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<br /> Water Supply Outlook for Colorado and New Mexico - Page 4
<br /> SOUTH PLA TTE RIVER : WA TERSHED' iff COLORADO
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<br /> SUMMARY of SNOW MEASUREMENTS
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<br /> <• ""' :� : Clear Creek 5 1 55 83
<br /> Saint Vrain 3 33 54
<br /> :. �,. r, „1 South Platte 7 63 107
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<br /> x � - 10 0 20 30 SNOW COURSE MEASUREMENTS
<br /> -R:E• C:K0.& ..• _ CURRENT INFORMATION PAST RECORD
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<br /> eATER CONTENT
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<br /> .. .•••••ti . •f-•L;$•e R T COLORADO • Forecast Point YEAR 61-60
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<br /> .::..... .... ..j ::;�;.:.. STREAMFLOW FORECASTS SO= PLATM BASIN
<br /> �p r' • ••• Percent of 1961-80Averagever
<br /> ,,. 79, O 13096
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<br /> CE �A✓f •fs 0 110-130%
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<br /> 90-110% Ba11iIDOQ"e 4/25 10 1.0 10.3 4.6
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<br /> 'Boulder Falls 4/27 30 9.6 21.0 12.3EZJ 70- 9096 T dw Eldora, 4/29 7 2.0 17.2 9.3
<br /> Under 7096 NNOt 4/25 30 8.8 2 0.8 10.3'
<br /> University Camp 4/27 43 13.6 25.4 18.81
<br /> YOUR WATER SUPPLY Big ThagmOn River
<br /> Bear.Lake 5/01 48 15.3 23.8 16.7
<br /> THE SOUTH PLATTE BASIN HAD ONLY A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SNOWPACK DURING APRIL, Deer Ridge 4/29 2 0.7 8.1 2.8
<br /> Hidden Valley
<br /> 2 1 OF 2 TO OF e'y 4 A RISE Z 8 7 AVE F SMALLER SUBBA IN ACTUALLY- 9 3 1 4 a RAGE. MANY o THE s s s 4.6 1.i i/ 0.5
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<br /> .71 22.4E 318
<br /> DECREASED SOMEWHAT DURING THE MONTH WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER longs Peak 4/Lake Irene (B) 5/Ol 01 37 10.7 31. 12.4
<br /> AT SOUTH PLATTE, WHICH INCREASED IN VOLUME BY 24,000 ACRE-FEET. ALL OF THE Two Mile 4/29 49 14.1 18.8 17.5
<br /> Willow Park 4/30 53 21.2E 31.0 21.5
<br /> OTHER FORECASTS EITHER REMAINED UNCHANGED THIS MONTH, OR DECREASED SLIGHTLY.
<br /> RESERVOIR STORAGE IS CURRENTLY 110% OF AVERAGE FOR MAY FIRST. THIS IS 10% ABOVE Cache La. Pbudre
<br /> THE STORAGE LEVELS OF LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. LOWER ELEVATION PRECIPITATION Bennett Greek 4/29 9 2.9 13.4 5.2
<br /> HAS BEEN BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH, AND SOIL MOISTURE HAS BEEN ESTIMATED AS IN Big South 4/30 0 0.0 6.3 0.5
<br /> Cameron Pass 4/30 72 30.0 4.4 32.1
<br /> POOR CONDITION THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE REGION. THIS YEAR'S WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK Chambers To 4/30 2 0.7 9.2 6.8
<br /> APPEARS TO BE FAIR TO POOR ESPECIALLY IN THE LATE _.SEA 0N_ Deedman Hill 5/01 51 17.7E 2.6 18.0
<br /> Hourglass Lake 4/29 14 3.9 13.5 6.5
<br /> Joe Wright 4/30 70 28.0 35.8 28.7
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<br /> Pine Creek 4/30 0 0.0 3.6 0.6
<br /> STREAMFLOW FORECASTS 0000 Ac. Ft.) April -September Red Feather DISCO TINUE
<br /> FORECAST POINT Forecast %of Average 1961-80
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<br /> Bear Creek at Morrison 26 90 28.7 Baltimore (B) 4/25 10 1.0 10.3 4.6
<br /> Big Thompson River at Drake (1) 97 85 114.0 Berthoud Ells 4/27 30 9.6 : 1.0 12.3
<br /> Boulder Creek at Orodell 38 81 46.7 Empire 4/25 24 6.3 12.1 7.5 .
