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Water Supply Outlook for Colorado and New Mexico - Page 6
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<br /> COLORADO
<br /> A10 0 10 20 30 40 SUMMARY of SNOW MEASUREMENTS
<br /> SCALE IN MILESiiia (COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS)
<br /> THIS YEAR'S SNOW
<br /> RIVER BASIN Nurnber of
<br /> �.w Courses HATER AS PERCENT OF
<br /> o SU6fnATERS14ED _ Averaged Last Year 1961-00 Average
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<br /> Arkansas 9 54 99
<br /> YENf/E9lEE PA T PASS I p
<br /> AST FORK •-: - - CucharaS 3 12 27
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<br /> TaTN LAMfS ` °""'° ` s Purppato ire 1 31 79
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<br /> . ..�wa��;ya SNOW COURSE MEASUREMENTS
<br /> -`A, Forecast Point - - •. P ••••••••• ...:..... •B't.N'T'' 'P R 0•W•E R S r CURRENT INFORMATION PAST RECORD
<br /> Snow Course ° ..:. ... b:? R.(7;; :::• .. eATlR CoNrINT
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<br /> STREAMFLOW FORECASTS• 60 -. "`:T...-. wrRvtt IwcMt>W twcwsl il!'Oo -mot
<br /> Percent of 1961-80 Average Aiass °E �aq f
<br /> Over 13096 r...; :. :':::' :'' :: ::::;S 1 :I IUMANM BIASZN
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<br /> ® 110-1306 CucXARA4 CREEK ........
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<br /> Bigelow Divide 4/29 10 3.5 12.7 4 9
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<br /> �- - - "` Bison Reservoir 5.0 _
<br /> ® O"d'r7096 ,TN E WI M, E X I1 C O O KLAHOMA Brumley 4/30 34 10.01 17.6 9.8
<br /> Four Mile Park 4/30 1 0.1 7.2 1.7
<br /> Fremont Pass 4/30 53 16.0 26.9 8.3
<br /> YOUR WATER SUPPLY h. Garfield 4/29 38 13.2 20.7 10.3
<br /> Hermit Lake 4/29 19 5.5 . 11.5 6.0
<br /> AFTER A DRY AND WARM MONTH, THE SNOWPACK IN THE ARKANSAS BASIN HAS DROPPED TO Monarch Pass 4/29 57 19.8 27.6 16.5
<br /> 85% OF AVERAGE. THIS IS A DECREASE OF 18% FROM LAST MONTH. THE CURRENT SNOWPACK `' Saint Elmo 5/01 54 15.2 16.8 1.5
<br /> South Colony 4/26 67 26.6 29.5 -
<br /> Spruce Creek.
<br /> IS ONLY 45% OF LAST YEAR ON MAY FIRST.. FORECASTED STREAMFLOWS HAVE REMAINED � p 4/30 22 8.2 14.0 -
<br /> _ Tennessee Pass 4/30 24 7.4 15.4 8.2
<br /> ABOVE AVERAGE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE HUERFANO RIVER NEAR REDWING. THE Twin Lakes Tunnel 4/28 38 11.9 15.9 0.3
<br /> ARKANSAS RIVER IS FORECAST ABOVE AVERAGE AT BOTH FORECAST POINTS, REMAINING AT Westcliffe 4/29 8 2.8 7.7 2.5
<br /> THE SAME LEVELS AS LAST MONTH. THE GAGE ABOVE PUEBLO IS FORECAST AT 87 ABOVE
<br /> AVERAGE. RESERVOIR STORAGE IS EXCELLENT AT MORE THAN FOUR TIMES THE AVERAGE FOR CI=hR I3 Rivur
<br /> MAY FIRST, 22% ABOVE THE AMOUNT STORED LAST YEAR. SOIL MOISTURE IN IRRIGATED Apisbapa 4/25 2 0.3 12.0 3.7
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<br /> AREAS HAS BEEN RATED AS IN FAIR CONDITION THIS MONTH. ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLIES Creek 4/24 12 3.6 14.8 6.5
<br /> Huerfano 4/25 28 9.9 15.6
<br /> ARE EXPECTED THIS YEAR. Ila Veta Pass (S) 4/24 4 0.9 11.8 7.6
<br /> Purgatoire River
<br /> STREAMFLOW FORECASTS 0000 Ae. Ft.) April -September BDUrbm /25 8 2.3 7.4 2.9
<br /> FORECAST POINT Forecast of Averate Ave 1961-ge Whi&loey CrePrk /25 12 - 3.1 10.3 -
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<br /> Arkansas River above Pueblo (1) 300 108 278.0 (B)-On adjacent drainage.
<br /> Arkansas-River at Salida (2) :, . 309 103 300.6 R-
<br /> Cucharas River near Ia. Veta 13 118 11.0
<br /> Grape Creek near Westcliffe 16 100 16.0
<br /> Huerfano River. near Redwing 14 95 15.0 .
<br /> Purgatoire River at Trinidad (3) 43 120 36.0 WATERSHED SNOWPACK
<br /> Chalk Creek 24 110 21.5 �. Based on 5 Selected Snow Courses
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<br /> (1) Plus change in storage in Pueblo Reservoir. (2)Observed flow Plus change in Clear Creek, Trin Lakes and Turgqnoise -��- 't -
<br /> eservoirs ■inns diversions through Burk Ivanhoe, ustead, Divides Ain Lakes end Roaestake Tunnels and Ewing, Freaont ._
<br /> Pass, Warts and Colsabine ditches. (3) Change in storage in Trinidad Reservoir. ', 30
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<br /> RESERVOIR STORAGE (Thousand Ae. Ft.) WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK Expressed it Respect to Averages Supply.
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<br /> RESERVOIR TAra Last 1161-e0 F s.
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<br /> Adobe 70 59 55 8 Apishapa River Avg. Fait S ' r� -
<br /> Clear Greek 11 5 4 6 Fblmtain Creek Avg. Fair O 15 r J
<br /> Great Plains 150 87 44 37 Hard scrabble Creek Avg. Fair Z e ,
<br /> Holbrook Lake 7 6 6 3 lfmment Creek Avg. Fair 4n 1_gpA��roA ___.�..•-�
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<br /> Horse (reek 28 23 15 4 ems•- - �.
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<br /> John Iftrtin 616 321 156 33
<br /> lake Henry 8 7 8 5 in 5
<br /> Wredith 42 40 38 8Xz
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<br /> Pueblo 354 +252 261 51
<br /> Trinidad 167 - 34 45 10 Z FES. 1st MAR. 1st APR. 1st MAY. ist
<br /> Zlu'glloise 127 66 86 33 *Four Mile Park, Fremont Pass, Porphyry Creek,
<br /> 77 83 21- Tennessee Pass, .Twin lakes Tunnel.
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