WSP14221G

• File Number: 8210.137
• Description: Colorado River Basin-Colorado River Basin Organizations/Entities-Colorado River Forecast Committee
• Date: 5/1/1984
• Author: USDA, SCS
• Title: Colorado and New Mexico Water Supply Outlook
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Water Supply Outlook for Colorado and New Mexico - Page 7
RIO GRANDE , WA rERSHEDIC-IN COLORADO AND NEW MEX/CO
COLORADO
o _ YOUR WATER SUPPLY
S A G U
`E° ONLY SLIGHT INCREASES IN THE SNOWPACK HAS OCCURRED DURING APRIL IN THE
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(HINSD LEA• •'-.S
/ Ja° RIO GRANDE BASIN OF COLORADO, WHILE THAT PORTION OF THE BASIN IN NEW MEXICO
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DECREASED BY 8% OF AVERAGE. ALL OF THE STREAMFLOW FORECASTS ARE WELL ABOVE
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L L K 5.
R E D A
CREEK 'I $ E K a to VI 1 :t:.LA VETA PASS AVERAGE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE UPPER REACHES OF THE RIO GRANDE RIVER WHICH
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IS ONLY SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE. RESERVOIR STORAGE IS CURRENTLY MUCH ABOVE
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NORMAL WITH COLORADO'S MAJOR RESERVOIRS AT 77% ABOVE AVERAGE AND NEW MEXICO'S
COLORADO
ypREST ` y�t3T°
370- ��'L'♦. b _ NORTH OSTILLA RESERVOIRS AT 148% ABOVE AVERAGE. WITH SOIL MOISTURE .RATED AT FAIR TO GOOD
NEW MEXICO ,
LEGEND
♦ Forecast Point � ..; t `'' CONDITION THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE BASIN, EXCELLENT WATER SUPPLIES ARE PROJECTED
OYgSe Snow �
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STREAMFLOW FORECASTS 1s tt A
Percent of L%1-80 Average
Over 13096 ::MILO THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER MONTHS.
110 13 0%
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90 1 096 M 0
L AMIT°S
360 36° + ST
REAMFLOW FOR
ECASTS 0000 Ac.
Ft.)
° olv y o 1961-80
® Under 70% OL°{ < J'PANCMIELA FORECAST POINT Forecast a of Average
Average
5::>::,•.;r.a.`:i::?? :::}:;.:?. c:..:.. AKIN SAN
Fe M I G U E L COLORADO (April-September) 77 117
Alamosa Creek above Terrace Reservoir 66.0
236 131
195.0
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2 30 Io 0 3 1 4 8.I o 5 9 1 0
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Culebra Creek at San Luis 2
SCALE IN MILES ���.$t<
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'`_ 11 141 7.8
r a ul in t-�> La k near C Jana Creek p
�ALRUQUE Los Pinos River near Ortiz
90 130 69.0
140 Ill 126.0
3-sc-1-40 _35, Rio Grande at Thirty Mile Bridge (3) 555 112 494.0
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RESERVOIR STORAGE (Thousand Ac., Ft.) END OF MONTH R E R N I L L 0 - - Rio Grande near Del Norte (3)
Basle or Stream 350 113 310.0 Us,D,e Usable storage _ Rio Grande at Wagon Wheel Gap (3) -
and/or Capaur
42 140 30.0
RESERVOIR I, Thrs Lasl ree, gt Saguache Creek near Saguache 22 145 15.2
Year Yea. Arere a San Antonio Rive_ at Ortiz
, COLORADO WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK Expressed as Poor, Farr,Average.Ex- r
colent'With Respect to Usual Supply.i South Fork of Rio Grande at South Fork 140 110 127.0
Continental 27 5 5 6 Flaw Per,ad 45 171 26.3
STREAM or AREA Spr,ng Late Trinchera Water Supply (April-July) (6)
Platoro 75 14 14 10 se"°n se"°" NEW MEXICO (March-July)
" Rio Grande 51 26 14 19 Costilla Creek at Costille (4) 23 121 19.0
Sanchez 103 41 24 11 COLORADO Gallinas Creek near Montezuma 12 171 7.0
Santa Maria 45 9 23 7 xcellent Excelle t Jemez River near Jemez 38 95 40.0
Terrace 18 11 14 7 Sangre de Cristo Cr Pecos River at Pecos 65 144 45.0
Trinchera Creek Excellent Excelle t
NEW MEXICO Red River at Mouth 40 133 30.0
Avalon 6 2 1 2 Rio Chama at E1 Vado 300 144 208.0
Caballo 344 79 115 68 NEW MEXICO Rio Grande at Otowi (5) 820 137 600.0
Conchas 273 l38 262 28 Embudo Creek xcellent Excelle t Rio Grande at San Marcial (5) 630 150 420.0
E1 Vado 195 139 128 59 Mora River xcellent Excelleit Rio Hondo near Valdez 22 147 15.0
Elephant Butte 2195 1309 956 369 Nambe Creek xcellent Excelle t Rio Pueblo de Taos below Lea Cordovas 50 185 27,0
50
McMi11An 34 5 5 13 Rio Ojo Caliante xcellent Excelle t Santa Cruz River at Cudiyo 21 13.6 25 14.0
Santa Rosa 260 17 44 - Santa Fe Creek xcellent Excelle t Santa Fe near Santa Fe
