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Water Supply Outlook for Colorado and :New Mexico - Page 6
<br /> A RKA NSAS RI VER WA TERSHEDI IN ORA DO
<br /> COI.ORADO
<br /> 10 0 10 20 30 40 SUMMARY of SNOW MEASUREMENTS
<br /> SCALE IN MILES (COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS) -
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<br /> - R or Number of WATER AS PERCENT OF
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<br /> eraged usr Year 1961-8
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<br /> o Arkansas 8 156 147
<br /> COO AST FORK PER LL T PASS I Cucharas s 3 93 132 -
<br /> TENNESSEE P -
<br /> TW/N CAKES duple E L e.E R U_ST/ I Purgatoire 1 97 149
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<br /> Divide 3 30 56 13.1 10.2 7.2
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<br /> ...> :.. I ..,.: Brumley 3/27 51 1 9.5 11.� *
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<br /> ® Under 70% \ E W M E X I C O O K L A H O M A Cooper Hill (B) DISC NTINUE - - D
<br /> East Fork DISC NTINUE - - D
<br /> Fbur Mile Park 3 27 40 9.6 4.3 5.6
<br /> YOUR WATER SUPPLY Fremont Pass 3/27 67 20.8 15.8 16.4
<br /> Garfield DISC NTINUE 9.8 13.8 D
<br /> WITH NEAR NORMAL INCREASES IN SNOWPACK ACCUMULATION IN MARCH, EXCELLENT Hermit Lake DISC NTINUE - - D
<br /> Monarch Pass 3/28 78 26.5 14.8 17.1
<br /> WATER SUPPLIES ARE EXPECTED THIS YEAR. BASINWIDE RESERVOIR CONTENTS AND SNOWPACK South Colony 3/29 80 28.3 24.2 -
<br /> Spruce Creek 3/30 68 17.6 7.5 -
<br /> Tennessee Pass 3/27 49 13.7 7.5 10.6
<br /> _'JERAGES ARE CURRENTLY THE HIGHEST IN COLORADO, 312% AND 144% OF AVERAGE Twin Lakes Tunnel 3/25 53 15.6 10.7 10.7
<br /> RESPE( -? ' �Ye Tf:E HIGHEST STREAMFLOW FORECAST IS ON THE ARKANSAS RIVER ABOVE Westcliffe 3/29 39 11.6 8.4 7.1
<br /> PUE3Lj, AT 62% ABOVE AVERAGE FLOWS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CUCHARAS RIVER Cucharas River
<br /> Apishapa 3/29 52 11.2 14.4 8.0
<br /> NEAR LA VETA, ALL STREAMFLOW FORECASTS ARE 40% TO 50% ABOVE AVERAGE. SOIL Cucharas Creek 3/29 58 13.9 13.5 10.0
<br /> Huerfano 3/29 55 13.6 11.6
<br /> MOSITURE CONDITIONS REMAIN EXCELLENT THIS MONTH. La Veta Pass (B) 3/29 54 13.9 14.0 11.6
<br /> Purgatoire River
<br /> 3/28 40 10.9 11.2 7.3
<br /> STREAMFLOW FORECASTS (1000 AC. Ft.) April -September Bourbon 13.6 -
<br /> Whiskey Creek 3/28 46 12.2
<br /> Foreca st % of Average 1961-80
<br /> FORECAST POINT Average ;JS_.;o Burney. u`
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<br /> _ Arkansas River above Pueblo (1) - - -_ 450--- 162-__.- _278.0 _ ..__ __*Less than 15 years of _record.
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<br /> Arkansas River at Salida (2) 400 140 300.0 D Snow course disco
<br /> Estimates 'avdilable, thru
<br /> 15 136 �
<br /> Cucharas River near La Veta 11.0 SCS office.
<br /> Grape Creek near Westcl if f e 24 150 16.0
<br /> Huerfano River near Redwing 21 140 15.0
<br /> Purgatoire River at Trinidad (3) 50 139 36.0 WATERSHED SNOWPACK
<br /> Chalk Creek 30 140 21.5 Based on 5 Selected Snow Courses
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<br /> 4 Plus change in storage in Pueblo Areervoir. (2/ Observed five plus chance in Clear Creek, rain Lakes and Turquoise
<br /> Retervoirs ■inut diversions through Busk Ivanhoe, Boustead, llivrdr. Tat.Lakes and Houutake Tunerels and Ewing, Fremont ' 30 Pau, parts and Coluabine ditches. (3) Change in storage in Trinidad Peter air. O _ -
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<br /> RESERVOIR STORAGE (Thousand Ae. Ft.) END OF MONTH Callen t-W Respect t0 Usual
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<br /> - and,or Capacrry Th,s Last 1961-*0 STREAM or AREA Sa son Season ~ -
<br /> RESERVOIR Year Yea. Avera e ? 2� -
<br /> Adobe 62 54 43 9 Apishapa River xcellen Excelle t
<br /> 11 6 8 7 Fbuntain Creek xcellen Average 00 15 J`
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<br /> Great Plains 150 27 60 39 N OA�era9e..
<br /> 7 6 5 4 Monument Creek xcellen Average �g61-a,
<br /> Holbrook Lake 1 M � t0
<br /> Horse Creek 27 13 9 6 0
<br /> John Martin '345 135 74 50 N
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<br /> Meredith 42 36 6 9 Z
<br /> Pueblo 354 279 212 54
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<br /> Trinidad 59 42 53 8 *Four Mile Park, Fremont Pass, Porphyry; Creek,
<br /> Turquoise 127 92 67 34 Tennessee Pass, Twin Lakes Tunnel.
<br /> Ztivin Lakes 86 84 1 41 25
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