<br /> Cache La Poudre River at Canyon Mouth (2) 230 86 268.0 Grizzly Peak (B) 4/29 54 8.8 25.2 20.0
<br /> �- Clear Creek at Golden (3) 106 84 127.0 Loveland Pass 4•/29 38 13.8 20.8 15.1
<br /> .St. Vrain Creek at Lyons 55 70 78.8
<br /> South Boulder Creek near Eldorado Springs 37 86 42.1 Ste Vrain River
<br /> South Platte River at South Platte 197 100 197.0 Clopeland Ike 5/01 2 0.6E 6.6 2.8
<br /> Ward 4/29 7 1.8 1.5 5.6
<br /> _ (if n6.•...rd llor plus 5.�pass so your plants. /11 Ahsrn rJ fl..r minus trans-6astn du.en tons plus municipal and irrigation dtvrrs tons. (1) 06srrrrd flow eiwrr Wild Basin 4/30 28 8.9 5.8 12.4
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<br /> South Platte River
<br /> 071210 4/29, 18 5.6 10.1 5.0
<br /> WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK cel ��w m Respect to Usua'Average.
<br /> RESERVOIR STORAGE (Thousand Ac. Ft.) END OFSNONTN mew Park4/26 11 1.4 5.1 1.8
<br /> Fle..Period seat"W Stralsom usableSterap BiDr9e8hDe UjLIDtain 4/29 41 12.9 13.8 10.5
<br /> .wva. Usable 4/25. 42 12.7 18.9 12.9
<br /> STREAMeeAREA SPnws Late Caa•ctq ..Tuts lnl f1a1-a0 ! Hoosier Pass
<br /> Sea•en Sw•on RESERVOIR Yea. Yee. Awn •
<br /> Jefferson C!eek 4/29 27 8.4 13.6 8.4
<br /> Antero 26 16 16 14 Mosquito 4/25 28 7.7 {' 12.2 6.7
<br /> Coal Creek Fair Poor Barr Lake 32 29 27 26 Sundance N/S
<br /> North Fork of South Avg. Fair Black Hollow 8 4 4 4 Trout Creek Pass. 4/30 6 2.2 7.2 2.1
<br /> Platte Boyd Lake $8 40 41 37
<br /> North Fork of Cache Avg.. Fair Cache La Poudre 10 10 10 i8
<br /> La Poudre Carter Lake llk 98 104 103
<br /> .:Ralston Creek Fair Poor Chambers Lake 9 5 3 :4
<br /> Rock Creek Fair Poor Cheesman 79 79 79 56
<br /> South Platte from Avg. Fair Cobb Lake 34 19 21 14
<br /> Greeley to Fort Eleven Mile 98 98 98 89
<br /> Morgan Empire 38 35 28 32
<br /> South Platte_from Fair Poor Fossil Creek 12 7 0 9e;
<br /> Fort Morgan,toGross 43 25 26 22 >
<br /> Sterling 1" Halligan 6 6 6 5 Ns-No survey.
<br /> South Platte below Fair Poor Horsetooth 144 122 136 177 gel-on adjacent drainage.
<br /> • E - Estimated from SNOTEL.
<br /> Sterling Jackson 35 36 23 34 .
<br /> Julesburg 28 22 21 23
<br /> s Lake Loveland 14 11 10 10
<br /> Lone Tree 9 9 8 7 WATERSHED SNOWPACK
<br /> Mariano 6 6 5 5 = Based on S Selected Snow Courses
<br /> Marshall 3.0 10 9
<br /> Marston 18 16 17 16 j 35 Y
<br /> Milton 24 18 19 16- t Ny TIAAX I IYttJM Qf C 0RQ
<br /> Point of Rocks 70 72 70 67 s
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<br /> Prewitt 33 27 26 23 _
<br /> Riverside 58 64 61 57
<br /> zSpinney Mtn. 48 47 - - UJ
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<br /> Standley 42 34 37 26 ,•2 �� ,
<br /> Terry 8 5 6 6 v .
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<br /> Union 13
<br /> Windsor 19 13 16 12 O IS �� •-
<br /> �~ Horsecreek 16 15 13 16
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<br /> ' *Berthoud Pass. Cameron Pass, Deadman Hill,
<br /> Hoosier Pass, University Camp.
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