lllobseNed flaw plus alange to atomge to Plato-Reseruvir. (2)0beerved flow plw change in storage in Sanches Reservoir. (J)Obeerwd floe plus change
Sumner 5 1; 26 39 47 in eromge in Santa Maria. Ria Omnde and Continen tal Reservoirs. (4)Obeemed flow plw change in Coatilla Resrvo eir. (S)Obeemed flaw plus charge in
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SUMMARY of SNOW MEASUREMENTS
SUMMARY of SNOW MEASUREMENTS (COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS)
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(COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEARS) TnIS YEAR S SNT
RIVER BASIN NwmDer of YIATER AS PERCENT OF
and a, Cses
THIS YEAR'S SNOW SU6wATERSHED vrage0 Lest rear 1%I-e0 A.e•age
RIVER BASIN Num Der of WATER AS PERCENT OF
a d'or Courses
SUB-WATERSHED Averaged Last Year 1961-60 Average
WATERSHED SNOWPACK NEW MEXICO
COLORADO Based on 5 Selected Snow Courses * Pecos
Rio Grande Basin, Colorado Red River 1 61 96
Alamosa 1 - 129 35 Rio Chama
0 0
Conejos 6 98 123 GF 'REct3t�Et
f- Rio Grande, NM 1
Culebra 4 73 178 Z - - -
3 77 36
Rio Grande, CO 13 100 121
W 30
Rio Hondo
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SNOW COURSE MEASUREMENTS W 25 SNOW COURSE MEASUREMENTS
CURRENT INFORMATION PAST RECORD
CURRENT INFORMATION PAST RECORD
Ix2 WATER CONTENT
DATE SNOW WATER (INCHES)
WATER CONTENT W
SNOW COURSE OF DEPTH CONTENT
DATE SNOW WATER (INCHES)
SNOW COURSE OF DEPTH CONTENT _ SURVEY (INCHES) (INCHES) YEAAR 61-90
SURVEY (INCHES) (INCHES) LAST AVG.YEAR 61-90
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RIO GRANDE BASIN-COLO. I10
Pecos River
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Alamosa River o Bitter Creek DISC NTINUE - - D
- W 5 Panchuela - 1.4 *
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Lily Pond 4/30 47 17.0E 15.3 = Wesner Springs DISC NTINUE
Silver Lakes 4/25 7 1.8 0.0 1.4
' i��t4tIVl�iiR t�l" REG{� tt
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FEB. Ist MAR. Ist APR.Ist MAY Ist Red River Conejos River *Cumbres Pass, La Veta Pass, Silver Lakes, Upper Hematite Park (B) NS -
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Cumbres Pass 4/25 58 22.8 29.4 17.5 Rio Grande, Wolf Creek Pass. Red River 4/26 21 4.9 8.0 5.1
Cumbres Trestle 4/25 70 30.1 31.7 24.5
La Manga 4/25 47 17.8 20.0 19.9 Rio Chama -
106
Pinos Mill 4/27 70 30.0 25.6 21.6 * Bateman 4/26 38 13.3 - _
_ Platoro 4/28 33 17.5 14.9 13.0 Chama Divide 4/25 0 0.0
River Springs 4/27 3 1.1 0.0 0.6 Chamita 4/25 0 0.0 5.6 1.6
Rio Grande
Culebra River WATERSHED SNOWPACK Alamitos Ns _ -
Based on 5 Selected Snow Courses Bernal Trail (B) DISC TINUE D
Brown Cabin 4/25 15 5.3 9.8 2.4 * Big Tesuqua 4/27 5 0.8 - 2.8 *
Culebra 4/25 31 10.4 18.3 6.0 Z Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico Cordova NS - 11.3 *
La Veta Pass (B) 4/25 30 11.8 12.8 7.6 * J 35 Elk Cabin NS _ 4.2
'~ Trinchera (B) 4/26 40 13.1 14.7 6.8 Q Gallegos Peak NS
> MAXt+11UM 41~ REC06 4/27 57 22.0 19.0 15.2
Hopewell
Rio Grande W 30 ' ; r La Cueva NS - -
it 1 a
NS - -
No
rth
th Cost
Big Meadows 4/29 40 12.1 11.6 10.8 W Ojo Redondo NS
- -
Cochetopa Pass 4/24 32 9.9 4.9 4.3 a 25 Palo NS - 3.2
* -
7.3
2 NS 4 53 1 1 14 3 Gra b ack 7 76 46
3
y Pa role
Hiwa 4/19 70 29.1 32.0 28.0 20 - -
y ;.: `: Post Office Flat NS
Lake Humphrey 4/26 12 2.9 4.9 2.7 0 Quemazon NS - 4.7
Love Lake 4/27 25 8.2 8.0 6.9 N 15 Rice Park NS -
Middle Creek 4/27 61 21.9 20.3 - Rio En Medic 4/26 25 6.8 18.0 4.9
Pass Creek 4/19 24 12.8 11.6 6.3 U. _ - San Antonio Sink 4/25 8 3.1 4.4 3.3 Pool Table 4/24 18 5.7 4.5 3.5 ( =80 pv9e Sandoval NS 6
Porcupine 4/26 36 10.4 8.4 7.5 w �96 erD
1•...• Senorita Divide NS - l. *
Santa Maria 4/26 2 0.7 1.0 1.5 = 5 Taos Canyon NS - 6.1 *
Upper Rio Grande 4/27 17 4.9 6.8 4.2 Z Tres Ritos NS - 4.0
Wolf Creek Pass 5/01 73 31.7E 34.2 25.2 - 'RE
Wolf Cr. Summit (B) 5/01 86 35.3E 37.3 32.9 FEB. lot MAR. Ist APR. lot RTaos oPowderhorn DISCO TINUE - -
*Bateman,Big Tesuque, Chamita, Payrole, Red River.
NS-No survey. VS-No survey.
( )_ survey.
drainage. (B)-On adjacent drainage.
-lsltiJated. D-Snow course discontinued. Estimates are available thru
*-Less than 15 years of record. SCS office.
U$W.SCS paTUNo.OR.1901
*-Less than 15 years of record.
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