />following: <br />End-of--Month Contents (see Figure 9) <br />• End-of--month contents missing for water years 1950 to 1974 and 1987. Denver Water <br />provided a complete set of end-of--month storage contents data for Eleven Mile <br />Reservoir. These data have been forwarded to the DWR database administrator for <br />inclusion into HydroBase, and are included in Figure 9. <br />• Storage records for Eleven Mile Reservoir have occasionally been above the current <br />capacity of 97,779 ac-ft since the reservoir is typically kept full and spills water over the <br />spillway. <br />Figure 9 <br />Eleven Mile Reservoir End-of--Month Storage Contents <br />100,000 <br />so,ooo <br />0 <br />60,000 <br />~, <br />0 <br />40,000 <br />w <br />0 <br />W 20,000 <br />0 <br />O M ~O O~ N U1 00 ~ h O M ~O O~ N U1 00 ~ <br />v1 v1 v1 v1 ~O ~O ~O h h h 00 00 00 00 O~ O~ O~ O O <br />ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti <br />8) Cheesman Reservoir (Structure ID 8003550) <br />Cheesman Reservoir is located on the South Platte River <br />near Deckers, Colorado, which is roughly 25 miles <br />downstream of Eleven Mile Reservoir. The reservoir was <br />built in 1905 and was the world's highest dam at the time <br />of its completion. Cheesman Reservoir has a drainage area <br />of about 1,750 square miles. It was Denver's first <br />mountain storage facility and, due to its senior water rights <br />Denver Water Board Operating Memorandum 17 of 40 <br />Cheesman Reservoir <br />Photo source: http://www.water.denver.co.gov <br />