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<br /> Water Supply Outlook for Colorado and New Mexico - Page 6
<br /> RKA NSA S RI VEIL WA T ER S HE' IN COLORADO
<br /> COLORADO
<br /> 10 O 10 20 30 40
<br /> SALE IN MILES�®► SUMMARY of SNOW MEASUREMENTS
<br /> (COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS)
<br /> o RIVER BASIN Number of THIS YEAR SNOW
<br /> o And or KATER AS PERCENT OF
<br /> SUB-WATERSHED Courses
<br /> Averaged uu Year 1961-e0 Average
<br /> 0 0
<br /> CnOPE LL -
<br /> TENNESSEE P • T PASS °
<br /> . ASTEORK I � o Arkansas 9
<br /> TWIN LAKES LedvHle h E L B E RT• - I 64 93 - ^
<br /> HAGERMAN TUNNEL ""A - O0 .G :� I,sY. Cucharas
<br /> 01
<br /> INOEPENDENCE 1H#J�DES UNNE Y"-'� J 3 65 110 ..o .} -
<br /> PASS 7UNNEL ti --!! ,° Purgatoire ire 1
<br /> 39°� .N�16 h% A ��' ...-.->.. 7:: �. >.. KIT CARSON o 78 110
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<br /> LEG EN D SOUTHC.oNr�,:,.. Las MA647 aEs SNOW COURSE MEASUREMENTS
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<br /> Snow Course •' •O 7•E R•O •' '''''''''' CURRENT INFORMATION PAST RECORD
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<br /> WATER CONTENT
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<br /> STREAMFLOW FORECASTS � � " " """' •• •
<br /> A VE tl b'ib� .T- "�.'lr' .. ......r.. SNOW COURSE DOTE EPT WATER (INCHES)
<br /> Percent of 1961-SOAvero PASS """""""""' ��� �"" """"" """"•"'•'
<br /> Average �a DEPTHNOW CONTENT
<br /> • •• 1�y SURVEY (INCHES) (INCHES) LAST AVG.
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<br /> �--" Over 130°6 ...... ........... O• YEAR 61-eo
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<br /> 1 10-1 3V/6 CUCHARAS CREEK 'r •'4••S••••• •• ARKANSAS SAS g7ASIN
<br /> A PISHAPA ........t0............ B: A '
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<br /> 90-11096 eRRpReoN :.' i°iR ...a...� �r s
<br /> •• Arkansas River
<br /> ® Under 70% I- -" _ if %- Bigelow Divide 2/28 28 6. 1 8.4 5.5
<br /> N E W M E X I C O IOKLAHOMA Brumley 2/27 39 7.9 12.9 8.1
<br /> (Doper Hill (B) DISC 'TINUE
<br /> East Fork DISC TINUE
<br /> YOUR WATER SUPPLY Fbur Mile Park 2/28 21 3.8 - 5.4
<br /> Fremmnt Pass 2/28 47 11.2 17.5 12.9
<br /> SNOWPACK IN THE ARKANSAS BASIN REMAINED AT 987. OF AVERAGE FOR A SECOND Garfield DISCO TINUE
<br /> CONSECUTIVE MONTH, THIS YEAR'S r1ARCH FIRST SNOWPACK IS ONLY 65% OF LAST YEAR'S, Hermit Lake 2/27 30 8.8 10.7 7.3
<br />• Monarch Pass 2/26 53 14.6 22.1 14.3
<br /> SNQ`-1PACK IN THE CUCHARAS AND PURGATOIRE BASINS INCREASED THE MOST DURING South Cblony 2/27 69 21.9 22.8 -
<br /> FEBRUARY, AND STREAMFLOW FORECASTS IN THESE BASINS ARE CALLING FOR THE Spruce Greek 2/28 37 7.2 9.6 -
<br /> �nnessee Pass 2/27 34 7.2 11. 1 8.6
<br /> GREATEST PERCENT OF AVERAGE STREAMFLOW FOR THE BASIN. FORECASTS ON THE Twin Ickes Tunnel 2/25 34 7.0 12.5 9.0
