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Water Supply Outlook for Colorado and New Mexico - Page 6 <br /> ARKANSAS RIVER �WATERSHED,4N COLORADO <br /> COLORADO <br /> 10 0- 10 20 30 40 SUMMARY of SNOW MEASUREMENTS <br /> SCALE IN MILES (COMPARISON VVITH PREVIOUS YEARS) <br /> ............. ......... <br /> I THIS YEAR S SNOA <br /> RiVER I N..be,of E <br /> ATER AS P RCENT OF <br /> and Coufses <br /> ...... ....... <br /> SU&WATERSHED Averaged Last Y ear loi_410 A.*,age <br /> ............. <br /> .......... <br /> .. .............. <br /> V N <br /> o o <br /> Arkansas <br /> cnoPERH LL 9 225 146 <br /> TENNESSEL P. EAST FORR E L B E R I 1 0 Cucharas 3 124 162 <br /> ftlle <br /> rWIN LAKES Purgatoire <br /> HAGERW 1 124 138 <br /> IN EPENDENCE UNNEI, K I T CARS <br /> LTr__ 0 N <br /> K <br /> J�JEE�R <br /> IN' E---J <br /> �O 9 2 <br /> ­H P <br /> PORPHN <br /> TOM <br /> SPRUCE <br /> HERM <br /> LAKE <br /> LEGEND SOUTK C308LO., <br /> Z <br /> SNOW COURSE MEASUREMENTS <br /> CURR NT INFORMATION <br /> Forecast PoInl? <br /> Snow Course <br /> WATER C014TENT <br /> SNOTEL Site <br /> SNOW COURSE DATE SNOW WATER (INCHES) <br /> OF <br /> DEPTH CONTENT <br /> (INCHES) (INCHES) <br /> STREAMFLOW FORECASTS <br /> SURVEY <br /> Percent of 1961-80 Average A VE <br /> PAS <br /> 0. <br /> Over 130-A <br /> CANSAS BASIN <br /> ARK <br /> 110-13M. <br /> CUCHARAS CREEK <br /> 90-11 Arkansas River <br /> 0% <br /> 70- 90% 37- Bigelow Divide 2/28 38 8.4 4.8 5.5 <br /> EZ3 Under 70% N E W M A Brumley 2/28 43 12.9 5.9 3.1 <br /> Cooper Hill (B) DISCO4TINUEII 6.7 8.9 D <br /> East ]Fbrk DISCOqTINUEII 4.7 8.1 D <br /> Four Mile Park 2/28 32 8.0 2.3 5.4 <br /> YOUR WATER SUPPLY Frewnt Pass 2/28 58 17.5 8.6 12.9 <br /> Garfield DISCO9TINUE1 4.4 11.8 D <br /> SNOWPACK WITHIN THE ARKANSAS BASIN DECREASED NEARLY 20% DURING THE MONTH OF Hermit lake i 12-7 39 10.7 5.3 7.3 <br /> Monarch Pass 2/27 65 22.1 6.9 14.3 <br /> FEBRUARY, HOWEVER, STREAMFLOW FORECASTS ARE ALL ABOVE AVERAGE AND EXCELLENT South Cb1ony 2/27 71 22.8 15.2 - <br /> Spruce Creek 2/28 41 9.6 3.4 - <br /> WATER SUPPLIES ARE EXPECTED LATER IN THE SEASON. RESERVOIR STORAGE WITHIN THE Tennessee Pass 2/28 41 11.1 4.6 8.6 <br /> Twin Iakes Tunnel 2/24 45 12.5 7.6 9.0 <br /> ARKANSAS BASIN IS THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE WITH NEARLY THREE TIMES THE NORMAL Westeliffe 2/27 41 10.0 4.4 6.7 <br /> STORAGE FOR MARCH FIRST. SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS RANGE FROM FAIR TO GOOD Cuchaxas River <br /> THROUGHOUT THE WATERSHED. Apisbapa 2/29 42 8.6 10.7 6.3 <br /> Cucharas Creek 2/28 46 12.8 8.3 6.7 <br /> Huerfano 2/24 32 9.0 6.8 - <br /> La Veta Pass (B) 2/28 55 14.3 9.2 9.1 <br /> Purgatoire River <br /> STREANFLOW FORECASTS (1000 Ac. Ft.) April September Bourbon 2/28 34 8.5 6.7 6.0 <br /> FORECAST POINT Forecast % of Average 1961-80 Whiskey Creek 2/28 41 11.5 8.8 - <br /> Average NS-No survey. <br /> Jacent drainage. <br /> abo 278.0 (B)-�ln ad, <br /> Arkansas Rivet v6 Pueblo (1) 445 * Less than 15Lyears",of-record. , <br /> Arkansas River at Salida (2) 420 140 300.0 D Snow course discontinued. Estimates available thru S6"S'office. <br /> Cucharas River near La Veta 15 136 11.0 <br /> Grape Creek near Westcliffe 24 150 16.0 <br /> Huerfano River near Redwing 20 133 15.0 <br /> Purgatoire River at Trinidad (3) 46 128 36.0 WATERSHED SNOWPACK <br /> Chalk Creek 26 125 21.5 <br /> Based on 5 Selected Snow Courses <br /> z <br /> W .......... <br /> .......... <br /> _j <br /> MAI F ........... <br /> Plus change in storage in Pueblo Reservoir. (2 Iange in Clear Creek, Twin Lakes and Tur uots UW J, <br /> Observed flow plus cl ... ECOR0 <br /> .......... <br /> s di <br /> ............... <br /> 14'servoirs inu ersions through Bush Ivanhoe, Boustead, bi-de. Twin Lak es and Hosiestake runnels and Ewing, mmont ........... <br /> Pass, Wurts and Columbine ditches. (3) Change in storage in Trinidad Reservoir. <br /> . ........... <br /> .................. <br /> .......... <br /> .................. .. <br /> Uj <br /> Expf ....... <br /> ,:nssed as�Poor. Far,.A.�:,age. E.- <br /> .......... ................... <br /> Vt <br /> RESERVOIR STORAGE (Thousand Ac. Ft.) END OF MONTH WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK Cel t th Respect o Us supply <br /> ................... <br /> .................. <br /> Usable Storage Flo.P <br /> Bas,n or St,earn ble e,,od ....... <br /> X <br /> and/, W <br /> . ..................... . ... ........ ........ <br /> Ula ........ ............ <br /> .... ...................... ......... <br /> p Th.s STREAM or AREA ng Lite . .: `ii.�:,.�i:s:�-,* : . <br /> X <br /> L ast, <br /> 1 1961- X., <br /> Year Aver a Sp Son ea <br /> RESERVOIR C. ac.,y Y a d Sea S son <br /> F <br /> 20 <br /> ........ .... <br /> .. ................... ...- <br /> ... ........ <br /> Adobe 62 59 42 10 Apishapa River Excellen : Excelle <br /> 39 15 <br /> Cleax Creek 11 5 9 7 Ebuntain Creek Excellen : Average 0 <br /> Great Plains 150 29 6 38 Hardscrabble Creek Excellen; Excelle t z <br /> (0 ........... . <br /> Holbrook Iake 1 7 2 5 4 Monument Greek xcellen- Average IL to <br /> Horse Creek 27 14 2 7 0 ..................... <br /> John Martin 621 118 59 47 <br /> Lake Henry l/ 8 4 4 6 (n 5 <br /> W <br /> Meredith 42 33 2 9 C <br /> 770 <br /> 7, <br /> Pueblo 354 268 189 52 z 0 1.A11�...:: ;.:::::::.:1..­ <br /> Trinidad 158 41 51 8 FEB. Ist MAR. Ist APR. Ist MAY. Ist <br /> Turquoise 127 93 63 34 *Four Mile Park, Fremont Pass, Porphyry Creek, <br /> Twin lakes I- 861 84 1 43 1 25 1, 1 1 Tennessee Pass, Twin Lakes Tunnel. <br /> l/Period of record less than 15 years. <br /> .09 <br /> F.�FFIT <br /> 015� <br /> 51" "2! <br /> -M, <br /> o <br /> "s <br /> wo m-,- ia <br /> _o�,mwo <br /> YJ <br /> 2 111 <br /> tz <br /> Y"A I Al <br /> 1,7`15 <br /> T <br /> a k D" <br /> X <br /> 4 <br /> -Z; <br /> 71 <br /> J� <br /> "4 <br /> K <br /> -A <br /> -j�v <br /> 11.1,7,.1'7�raAlmimk <br /> R <br /> -h <br /> Ax <br /> g 4 <br /> -V1 <br /> 40 <br /> a, <br /> r JA <br /> Ailk, <br /> 4 <br /> uscu,scs"T""D.OR 1991 <br />