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002165 <br /> Water Supply Outlook for Colorado and New Mexico - Page 7 <br /> RIO GRANDE A E SHERD IN COLORADO NrD -NEW MEXICO <br /> COLORADO <br /> _ YOUR WATER SUPPLY <br /> `` IPS SrrJa1PACK IN THE RI0 GRANDE BASIN OF COLORADO IS CURRENTLY THE HIGHEST IN THE <br /> • J 4 O <br /> H SLUMGULLIONI N S D L E a°- ' s '"° STATE AT 23% ABOVE AVERAGE. THAT PORTION OF THE BASIN IN NEW MEXICO HAS EVEN <br /> / <br /> CON A <br /> °A ' e A GREATER SNOWPACK AT 1417. ABOVE AVERAGE. STREAMFLOW FORECASTS IN COLORADO <br /> `y_ P <br /> I RI k L <br /> A E N G L 5 ARE ALL ABOVE AVERAGE, RANGING FROM 103 o OF AVERAGE ON SAGUACHE CREEK, TO <br /> cq�K E 5 W E K M n s o s a N LAVETAPASS 144% OF AVERAGE ON CULEBRA CREEK. IN NEW MEXICO, STREAMFLOW FORECASTS ARE <br /> L SANJU K4 jN Wn <br /> r „^^ MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE. THE RIo GRANDE RIVER AT SAN MARCIAL IS FORECAST AT 52% <br /> L O - ° er S T L L A - <br /> N ° � � e < I R ( ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE MARCH THROUGH JULY PERIOD. RESERVOIR STORAGE IS WELL <br /> eIE51 BR <br /> CO LOpl\ ABOVE NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE BASIN, AT 2307. OF AVERAGE IN COLORADO, AND 2790 <br /> ==AA D7'�OO UMORES T __TH 100ST711-1-A <br /> NEW MEXICO tr,,. vR< OF AVERAGE IN NEw MEXICOt WATER SUPPLIES THIS YEAR SHOULD BE PLENTIFUL, PROVID- <br /> : c <br /> • LForrecca t Point _ I NG NORMAL SPRING PRECIPITATION OCCURS. SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS ARE RATED AS <br /> • Snow Course 'J NF MATITE PARK <br /> f SNOTEL Site <br /> GOOD WITHIN COLORADO, WHILE SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS IN NEW MEXICO ARE <br /> rti <br /> STREAMFLOW FORECASTS <br /> Percent of 1961-80 Average �n¢ f - CONSIDERED TO BE GOOD TO FAIR. <br /> Over 130916 <br /> ® 110-1309/6 4,i <br /> ZZ <br /> M 0 R A <br /> AMITOS <br /> 70- 90/O 4 STREAMFLOW FORECASTS (1000 Ac. Ft.) <br /> • 3ENORI M J a *, ,y$I 1. <br /> ® Under 70% x y$$�7,. 1961-BO <br /> r " "•RANCNUELA I FORECAST POINT Forecast u of Average Average <br /> Ee M I G U E L COLORADO (April-September) <br /> Alamosa Creek above Terrace Reservoir 84 128 66.0 <br /> Conejos River near Mogote (1) 246 126 195.0 <br /> to 0 10 20 30 40 <br /> SCALE IN MILES } ,¢..• Culebra Creek at San Luis 2 <br /> 3 �Q ( ) 26 144 18.0 <br /> � f La Jara Creek near Capulin 9.8 125 7.8 <br /> ALBUOUEg� `,6# Los Pinos River near Ortiz 87 126 69.0 <br /> 66✓ <br /> 5 <br /> -,0`J Rio Grande at Thirty Mile Bridge (3) 153 122 126.0 - <br /> RESERVOIR STORAGE (Thousand Ac. Ft.) END OF MONTH B E R N I L L o 35 Rio Grande near Del Norte (3) 598 121 494.0 <br /> Bash or Sveam Usable Usable Storage Rio Grande at Wagon Wheel Gap (3) 375 121- 310.0 <br /> and/or Capa .I, This Lasr 1961-eo Saguache Creek near Saguache 31 103 30.0 <br /> RESERVOIR Year Year Average <br /> COLORADO <br /> WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK Expressed as'Poor. Fair.Average. Ex- San Antonio