WSP14219D

• File Number: 8210.137
• Description: Colorado River Basin-Colorado River Basin Organizations/Entities-Colorado River Forecast Committee
• Date: 3/1/1984
• Author: USDA, SCS
• Title: Colorado and New Mexico Water Supply Outlook
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

Water Supply Outlook for Colorado and New Mexico - Page A
SOUTH R LA T TE RIVER 'WA TERSHED IN COORA DO
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I W y O M I 0 N G I I ® I A ;A SUMMARY of SNOW MEASUREMENTS
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Clear Creek 5 173 129
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Saint Vrain 3 346 131
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F E L R T LEGEND SNOW COURSE S</RvEY DEPTH CONTENT
COLORADQ ♦ Forecast Point rNCHEs/ pNCHEi) LAST Av
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STREAMFLOW FORECASTS SOUrH PIATTE BASIN
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Boulder Creek
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® 110-1309% Baltimore
90-110°� 2/27 31 7.6 4.3 6.0
a Boulder Falls
70- � 2/26 48 12.8 7.0 10.0
Lake Eldora 2/28 46 14.1 6.5 9.4
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® Under 70% Niwot 2/27 52 15.0 5.1 8.4
University Camp 2/26 57 16.2 8.6 14.4
YOUR WATER SUPPLY Big Thompson River
Bear Lake 2/27 47 15.7 6.9 13.6
SNOWPACK FIGURES FOR THE SOUTH PLATTE WATERSHED HAVE DROPPED FOR THE Deer Ridge 2/28 24 7.2 0.3 4.6
r Hidden Valley 2/29 30 6°7 4.4 8.4
SECOND MONTH. A DROP OF NEARLY 10% HAS DECREASED THE TOTAL BASIN SNOWPACK Lake Irene (B) 2/26 65 22.4 14.5 18.1
longs Peak 2/27 43 12.2 4.5 8.6
TO 127% OF AVERAGE. STREAMFLOWS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL, WITH MOST Two Mile 2/29 40 10.3 5.6 11.8
OF THE FORECASTS AT 20% TO 30% ABOVE AVERAGE. RESERVOIR STORAGE IS CURRENTLY Willow Park 2/29 53 20.2 11.2 15.0
_ Cache la Poudre
109% OF AVERAGE AND SOIL MOISTURE IS ESTIMATED TO RANGE FROM FAIR TO GOOD. Bennett Creek 2/27 34 9.6 3.8 6.1
WATER SUPPLIES ARE PROJECTED TO BE EXCELLENT, ESPECIALLY IN THE UPPER PORTIONS Big South 2/28 18 5.1 2.9 1.9
Cameron Pass 2/28 69 27.0 18.8 23.1
OF THE WATERSHED. Chambers Lake 2/28 25 7.6 6.2 8.3
Dea.dman Hill 2/29 48 16.7E 9.7 13.4
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Hourglass Lake 2/27 32 8.8 4.8 5.9
Joe Wright 2/28 69 24.0 18.7 19.8
Lost Lake DISCONTINUE DISCONTINUE$ 7.9 10.1 D
STREAMFLOW FORECASTS (1000 Ac. Ft.) April -September Pine Creek 2/28 18 4.3 0.8 1.9
Red Feather DIsC09TINUED 3.0 5.8 D
IF FORECAST POINT r`orecast ; of Average AvB 0 e►age
Clear Creek'
Bear Creek at Morrison 36 129 28.7 Baltimore (B) 2/27 31 7.6 - 4,8 6.0
Big Thompson River at Drake (1) 142 125 114°0 Boulder Creek at Oradell Berthoud Falls 2/27 51 14.9 8.6 11.6
62 133 46.7 Empire 2/27 31 7.9
Cache La Poudre River at Canyon Mouth (2) 345 129 3.9 6.2
Clear Creek at Golden (3) 268.0 Grizzly Peak (B) 2/28 57 19.2 11.2 14.5
165 130 127.0 Ioveland Pass 2/28 49 16.5 9.6 13.0
St. Vrain Creek at Lyons 90 114 78.8
South Boulder Creek near Eldorado Springs 55 130 42.1 St. Vrain River
�- South Platte River at South Platte 236 120 197.0
Copeland Lake 2/26 22 5.6 1.0 4.2
Ward2/28 36 9.1 2°5 4.8
llor plus by-pass h. Porrr Plants. /ll Ob:rrlyd It-a mus trans-boslR d--ss . plus eunl..pal and vrsgatlon dsvers,ons. (Il Obs+rurd Jlor asRrs Wild Basin 2/26 3 7 10.3 3.6 9.8
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South Platte River
WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK E`Dressed. 'Poor. Average. RESERVOIR STORAGE (Thousand Ac. Ft.) Bison Reservoir 3/01 16 4.1 2:0 -
ceuent•Ntt to Respect usual Supplyly nil I
ENO OF MONTH - Ct7[flp 2/28 24 6.8 3.2 5.5
Flow Per,od sash or Sveam
STREAM or AREA Spr,ng Latc and or U:able Usable Storage
Capaal Geneva Park
[ Th,s Lasl 1961-60 2/28 23 _ 4.7 1.3 3.2
Season Season RESERvOIR Yea, rear Averse Horseshoe Mountain 2/28 38 10.8 4.2 8.4 * -
Antero 16 16 16 14 Hoosier Pass 2/27 46 14.0 7.2 10.4
Jefferson Creek
Coal Creek Barr Lake 32 21 26 23 2/28 34 9.6 5.9 7.7
xcellen Average Mosquito 2/27 39 10.8 4.0 8.2
North Fork of South xcellen Average Black Hollow 8 4 5 4 Mosquito
Platte Boyd Lake 48 40 37 36 Sundance 2/28 43 9.0 5.5 -
Trout Creek Pass 2/29 23 5.3 1.6 3.9
North Fork of Cache xcellen Excelle t Cache La Poudre 10 9 9 7
La Poudre Carter Lake 114 94 91 90
Ralston Creek xcellen Average Chambers Lake 9 3 5 3
Rock Creek xcellen Average Cheesman 79 72 78 49
South Platte from xcellen Average Cobb Lake 34 20 20 14
Greeley to Fort Eleven Mile 98 98 76 88
Morgan Empire 38 14 25 128
South Platte from kverage Fair Fossil Creek 12 0 4 8
Fort Morgan to Gross 43 31 26 27
Sterling Halligan 6 6 5 4 NS-No survey.
South Platte below Horsetooth 144 130 109 94 r �Less�than I Tnage.
verage Fair D Snow course�discontinued. Estimates available thru SCS office.
ears of record.
Sterling Jackson 35 30 33 31
Julesburg 28 21 21 20
Lake Loveland 14 10 10 9
Lone Tree 9 8 8 6 WATERSHED SNOWPACK
Mariano 6 4 5 5 Based on 5 Selected Snow Courses
Marshall 10 8 8 4 F-
Marston 18 15 15 15 w 35 ;.
Milton 24 15 16 14
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Point of Rocks 70 65 68 62
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Prewitt 33 22 23 19 O
Riverside 58 4
i er 56 49
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1 Standley 42 38 37 23 1Z P-5 ":;
Terry 8 6 5 5 W
Union 13 13 13 1020
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Windsor 19 15 12 11 -
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Horsecreek 16 13 10 12 30 (5 \961.
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Hoosier Pass, University Camp.
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