<br /> ARKANSAS RIVER ARE FOR SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE STREAMFLOWS, REFLECTING A Westeliffe 2/27 29 5.8 10.0 6.7
<br /> DECREASE IN THE UPPER BASIN SNOWPACK. RESERVOIR STORAGE IN THE BASIN IS MUCH Cucharas River
<br /> ABOVE AVERAGE, THIS SHOULD COMPENSATE FOR ANY BELQW AVERAGE FLOWS THIS YEAR, Apishapa 2/27 30 6.9 10.0 6.3
<br /> AND ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLIES ARE EXPECTED. Cucharas Creek 2/27 35 8.2 12.8 6.7
<br /> Huerfano 2/24 33 7.2 9.0
<br /> La Veta Pass (B) 2/25 36 9.2 14.3 9. 1
<br /> Purgatoire River
<br /> -- STREAMFLOW FORECASTS (1000 Ac. Ft.) April -September
<br /> Bourbon 2/26 31 6.6 8.5 6.0
<br /> FORECAST POINT Forecast % of Ave►age 1961-80 Whiskey Creek 2/26 36 8.8 11.51 -
<br /> Average
<br /> VS--VO survey•
<br /> Arkansas- River above-Pueblo.., 1 (B�-Jn as �•�N
<br /> ( ) - - 270 97 278.0 - _.-, jacent-drainage -
<br /> Arkansas River at Salida 2
<br /> ( ) 290 97 300.0
<br /> Cuozhara.s River near la Veta 12 109 11.0
<br /> Grape Creek near Westcliffe 15 94 16.0
<br /> Huerfano River near Redwing 14 93 15.0
<br /> Purgatoire River at Trinidad (3) 39 108 36.0
<br /> Chalk Creek 21 98 21.5 WATERSHED SNOWPACK
<br /> F. Based on 5 Selected Snow Courses
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<br /> (I) Plus change in storage in Pueblo Reservoir. 2J) Observed flow Plus Change in Clear Creek, rain Lakes and Turquoise J �� t {�g�g�
<br /> Reservoirs sinus di very ions through Busk Ivanhoe.'Roua lead, Divide. Twin Lakes and Hoses take Tunnels and Ewing, r/eaont ��+ '"'^ Ec ortRi:;
<br /> Pass, Furts and Cal anb in ditches. (3) Change in storage in Trinidad Reservoir.
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<br /> RESERVOIR STORAGE (Thousand AC. Ft.) END of MONTH W
<br /> WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK Expressed it -Poor. Fair.Average. Ex-
<br /> With Respect to Usual Supply.
<br /> Basin or Scream Usable Usable 7tomge and/orPe,Iod Qti 23RESERVOIR CaDc+ryTh+s La -e0 STREAMorAREA $pan Latelle!Yea. reage Season Season -i
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<br /> Adobe 70 64 59 10 3 � <
<br /> Apishapa River Average Fair
<br /> Clear Creek 11 4 5 7 Fbuntain Creek Average Fair 3
<br /> Great Plains 150 68 29 38 Hardscrabble Creek Average Fair O 15 :-..
<br /> a Holbrook Itahe 7 ' 6 2 4 Monument Creek Average Fair Avc14Ae ••
<br /> Horse Creek 28 28 1.4 7 t0 1g6�-90 ...............
<br /> IL John Martin 621 316 118 47 O
<br /> Lake Henry 8 5 4 6 in
<br /> Meredith 42 9 33 40 W S
<br /> Pueblo 354 62 268 290 ICI If4IU11t RI: �O c
<br /> Trinidad 1a8 23 41 31 ? O :. .... . :: .
<br /> Turquoise 127 34 93 98 FEB. Ist MAR. I$t APR. Ist MAY. Ist
<br /> Twin Lakes_ 86 25 84 76 *Four Mile Park, Fremont Pass, Porphyry Creek,
<br /> Tennessee Pass, Twin Lakes Tunnel.
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