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Water Supply Outlook for Colorado and :New 'Mexico foge 6 <br /> ARKANSAS RIVER WAT� ERSHED­'IN COLORADO <br /> COLORADO <br /> 10 0 10 2o 30 40 <br /> SCALE IN MILES SUMMARY of SNOW MEASUREMENTS <br /> (COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS) <br /> V <br /> RIVER BASIN Ti-IIS YEAR S SNOA <br /> Number of <br /> and or C ATER AS PERCENT OF <br /> . ....... oulses <br /> SUB-wATERSHED <br /> . ......... <br /> : ...... 1 1 A�elaged Last Yea, 1961-80 A, <br /> PE LL <br /> TENNESSEFC NT PASS Arkansas 8 277 169 <br /> AST FORK J <br /> rWYY LAKE dii0le E L 8 E R US24 Cucharas 3 150 148 <br /> HAGERMAN TUNNEL <br /> INDE ENDENCE Purgatoire 1 182 128 <br /> P S TUNNEL JNNE�, <br /> 39 <br /> LT__ <br /> K I T CARSON <br /> 9. <br /> 05 C&E K <br /> IN KI E <br /> 082 <br /> PORPHN,r( ------- <br /> TOMICHI <br /> SPRUCE MEET �01 <br /> HERMI; <br /> LEG E N D_ SOUTH 11LVN <br /> SNOW COURSE MEASURfNENTS <br /> A Forecast Point <br /> CURRENT I FORMATION PASir RECORD <br /> Snow Course <br /> WATE <br /> CONTENT <br /> SNOTEL Site DATE <br /> ..X. ...... <br /> SNOW COURSE SNOW E (I CHES) <br /> OF <br /> W T' R <br /> �TREAMFLOW FORECASTS DEPTH) rC <br /> (�TE T <br /> SURVEY <br /> (INCHES <br /> C. <br /> A VE ............... <br /> PAS ............ <br /> Percent of 1961-8OAveroge Ell, <br /> 0,er 1309/6 Riiiii!i�iiii:�"'*' <br /> .......... ARKANSAS BASIN <br /> 110-130% CUCHARAS CREEK W <br /> '01"W'..i� <br /> 90-11oo/. <br /> Arkansas River <br /> 7 go. <br /> 0- <br /> Under 70% 1 1 -37* Bigelow Divide 1/27 22 5.5 3.9 4.5 <br /> N E W M E X I C 0 10 KLAHOMA Brumley 1/30 39 12.4 3.9 6.4 <br /> Cooper Hill (B) DISCONTINUEE D <br /> East Fork DISCONTINUEE D <br /> YOUR WATER SUPPLY ]FIOur Mile Park 1/30 28 7.7 2.2 4.2 <br /> SNOWPACK IN THE ARKANSAS BASIN IS THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE, AND IS CURRENTLY Fremont Pass 1/30 53 17.7 6.6 10.3 <br /> Garfield DISCONTINUEE D <br /> 161% OF AVERAGE. T, HE UPPER REACHES OF THE ARKANSAS HAVE SNOWPACK STATISTICS NEAR Hermit Lake 1/27 32 1 9.3 - - <br /> Monarch Pass 1/27 55 18.7 4.6 11.1 <br /> 70% A'JOVE NORMAL. THE LOWEST WATERSHED IS THE PURGATOIRE AT 128% OF AVERAGE. South Colony 1/30 56 19.6 12.0 - <br /> Spruce Creek 1/30 31 8.2 2.2 - <br /> SNOWMELT RUNOFF VOLUMES ALONG THE MAIN STEM OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER ARE WELL ABOVE Tennessee Pass 1/30 35 10.3 3.6 6.6 <br /> Twin Lakes Tunnel 1/20 40 11.9 5.3 6.4 <br /> �TIORMAL, WITH THE ARKANSAS RIVER ABOVE PUEBLO AT 170% OF AVERAGE, AND AT SALIDA AT Westeliffe 1/27 31 8.1 3.2 5.3 <br /> Saint Elmo NIS 3.4 7.7 <br /> !150%. THE PURGATOIRE RIVER AT TRINIDAD IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 25% ABOVE NORMAL Cucharas River <br /> Apishapa 1/27 26 6.5 5.6 5.2 <br /> STREAMFLOW FOR THE APRIL-SEPTEMBER PERIOD. RESERVOIR STORAGE IS EXCELLENT AT 283% Cucharas Creek 1/30 28 8.2 6.0 5.2 <br /> Huerfano <br /> 1/26 28 7.3 3.4 <br /> OF AVERAGE DOWN FROM 324% jANuARY I IN ANTICIPATION OF