WSP14220G

• File Number: 8210.137
• Description: Colorado River Basin-Colorado River Basin Organizations/Entities-Colorado River Forecast Committee
• Date: 4/1/1984
• 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 7
RIO GRANDE WATERSHED' Iff:COL, OR ®O AND NEW MEXICO
COLORADO - '
YOUR WATER SUPPLY
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BASIN SNOWPACK IN THE RIO GRANDE WATERSHED OF COLORADO DECREASED SLIGHTLY
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5"Tq DURING MARCH, WHILE SNOWPACK IN THE RIO GRANDE BASIN OF NEW MEXICO INCREASED
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MIDDLE^�` {F.{•.;.:� .gam. ..U.S. :: ..:. ..
CREEK s k .00e+/rerv, M ° S•A LAVETAPASS CASTS HAVE INCREASED IN NEW MEXICO '
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ES•��.,,• a3"3. tesg_ FORECASTS. ALTHOUGH DECREASES ARE SEEN ON THE RIO GRANDE, THE FORECAST AT SAN
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MARCIAL IS 45% ABOVE AVERAGE. RESERVOIR STORAGE IN NEW MEXICO IS NEARLY TWO TIMES
COLORADO
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370 i NORTHOSTILLA
NEW MEXICO _ m AVERAGE FOR APRIL FIRST, WHILE RESERVOIR CONTENTS IN COLORADO ARE 77% ABOVE AVERAGE
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Shaw Coupe HEMATITE PARK L MOISTURE CONDITIONS ARE ESTIMATED AS FAIR IN MOST OF THE BASIN, AND EXCELLENT
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WATER SUPPLIES ARE EXPECTED THIS YEAR.
Percent of 1961-80 Average
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NCHUELA 8 Average
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M I G U E L COLORADO
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m A r• sa Creek Above Terrace Reservoir 75 114
Alamo 66.0
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g 195.0
10 O 10 20 30 40 :%',�.�>�ti' ."..
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Culebra r 28 1 Creek a S 56
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SCALE MILES ( ) 18.0
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11 140
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%ALBUQUEq <t<> >, Los Pinos Riper near Ortiz 90 130
66 = 69.0
-,o Rio Grande at Thirty Mile Bridge (3) 139 110 126.0
RESERVOIR STORAGE (Thousand Ac. Ft.) END OF MONTH 35e E R N //L I L L 0 = -350 Rio Grande near Del Norte (3) 530 107 494.0
Basm or stream Usabte
RESERVOIR Usable Stora,e Rio Grande at Wagon Wheel Gap (3) 350 108 310.0
C�•c [. Th,) La)t 1961-so Saguache Creek near Saguache 41 137 30.0
Year Year Avera e
COLORADO WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK Expressed as'Poor, Fau.Average. Ex- San Antonio River at Ortiz 21 138 15.2
cellenP Wrth Respect to u)wa1 SMDDIV South Fork of Rio Grande at South Fork 133 105
Continental 27 4 4 5 Flo..Period 127.0
STREAM or AREA sLate NEW Trinchera
Water Supply (April-July) (6) 39 150 26.3
Platoro 75 14 14 10 (March-Juiy)
Rio Grande 51 22 12 18 Costilla Creek at Costilla (4) 20 105 19.0
Sanchez 103 42 23 11 COLORADO Gallinas Creek near Montezuma 12 171 7.0
Santa Maria 45 8 24 7 Excellent Excellt 38 95 40.0
Jemez River near Jemez 65 1
Terrace 18 11 14 6 Sangre de Cristo Cr Pecos River at Pecos
NEW MEXICO Trinchera Creek Excellent Excell t Red River at Mouth 38 127 30 30.0
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Avalon 6 2 1 2 Rio Chama at E1 Vado 300 144
Caballo 344 87 74 51 NEW MEXICO Rio Grande at Otowi (5) 208.0
Conchas 260 144 171 138 Rio Grande at San Marcial (5) 610 135 420.0
Embudo Creek xcellen Excell t 610 145 420.0 -
El Vado 195 140 128 38 Rio Hondo near Valdez
Elephant Butte 2195 1311 009 390 Mora River xcellen Excell t 22 147 27.0
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P Nambe Creek xcellen Averag Rio Pueblo de Taos below Lei Cordovas 50 185 .0
McMillAn 34 20 18 21 Santa Cruz River at Cudiyo
Rio Ojo Gallants Average Averag Santa Fe near Santa Fe 21 150
120 14.0
20 38 53
Santa Rosa 260 15 388 - Santa Fe Creek Excellen Averag i -- -
Sumner 51 (1(Observed fl,xi plus ohange in etarage in Platoro Reservoir. (2)Jbserved flow plus change in storage in Sanchez Reeerwir. (3)0bserved flow plus change
n storage in Santa Maria, Rio Grande and Continental Reservoirs. (4)0beerved flow plus change in Costilla Reserooir. (5)0bserved flow plus charge in
storage in El Vado and Abiquiu Reservoirs. (6)Sw of Trinehera Creek near Fort Garland, Ute Creek near Fort Garland, Sangre de Cristo Creek near Fort
Car land, and Indian Creek diversion.
