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Water Supply Outlook for Colorado and New Mexico Page 5
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<br /> WATERSHEDS IN COLORADO
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<br /> a o 0 2 SUMMARY of SNOW MEASUREMENTS
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<br /> s Percent of 1961-80Average Deadman Hill 1/31 40 12.6 7.8 10.5
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<br /> McIntyre N/S - - - 7.9
<br /> 0= 110-1309/6 Roach 1/27 56 16.0 9.2 12.0
<br /> 90-110%70- 909/6 North Platte River
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<br /> SCALE IN MILES ® Under 70% Cameron Pass 1/30 64 23.8 17.1 17.7
<br /> Columbine Lodge 1/25 62 20.3 11.5 15.3
<br /> Northgate 1/30 24 5.4 2.4 4.1
<br /> Park View 1/30 31 7.6 4.9 6.1
<br /> Willow Cr. Pass (B) 1/30 39 11.1 6.7 8.1
<br /> YOUR WATER SUPPLY YAMPA BASIN
<br /> CURRENT SNOWPACK IS 138% OF NORMAL, COMPARED TO 193% ONE MONTH AGO. THE UPPER Elk River
<br /> POArIONS OF THE YAMPA AND WHITE WATERSHEDS HAVE SNOWPACK STATISTICS OF 145% AND Elk River 1/24 51 13.6 8.4 12.0Hahn's Peak- 1/24 48 12.3 7,2 10.7 r
<br /> 142% OF NORMAL RESPECTIVELY. SNOW SURVEYORS MEASURED THE' DEEPEST SNOWPACK AT TOWER White River
<br /> OCATED NEAR BUFFALO PASS AT 127 INCHES DEEP AND CONTAINED 47.1 INCHES OF WATER. Burro Mountain 1/30 49 15.8 11.1 11.2Rio Blanco 1/31 45 13.5 7,6 9.5 _
<br /> -� PROJECTED SNOWMELT RUNOFF VOLUMES RANGE FROM 33% ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE WHITE RIVER Yampa River
<br /> BOVE RANGELY, TO 47% ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE YAMPA RIVER AT MAYBELL. EARLY SUK4'1-l. Bear River DISCONTINUED
<br /> - Columbine (B) 1/25 62 20.3 11.5 15.3
<br /> -A .D SPRING CAN EXPECT EXCELLENT WATER SUPPLIES TAPERING OFF DURING LATE SUMMER, BUT Crosho N/S - - - -
<br /> -- - -- - _ -' Pry-Lake, -63- 2. 12 5- -
<br /> r-) SHORTAGES SHOULD EXIST. SOIL MOISTURE FAIR IN THE IRRIGATED AREAS. % Lynx Pass (B) 1/25 39 9.6 6.0 8.0
<br /> Rabbit Ears 1/25 76 24.0 17.3 16.3
<br /> Tower 1/27 127 47.1 - 32.3
<br /> STREAMFLOW FORECASTS (1000 Ae. Ft.) April - September Yampa View 1/25 53 16.2 8.9 10.5
<br /> FORECAST POINT Forecast %of Avera=e 1961-80
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<br /> Elk River at Clark 290 140 207.2
<br /> Laramie River near Woods 172 130 132.0
<br /> Little Snake River at Lily 530 148 356.8
<br /> North Platte River at Northgate 320 122 262.0
<br /> White River near Meeker 420 138 304.2
<br /> White River above Rangely 430 133 324.0
<br /> Yampa River near Maybell 1410 147 956.0
<br /> Yampa River at Steamboat Springs 4110 144 284.2
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<br /> D Snow course discontinued. Estimates available thru SCS office.
<br /> WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK Expressed as'Poor,Fair,Average, Ex-
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