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<br /> Water Supply Outlook for Colorado fancl New Mexico -- Page .6
<br /> ARKANSAS RIVER , WATERSHEDdIN COLORADO
<br /> COLORADO
<br /> 10 ° 10 20 30 40
<br /> SUMMARY of SNOW MEASUREMENTS
<br /> SCALE IN MILES (COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS)
<br /> iniS YEAR S SNO'A
<br /> RIVER BASIN Number of WATER AS PERCENT OF
<br /> anb a Courses
<br /> o :E ?;: £?`: i; SUE-WATERSHED Lau yen 1961-00 A.e,a/e
<br /> CdOPE LL T PASS I ^ Arkansas
<br /> 8 154 181
<br /> NNE TESSEEP AST FORK I I
<br /> E L B E R I Cucharas 3 88 217
<br /> rW/N LAKES dville • w U.5.11
<br /> HAGERMAN TUNNEL �' h y Purgato lee 1 154 255
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<br /> Snow Course
<br /> WATER
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<br /> P (INCHES)Y DATE owT¢RNOTEL Site SNOW COURSE oDETH CONTENT
<br /> STREAMFLOW FORECASTS SURVEY (INCHES) (INCHES) LAST Avc
<br /> Percent of L%1-80 Average PASS
<br /> Over 130% ` ' x ARKANSAS BASIN
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<br /> ® CUCHARAS CREEK -
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<br /> 70 9096
<br /> ST<_ "' »=,tl ° .,-. e, ., ;:>`.�:::«::; :��>::: :,::>}: ..,�,;..:.... - ..,a;:: Bigelow Divide 4/27 38 12.7 12.2 4.9
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<br /> Under 7096 N E W M E X I C O Brumley 4/27 55 17.6 11.1 9.8 O K L A H O M A Cooper Hill (B) D I SC4 TINUE - - D
<br /> East Fork DISCO TINUE - - D
<br /> _ - YOUR WATER SUPPLY Four Mile Park 4/27 24 7.2 2.0 1.7 -
<br /> Fremont Pass 4/30 76 26.9 18.3 18.3
<br /> Garfield DISCO TINUE - - D
<br /> WATER SUPPLIES HAVE REMAINED IN EXCELLENT CONDITION THROUGH APRIL. ABOVE Hermit Lake DISCO TINUE - - D
<br /> Monarch Pass 4/26 71 27.6 16.9 16.5
<br /> AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION HAS INCREASED THE SNOWPACK AVERAGE SHARPLY South Colony 4/26 68 29.5 24.6 -
<br /> Spruce Creek 4/27 46 14.0 9.4 - \
<br /> DURING THE MONTH. CURRENTLY THE BASINWIDE SNOWPACK IS 191% OF AVERAGE, SHOWING Ibmessee Pass 4/27 44 15.4 7.7 8.2
<br /> Twin Lakes Tunnel 4/24 47 15.9 11.8 10.3
<br /> AN INCREASE OF 47% DURING THE MONTH. STREAMFLOW FORECASTS ARE MUCH ABOVE Westeliffe 4/26 18 7.7 5.3 2.5
<br /> AVERAGE, RANGING 40% TO 76% ABOVE AVERAGE. STREAMFLOW FORECASTS ON THE Cucharas River
<br /> ARKANSAS RIVER MAY EXCEED THE OLD MAXIMUM STREAMFLOWS ON RECORD. RESERVOIR Apishapa 4/26 36 12.0 15.3 3.7Cucharas Creek 4/25 41 14.8 15.9 6.5 *
<br /> STORAGE IS CURRENTLY MORE THAN THREE TIMES THE AVERAGE STORAGE AMOUNTS FOR Huerfano 4/23 44 15.6 14.5 -
<br /> Ia, Veta Pass (B) 4/25 30 11.8 12.8 7.6
<br /> MAY FIRST.
<br /> Purgatoire River
<br /> STREAMFLOW FORECASTS (1000 Ae. Ft.) April September Bourbon 4/25 22 7.4 4.8 2.9
<br /> Forecast a of Avera
<br /> FORECAST POINT ga 1961-BO Whiskey Creek 4/25 27 10.3 15.4 -
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<br /> Average ; VS-No survey.
<br /> M-On adjacent drainage.
<br /> Arkansas River above Pueblo (1) 490 176 278.0 D-Sno�fcour se discontinued. Estimates, available thru
<br /> SC S o ice.
<br /> - Arkansas River at Salida (2) 450 150 300.0 *-Less than 15 years of record.
<br /> Cucharas River near La Veta 16 145 11.0
<br /> Grape Creek near Westcliffe 27 169 16.0
<br /> Huerfano River near Redwing 22 147 15.0° WATERSHED SNOWPACK
<br /> Purgatoire River at Trinidad (3) 55 153
<br /> Chalk Creek 30 140 21.5 F- Based on 5 Selected Snow Courses
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<br /> 1AX IMUM dl` I»CtRE?
<br /> (1) Plus change in storage in Pueblo Reservoir. (2))Observed flow plus change in Clear Creek, Twin Lakes and Turquoise _
<br /> Reservoirs minus diversions through Busk Ivanhoe, Boustead, Divide, Twin Lakes and Homestake Tunnels and Ewing, Fremont e ' 30
<br /> Pass, hair and Columbine ditches. (3) Change in storage in Trinidad Reservoir. -
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<br /> WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK Expressed as•POOr,.Fair.Average.Ex-
<br /> RESERVOIR STORAGE (Thousand Ae. Ft.) END OF MONTH Cellent•With Respect to Usual Supply.
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<br /> RESERVOIR Year rear Avera a Season Season _ Q AO
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<br /> Adobe 62 55 42 8 Apishapa River :xcellent Excelle t ; _
<br /> Clear Creek 11 4 8 6 Fbuntain Creek :xcellent Excelle t o 15 _ _ _ -
<br /> Great Plains 150 44 6 37 Hardscrabble Creek xcellen Excelle t N `g61_appverD98 .................
<br /> Holbrook L9199 7 6 4 3 Monument Creek xcellent Excelle t W6 t0 .
<br /> Horse Creek 27 15 9 4 c
<br /> John Martin 345 156 87 33 N
<br /> Lake Henry 8 8 8 5 W 5
<br /> Meredith 42 38 18 8 Z O777
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<br /> Pueblo 354 261 213 51
<br /> FEB. Ist MAR. Ist APR. Ist MAY. Ist
<br /> Trinidad 59 45 60 10 *Four Mile Park, Fremont Pass, Porphyry Creek,
<br /> Turquoise 127 86 68 33 Tennessee Pass, Twin Lakes Tunnel.
<br /> Turin Lakes 86 83 37 1 21
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