SUMMARY of SNOW MEASUREMENTS SUMMARY of SNOW MEASUREMENTS
(COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS)
(COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS) THIS YEAR S SNOW
RIVER BASIN Number of WATER AS PERCENT OF
and or Courses
RIVER BASIN Number THIS YEAR'S SNOW SUB-WATERSHED A, ed Last Year
of WATER AS PERCENT OF I%i-!0 Average -
' and'or Courses
SUB-WATERSHED Averaged Last Year 196 1-60 Ave,ale WATERSHED SNOWPACK
NEW MEXICO
COLORADO Based on 5 Selected Snow Courses * Pecos 1 84 200
Alamosa 1 174 168 35
Rio Grande Bas1n, Colorado- Red River 2 96 155
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Rio Chama 1
Conejos 6 117 124 MAXEM W 1 of EtCI?Rt# 3 06 137
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M Rio Grande, N 17 83 126
Culebra 3 108 146
Rio Grande, CO 12 97 101 - - -
Rio Hondo
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SNOW COURSE MEASUREMENTS
SNOW COURSE MEASUR043TS W
CU R0.ENT INFORMATION PAST REC00.D CURRENT INFORMATION PAST RECORD
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WATER CONTENT W
DATE SNOW WATER (INCHES) Q 40 SNOW COURSE DOFE SNOW WATER (INCHES)
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SNOW COURSE OF DEPTH CONTENT _ DEPTH CONTENT
SURVEY (INCHES) (INCHES) LAST AVG. 3 SURVEY (INCHES) (INCHES) LAST AVG.
YEAR 61-60 I --6-
3: YEAR el-s0 _
z 1961;30.Aveto9 ...• '
RIO GRANDE BASIN-COLO. (n 10 RIO GRANDE BASIN - NM
U. Pecos River
Alamosa River 0 Bitter Creek DISCO iTINUE1 - - D
w 5 Panchuela 3/29 20 5.4 6.4 2.7
Lily Pond 3/29 58 14.5 16.5 - _ Wexner Springs
Silver Lakes 3/30 33 10.1 5.8 6.J MiNEMi <oF 'REC( t3DISCO TINUE - - D
FEB. Ist MAR. Ist APR.Ist MAY Ist Red River
r . Conejos River *Cumbres Pass La Veta Pass Upper) ) Silver Lakes, PP Hematite Park (B) 3/26 26 7.5 7.6 4.2
Cumbres Pass 3/28 72 29.3 26.0 20.83 1 Rio Grande, Wolf Creek Pass. Red River 3/26 31 8.8 9.4 6.3
Cumbres Trestle 3/28 85 35.4 30.7 28.1.
La Manga 3/28 77 24.5 21.1 21.1. Rio Chama
Pinos Mill 3/31 85 30.3 26.1 24.7 Bateman 3/29 53 18.1 14.7 12.7
Platoro 3/29 56 17.5 16.5 17.7 Chama Divide 3/28 5 1.6 4.9 2.6
River Springs 4/02 26 8.4 3.3 4.7 Chamita 3/28 40 13.6 11.7 8.6
Rio Grande
Culebra River WATERSHED SNOWPACK Alamitos 3/30 36 10.3 12.3 6.2
Brown Cabin N/S - - 12.3 6.3 Based on 5 Selected Snow Courses * Bernal Trail (B) DISCO TINUE_D - - D
Big Tesuqua 3 7 5.8 5.2 L4.2
Culebra 4/02 55 16.51 13.5 9.5 Z Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico Cordova 3/29 68 19.0 18.0 10.9
La Veta Pass (B) 3/29 54 13.9 14.0 11.6 * J 35 Elk Cabin 3/27 16 4.4
Trinchera (B) 3/30 49 13.4 13.2 9.0 a 10.2 2.7
_> MAKtMUM 4 REC3Rd. Gallegos Peak 3/29 52 16.4 15.4 L1.2
Rio Grande W
30 Hopewell 3/28 69 22.5 22.4 9.0 *
La Cueva 3/28 26 7.0 11.7 7.1 *
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Big Meadows 4/01 51 14.0 15.8 14.8 7 65� North Castilla 3/27 28 6.9 10 * -
Cochetopa Pass 3/27 38 10.1 5.1 6.1 H 25 Ojo Redondo 3/30 6 1.2 7.2 -
Grayback 3/27 59 16.6 12.9 15.5 * 3 Palo 3/26 37 11.6
10.0 7.4
Hiway 3/29 75 25.9 31.5 25.8 20 Payrole 3/28 39 10.9 11.6 8.4
Lake Humphrey 3/28 28 6.3 7.6 7.1 3 Post Office Flat 3/30 5 1.0 4.5 -
Love Lake 3/27 36 8.1 8.8 10.8 2 Quemazon 3/30 40 8.7 15.3 9.7
Middle Creek 3/28 65 18.1 18.2 - N I5 Rice Park N/S - - - _
Pass Creek 3/29 44 13.1 13.3 12.1 Rio En Media 3/29 48 11.5 20•8 9.2
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Pool Table 3/29 26 5.5 3.9 6.1 0 I - -- - - San Antonio Sink : 3/28 36 12.2 9.1 8.3 *
Sandoval 3/30 21 4.6 9.9 5.6
Porcupine 3/28 42 10.9 7.3 10.6 N 1961-a0Average
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Santa Maria 3/29 21 5.9 4.0 4.3 W 5 " ' Senorita Divide 3/28 34 9.1 17.5 8.1 *
Upper Rio Grande 3/30 29 8.5 8.6 8.6 v Taos Canyon 3/26 29 - 9.5 g•6 4.6
Wolf Creek Pass 3/29 82 28.8 33.2 28.3 Tres Ritos 3/29 37 11.6
0 0.6 5.2
Wolf Cr. Summit (B) 3/29 84 29.0 36.5 30.7 FEB. Ist MAR. Ist APR. Ist Rio Hondo
*Bateman,Big Tesuque, Chamita, Payrole, Red River. Taos Powderhorn DISCO TINUE - - D
NS-No survey. NS-No survey.
(B)-On adjacent drainage.
(B)-On adjacent drainage.
*Less than 15 years of record. * Less than 15 years of record.
w)oASC).roxTUND.g1[,bl D Snow course discontinued. Estimates available thru
SCS office.
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