River at Ortiz 20 130 15.2 <br /> «rent-With Respect to usual Supply. South Fork of Rio Grande at South Fork 159 125 127.0 <br /> Continental 2 7 Flow Per od <br /> 8 3 5 STREAM or AREA Sprang Lace Trinchera Water Supply (April-July) (6) 33 125 26.3 <br /> Platoro 75 34 14 9 Seasa, Season NEW MEXICO (March-July) <br /> Rio Grande 51 32 21 16 Costilla Creek at Costilla (4) 27 141 19.0 <br /> Sanchez 103 38 42 16 COLORADO Gallinas Creek near Montezuma 11 157 7.0 <br /> Santa Maria 45 14 8 6 Jemez River near Jemez 54 135 40.0 <br /> Terrace 18 10 g 6 Sangre de Cristo Cr. Average Fair Pecos River at Pecos 65 144 45.0 <br /> NEW MEXICO Trinchera Creek Average Average Red River at Mouth <br /> 37 122 30.0 <br /> Avalon 6 3 3 3 Rio Chama at El Vado <br /> Caballo 344 1.36 105 71 NEW MEXICO Rio Grande at Otowi (5) 280 135 208.0 <br /> 835 139 600.0 <br /> Conchas 273 212 148 140 Embudo Creek xrellentlAverage L Rio Grande at San Marcial (5) 638 152 420.0 <br /> Rio Hondo near Valdez <br /> El Vado 195 125 130 34 Mora River Excellent Average 20 134 15.0 <br /> Elephant Butte 2195 1605 1318 426 Nambe Creek Excellent Average ;' Rio Pueblo de Taos below Loa Cordovas 36 133 27.0 <br /> McMillan 34 33 24 16 Excellent Average Santa Cruz River at Cudiyo 20 140 14. <br /> Rio Ojo Caliante g <br /> � . Santa Rosa 447 26 14 Santa Fe Creek xcellent Average Santa Fe near Santa Ft <br /> Isu 2- <br /> Sumner 1 1 1 4 1 2 7 (1)obaerved fl,u plus ohnlge in eta g. in Plat-Reeeruair. (2)0beerued flow plus a-ge in atontge in S.-h..R.Ser ir. (J)Obaaruad flow pica aP-6. <br /> in er<rmge in Santa Mu•ia, Rio Grunde and Continental Reee-voira. (4)Obserued flaw plue change in Coetilla Reaeruair. (5)Obs-ed flow plue change in <br /> 161Stor__r___T iwhFFm_Craek-near.F�rJ__CatrlaIld._ute_G•raek near Forj_garjprial-Aamgre-da Cristo k r P t - <br /> - lar bind, and Irdim Creek diuereion. <br /> SUMMARY of SNOW MEASUREMENTS <br /> SUMMARY of SNOW MEASUREMENTS (COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS) <br /> (COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS) THIS YEAR'S SNOW <br /> RIVER BASIN Number of WATER AS PERCENT OF <br /> RIVER BASIN Number of Courses THIS YEAR'S SNOW and a Courses <br /> R WATER AS PERCENT OF SUB-WATERSHED Averaged Last Year I%t-60 Ave-age <br /> SUB-WATERSHED Averaged Last Year 1961-80 Average - <br /> WATERSHED SNOWPACK NEW MEXICO <br /> COLORADO Based on 5 Selected Snow Courses * <br /> Rio Grande Basing Colorado Pecos 1 128 160 <br /> Alamosa 1 96 135 35 Red River 2 99 122 <br /> Conejos 6 96 123 Mh1CIMif11t { R£G#3Rf3 <br /> $ Rio Chama 3 75 111 <br /> t- Rio Grande, NM 17 113 147 <br /> Culebra 4 79 122 z - <br /> Rio Grande, CO 13 111 123 _ 30 4 Rio Hondo - - <br /> v 25 <br /> SNOW COURSE MEASUREMENTS EMENTS <br /> SNOW COURSE MEASUR <br /> W CURRENT INFORMATION PAST RECORD <br /> CURRENT INFORMATION PAST RECORD <br /> WATER CONTENT <br /> WATER CONTENT Lai DATE SNOW WATER (INCHES) <br /> GATE SNOW WATER (INCHES) _ SNOW COURSE OF DEPTH CONTENT <br /> SNOW COURSE OF DEPTH