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wsP kL cnz G 002170 Water Supsly` Outlook for Colorado and 'New Mexico - Page 7 - /® GR A ''L r . DNA E � IN �C OIL O RA D O " AND NEW /V�►EXICO COLORADO 11� 0 V 2. A _ YOUR WATER SUPPLY ,^^ Q SNOWPACK IN THE RIO GRANDE BASIN OF COLORADO INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN APRIL dv� it TO 153% OF AVERAGE, AN INCREASE OF 18% OF AVERAGE. WARMER WEATHER IN NEW MEXICO S DROPPED THE SNOWPACK FROM a N APRIL FIRST, THE CURRENT HAS DRO E 1467 OF AVERAGE0 ATO ( �� t_�r y LEVEL OF 102% OF NORMAL ON MAY FIRST. ALTHOUGH THE SNOWPACK HAS DECREASED, T _t LA VETA Wes NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER STATIONS IN NEW MEXICO OBSERVED 2-3 TIMES THE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION FOR APRIL. STREAMFLOW FORECASTS HAVE INCREASED THROUGHOUT MOST OF COLORADO, WITH MAJOR FORECAST POINTS AT 1.5 TIMES THE AVERAGE. STREAM- c, I \J FLOWS IN NEW MEXICO HAVE ALL REMAINED MUCH ABOVE NORMAL THIS MONTH. THE GAGE ON T v 37 _X TILLA 1 THE RIO GRANDE RIVER AT OTOWI HAS ALREADY HAD 500,000 ACRE FEET OF FLOW SINCE LEGEND• Forecast Point Z THE RIO GRANDE RIVER AT �� MARCH FIRST, NEARLY HALF OF THE FORECASTED VOLUME. " �* _ • Snow Course I& " "ENATTE`sx` MAC IS FOR AT NEARLY TWICE THE AVERAGE VOLUME FLOW THIS YEAR SOIL 1 SNOTEL Site , SAN R I AL RA STREAMFLOW FORECASTS # t �# MOISTURE THROUGHOUT THE RIO GRANDE BASINS OF COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO ARE Percent of 1961-80 Average EEx n 1 Over 13096Is s "A`° ESTIMATED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. WATER SUPPLIES SHOULD BE PLENTIFUL. ® 110-130'6 �S� 1 90-11096 M o R A `A""3 STREAMFLOW FORECASTS (1000 Ac. Ft.) 70- 90% 9E ® Under 7096 �A s � FORECAST POINT Forecast a of Average 1961-Bo rANcrsIELAA N Average FAWN - FeMIGUEL COLORADO (April-September) Alamosa Creek above Terrace Reservoir 102 155 66.0 F 2,q ,f to o to zo ao so r# Q Conejos River near Mogote (1) 302 155 195.0 {SCALE IN MILES Culebra Creek at San Luis (2) 29 160 18.0 §' }. f La Jara Creek near Capulin 12 154 7.8 ALd uL , --no Los Pinos River near Ortiz 104 150' 69.0 1 as � Rio Grande at Thirty Mile Bridge (3) 189 150 126.0 RESERVOIR STORAGE (Thousand Ac. Ft.) END OF MONTH BE R N ! L L u r Rio Grande near Del Norte (3) 745 151 494.0 Basin or Stream usable Usable Storag. Rio Grande at Wagon Wheel Gap (3) 435 140 310.0 and/or aPacrr. This RESERVOIR Lasr I%1-ep Saguache Creek near Saguache 32 108 30.0 rear Average Y ear COLORADO WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK Expressed as'Poor,Farr,Average.Ex- San Antonio River at Ortiz 25 165 15.2 cellent•With Respect to Usual Supply. South Fork of Rio Grande at South Fork Continental 27 7 5 6 Floer Perron 200 157 127.0 Platoro 75 27 14 10 STREAM or AREA s ,, NEWnMEXICOW(Marchupuiy�(April-July) (6) 39 148 26.3 � Rio Grande 51 39 26 19 Costilla Creek at Costilla (4) 30 160 19.0 f Sanchez 103 40 41 11 COLORADO Gallinas Creek near Montezuma 14 200 7.0 Santa Maria 45 19 9 7 Jemez River near Jemez 56 140 40.0 Terrace 18 11 11 7 Sangre de Cristo Cr, Avg. Fair Pecos River at Pecos Trinchera Creek Excel. Avg. 85 189 45.0 NEW MEXICO Red River at Mouth 42 140 30.0 Avalon 6 1 2 2 . Rio Chama at E1 Vado 320 154 208.0 Caballo 344 145 79 68 NEW MEXICO Rio Grande at Otowi (5) 1025 171 600.0 Conchas 330 155 138 128 Embudo Creek Excel. Excel. Rio Grande at San Marcial (5) 820 195 420.0 El Vado 195 133 139 59 Mora River Excel. Excel. , Rio Hondo near Valdez 20 134 15.0 Elephant Butte 2195 1792 1309 369 Nambe Creek Excel. Excel. . Rio Pueblo de Taos below Los Cordovas 45 167 27.0 McMillan 34 16 5 13 Rio Ojo Caliante Excel. Excel. Santa Cruz River at Cudiyo 22 157 1A.0 Santa Rosa 447 62 17 - Santa Fe Creek Excel. Excel. i Santa Fe near Santa Fe 2• Sumner •1 1 O (1)obeerved)1w plue change in.Cartage in Platoro Reservoir. (2)dbeerued flow p1w r.hange in etontga in Sanchea Reservoir. (J)0b...ved floe plw clung. in storage in Santa Maria, Rio Grande and Continental Reearvoirs. (4)0beemed flan plw o)unge in Costilla Ruermir. (5)obeerved floe p1w oh.,Ve in sta-g. in E1 Vado and Abiquiu Reeervoira. (6)Sus of Trinehera Creek near Fort Garland, &te Creek near Fort Garland, Sangre do Cristo Creek near Fort rnrl__nd,..and Indian Creek diversion.