ABOVE NORMAL SNOWMELT RUN04F. La. Veta Pass (B) 1/30 38 11.6 5.9 7.4 <br /> ST!9EANFLOW FORECASTS (1000 Ac. Ft.) April September Purgatoire River <br /> Bourbon 1/26 27 6.0 3.3 4.7 <br /> FORECAST POINT Forecast % of Average 1961-8 [Whiskey Creek 1/26 1 35 1 9.1 1 5.1 <br /> Avera - - <br /> 071 <br /> .'JS-.'Jo survey. <br /> (B)- )n adjacent drainage. <br /> Arkansas River above Pueblo (1) 473 170 278.0 <br /> Arkansas River at Salida (2) 450 150 300.0 *Less than 15 years of record. <br /> Cucharas River near La Veta 14 127 11.0 D Snow course discontinued. Estimates av I ail a.'ble- thru '.SCS ;of f i <br /> Grape Creek near Westcliffe 24 150 16.0 NIS No survey. <br /> Huerfano River near Redwing 20 133 15.0 <br /> Purgatoire River at Trinidad (3) 45 125 36 0 <br /> Chalk Creek 32 150 21:5 WATERSHED SNOWPACK <br /> Based on 5 Selected Snow Courses <br /> z <br /> W 35 ­ <br /> _J .............x <br /> Plus change in storage in Pueblo Reservotr. (2,1 Observed flow plus change in Clear Creek, Twin Lakes and Turquoise �MO <br /> EC t)::-:- <br /> ervoirs minus diversions through <br /> Busk Ivanhoe, <br /> b...d,. Trin L.kes and Hoaest4ke Tunnels and Ewing, Fremont <br /> Pass. Parts and Columbine ditch##. <br /> :. '", q <br /> (3) Change in storage <br /> in Trinidad Reservoir. <br /> 30 <br /> ............................. <br /> .......... . ..... <br /> .. .. ... .. <br /> Expr:ssed as'Poor. Fair.A�erage. Ex- W <br /> RESERVOIR STORAGE (Thousand Ac. Ft.) <br /> ............ <br /> END OF MONTH With Respect t 0 Usual Supply <br /> Flows WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK cell nt <br /> Bast o Stream Usable St low Period <br /> annd/101 ......... <br /> W 23 <br /> Graze F <br /> ex <br /> W <br /> ly <br /> S <br /> RE Th.s L asr 1961-80 STREAM or AREA Spring L at.e. <br /> ERVOIR <br /> Year <br /> IC Yea A�e,Is ge Season Sea& <br /> X. <br /> x. <br /> 2 <br /> Adobe ............. <br /> 62 45 28 9 Apishapa River Average Fair <br /> Clear Creek 11 5 10 7 Flountain Creek <br /> Average Fair 0 15 <br /> Great Plains 150 28 6 32 Hardscrabble Creek Average Fair z <br /> Holbrook Lake- 7 1 3 4 Monument Creek Average Fair U) .. ..................... . <br /> Horse Creek 27 8 2 5 U. to .... ... <br /> John Mart in 621 100 47 42 0 ................ <br /> take Henry 11 8 4 4 4 u) 5 <br /> Meredith - 42 33 0 7 W <br /> X ... ... <br /> U gp"E <br /> Pueblo 354 254 156 M <br /> z 0 <br /> Trinidad 158 39 50 <br /> FEB. Ist MAR. Ist APR. Ist MAY. Ist <br /> Turquoise 127 96 75 ' 34 *Four Mile Park, Fremont Pass, Porphyry Creek, <br /> Win Lakes <br /> 1 - 86, 84 J__ 42 1 25 Tennessee Pass, Twin Lakes Tunnel. <br /> I/ Period of record less than 15 years. <br /> RNEZZ"'AMM' <br /> "n <br /> �44 <br /> 4 <br /> �A' Q, <br /> VEX <br /> k' <br /> 'All <br /> k" <br /> R <br /> t <br /> _50 <br /> w <br /> e 9M, <br /> 04 <br /> aW <br /> A <br /> A <br /> z <br /> ISN <br /> �Z ";111P <br /> R 310" <br /> 511,41�,_Ii;�"tl!il""�2"f;i�"O",�'ll�'I'll!'�K <br /> A <br /> -tq <br /> USDASICS"T"NO.011 in] <br />