CONTENT < SURVEY (INCHES) (INCHES) LAST AVG. <br /> SURVEY (INCHES) (INCHES) LAST AV8• YEAR 81-80 <br /> YEAR 61-90 15 <br /> I <br /> z 6�'g A RIO GRANDE BASIN - NM <br /> RIO GRANDE BAS N-COLO. H 10 <br /> Pecos River <br /> Alamosa River o Bitter Creek DELAYED <br /> Lily Pond 2/26 53 14.5 15.5 H Panchuela 3/01 20 6.4 5.0 4.0 <br /> W " Wesner Springs 2/26 56 17.6 - - <br /> 111I1NEIIfVIitIr RfORI# <br /> Silver Lakes 2/25 29 7.4 7.7 5.5 <br /> x <br /> FEB. 1st MAR. Ist APR.Ist MAY 1st Red River <br /> Conejos River <br /> *Cumbres Pass, La wets Pass, Silver Ickes, Upper Hematite Park (B) 2/28 18 5.0 5.3 4.0 <br /> Cumbres Pass 2/25 75 22.4 23.3 18.0 Rio Grande, Wolf Creek Pass. Red River 2/28 25 7.0 6.6 5.7 <br /> Cumbres Trestle 2/25 85 24.8 30.9 21.9 <br /> La Manga 2/25 72 22.3 20.1 16.7 Rio Chama <br /> Pinos Mill 2/21 79 27.2 24.8 19.6 Bateman 2/26 43 11.5 13.8 10.2 <br /> Platoro 2/26 52 16.3 16.8 14.6 Chama Divide 2/25 17 4.6 6.8 3.9 <br /> River Springs 2/27 24 5.9 7.7 5.7 Chamita 2/25 35 8.9 12.7 8.4 <br /> Rio Grande <br /> Culebra River WATERSHED SNOWPACK Alamitos 2/28 46 14.6 8.1 5.7 <br /> Brown Cabin 2/27 25 6.4 10.0 5.3 * Bernal Trail (B) DISCO TINUE <br /> 2/27 38 10.0 10.9 7.8 eased on 5 Selected Snow Courses Big Tesuqu� 2/28 36 11.2 6.8 5.9 <br /> Culebra H Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico Cordova 2/28 46 14.6 13.7 9.5 <br /> La Veta Pass (B) 2/28 36 9.2 14.3 9.1 Z <br /> Trinchera (B) 2/26 37 9.7 9.7 6.8 35 Elk Cabin 2/27 20 5.8 4.9 3.5 <br /> a Gallegos Peak 2/27 38 11.4 13.3 8.9 <br /> Hopewell 2/26 58 18. 1 20.3 15.0 <br /> Rio Grande W 30 La Cueva 2/27 32 10.8 7.8 6.6 <br /> 2/24 54 14.7 12.9 12.5 North Costilla 3/01 14 3.8E 5.0 4.2 <br /> Big Meadows Q <br /> Cochetopa Pass 2/27 24 4.8 8.4 5.0 F 25Ojo Redondo 2/28 20 6.0 4.2 <br /> Grayback 2/27 56 15.5 15. 1 12.5 a Palo 2/27 32 9.2 10.0 6.8� <br /> Hiway 2/26 83 28. 1 24. 1 20. 2/26 41 10.6 <br /> 7 Payrole <br /> 11.0 8_Z <br /> Lake Humphrey 2/26 33 6.6 6.0 6.2 ; 20 Post Office Flat 2/26 16 4.5 3.2 <br /> Love Lake 2/26 42 10.6 7.4 7.9 O 4 Quemazon 2/28 46 12.0 6.7 8.0 <br /> Middle Creek 2/26 73 21.0 16.8 - 15 Rice Park 2/26 25 7.6 5.5 - <br /> 2/26 49 17.0 12.7 11.2 <br /> ' Pass Creek Rio En Media 2/27 49 14.5 8.6 8.9 <br /> N 2/28 28 5.6 4.4 5.3 p 1.0 San Antonio Sink 2/25 34 8.3 11.0 7.4 <br /> Pool Table .- <br /> Porcupine 2/23 33 7.0 9.4 8.9 _ so A . •. ............ Sandoval 2/28 34 9.6 4.6 5.0 <br /> ro <br /> Santa Maria 2/23 19 4.4E 5.8 4.6 W 96�� w Y Senorita Divide 2/28 34 10.4 11. 1 8.4 <br /> Upper Rio Grande 2/24 34 7.8 6.9 7.9 V J5 11 Taos Canyon 2/27 20 7. 1 7.2 4.6 <br /> Wolf Creek Pass 2/26 87 30.7 25.6 23.3 Tres Ritos 2/28 26 7.5 9.0 5. 1 <br /> Wolf Cr. Summit (B) 2/26 92 32. 1 27.5 24.1 MAR, let APR. letRio Hondo <br /> FEB. I N <br /> *Bateman,Big Tesuque, Chamita, Payrole, Red River. Taos Powderhorn DISCO TINUE <br /> MEMO <br /> NS-No survey. NS-No survey. <br /> (B)-on adjacent drainage. (B)-on adjacent drainage. <br /> USDA SCS RMTIANO.OR IMI <br /> I <br />