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Capacity: <br />Total Storage: 10,070 acre-feet <br />Active Storage: 10,070 acre-feet <br />Dead Storage: 520 acre-feet <br />Reservoir storage records from 2001 forward have 520 acre-feet subtracted for <br />consideration of dead storage. <br />Area/Capacity Data: Reservoir gage height and cumulative capacity information are shown in <br />Table 1. <br />Table 1 <br />Reservoir Elevation-Area-Capacity <br />Gage Height <br />(ft) Area <br />(acres) Cumulative Capacity <br />(ac-ft) <br />10 NA 887 <br />15 NA 1,810 <br />20 NA 3,200 <br />25 NA 5,190 <br />3 0 NA 7,73 5 <br />35 NA 10,700 <br />Data. provided by George Varra, District 3 Water <br />Commissioner. <br />bi NA =not available. <br />Enlargement History: Timnath Reservoir has not been enlarged. <br />Reservoir Storage Measurement: Storage levels in Timnath Reservoir are measured using a <br />staff gage located along the north bank of the reservoir. Staff gage measurements are <br />read bi-monthly by a New Cache Company employee and reported to the District 3 Water <br />Commissioner. <br />Reservoir Seepage Information: No studies have been conducted to quantify seepage losses <br />from Timnath Reservoir. Seepage losses from the Timnath Reservoir Inlet Canal accrue <br />to the Cache la Poudre River and Lake Canal Ditch. Seepage losses from the Timnath <br />Reservoir Outlet Canal accrue to the Cache la Poudre River. <br />Flood Control/HydroPower Operations: Timnath Reservoir is not managed for flood control <br />and does not have hydropower facilities. <br />HydroBase Data: The monthly data available in HydroBase over the 1950-2002 period of <br />record pertaining to Timnath Reservoir include the following: <br />NewCacheMemo.doc 6 of 14 <br />