__ --- ' SUMMARY of SNOW MEASUREMENTS SUMMARY of SNOW MEASUREMENTS (COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS) (COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS) THIS YEAR'S SNO% RIVER BASIN Number of WATER AS PERCENT OF RIVER BASIN Number of THIS YEAR'S SNOW and or Courses 8A Courses WATER AS PERCENT OF SUB-WATERSHED Averaged ust rear I%(-CO Average and'orSUB-WATERSHED Averaged. Last Year I%I-eo Average WATERSHED SNOWPACK NEW MEXICO COLORADO Based on 5 Selected Snow Courses Rio Grande Basin,Colorado - - _ Pecos Alamosa - 1 0 0 36 Red River 1 37 35 Conejos 6 124 153 MAXIMUM � ttECOR4 Rio Chama 2 81 89 Culebra k Rio Grande, NM 4 102 127 4 55 98 ~ °• 30jt � Rio Hondo - Rio Grande, CO` 13 132 162 - - ; ads SNOW COURSE MEASURB4ENTS W 2 s SNOW COURSE MEASUREMENTS CURRENT INFORMATION PAST RECOR6 CURRENT INFORMATION PAST RECOR D 2 WATER CONTENT - WATER CONTENT W (INCHES) � - DATE W WATER i INCHES( t_ \ SNOW ER WATER � �„ SNOW COURSE Of DEPTH- CONTENT SNOW COURSE DATE DEtPTt CONTENT / SURVEr (INCHES) (INCHES) LAST SURVEY (INCHES) (INCHES) LASTYEAR AVG.ff , ; IS - .YEAR RIO GRANDE BASIN-COLO. h 10 RIO GRANDE BASIN - NM Pecos River Alamosa River c Bitter Creek N/S _ W S Panchuela 5/01 5 1.9 ' 0.0 1.4 Lily Pond 4/29 68 25.0 17.0 ' Silver Lakes 4./25 0 0.0 1.8 l.4 + K MIMIMVti �r Rir Werner Springs 4/18 56 19.4 - - FEB. Ist MAR.Ist APR.Ist MAY Ist Red River Conejos River *Cumbres Pass La Vets Pass Silver Lakes Upper v-- , , . PP i Hematite Park (S) N/S Cumbres Pass 4/23 71 29.0 22.8 17.5 Rio Grande, Wolf Creek Pass. Red River 4/29 10 1.8 4.9 5.1 Cumbres Trestle 4/23 86 32.5 30. 1 24.5 La Mange 4/23 66 26.8 17.8 19.9 Rio Chama Pinos Mill 4/30 80 35.0 30.0 21.6 Bateman 4/24 28 9.5 13.3 10.6 Platoro 4/29 71 25.2 17.5 13.0 Chama Divide N/S River Springs 4/30 . 0 0.0 1.1 0.6 Chamita 4/24 4 1.3 0.0 1.6 Rio Grande Culebra River WATERSHED SNOWPACK r Alamitos N/S Bernal Trail (B) DISCO11TINUEE Brown Cabin 4/26 7 1.9 5.3 2.4 Based on 5 Selected Snow Courses * Big Tesuqua 4/30 5 1.2 0.8 2.8 . Culebra 4/29 34 9.4 10.4 6.0 Z Rio Grande Basin, Now Mexico Cordova N/S La Veta 4/24 4 0.9 11.8 7.6 3'S Elk Cabin N/S - Trincheraa(B) (B) 4/26 35, 10.2 13.1 6.8 < " Gallegos Peak 5/01 17 6.6E - 4.2 > MAXIMUM DF RECORD 30 Hopewell 4/30 46 18.8 22.0 15.2 Rio Grande W x La Cueva N/S Big Meadows 4/28 46 18.4 12.7 10.8 3 � �,� >r �r North Castilla N/S Cochetopa Pass 4/29 9 3.2 9.9 4.3 W 28 Ojo Red a ondo N/S V. Palo N/S Grayback 4/26 73 24.6 17.6 4.3 Hiway 4/29 114 45.2 29.1 8.0 20 " r Payrole N/S Lake Humphrey 4/28 12 3.5 2.9 2.7 C Post Office Flat N/S - Love Lake 4/29. 32 10.8 8.2 6.9 Z IS Quemazon 5/O1 8 3. 1 4.7 �:;. :. . Middle Creek 4/29 97 34.3 21.9 - h Rice Park N/S 9 Rio En Medio 4/29 38 12.5 6.8 4.9 Pass Creek 4/29 41 14.9 12.8 6.3 la - San Antonio Sink 4/26" 2 0.7 3.1 3.3 Pool Table 4/26 .22 5.4 5.7 3.5 _ Porcupine 4/27 38 11.8 10.4 7.5 a �g61-�� Sandoval N/S Santa Maria W Senorita Divide 5/01 0 0.0 - 1.0 4/27 5 1.2 0.7 1.5 = 5 Upper Rio Grande 4/25 17 6.0 4.9 4.2 Taos Canyon N/S Wolf Creek Pass 4/29 103 44.2 31.7 5.2 0 Tres Ritos /S Rio on Wolf Cr. Summit (B) 4/29 136 51.2 35.3 2.9 FEB. Ist MAR let APR. lot Hondo *Bateman,B'ig Tesuque, Chamita, Payrole, Red River. ` Taos Powderhorn ISCO INUED NS-No survey. NS-No.survey. (B)-on adjacent drainage._ (B)-on adjacent drainage. E-Estimated from SNOTEL . E-Estimated from SNOTEL. „taA scs.ae,uNa.os I9•I