7314

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7314
• Author: Upper Colorado River Commission.
• Title: Thirty-Ninth Annual Report of the Upper Colorado River Commission
• USFW Year: 1987.
• USFW - Doc Type: Colorado River Storage Project and Participating Projects.
• Copyright Material: NO

TABLE 2

ST A TISTICAL DATA FOR PRINCIPAL RESERVOIRS
IN COLORADO RIVER BASIN

(Units: Elevation - feet; capacity - 1:000 acre-feet)

LOWER BASIN
(Usable Surface Capacity)
Lake Mead Lake Mohave Lake Havasu
tv Elv. Capacity Elv. Capacity Elv. Capacity
River elevation at dam
(average tailwater), 646 (-2,378) 506 (-8.5) 370 (-28,6)
Dead Storage, 895 0 533.39 0 400 0
Inactive Storage
(minimum power pool), 1,050 7,471 570 217.5 440 I 439.4
Rated Head 1,122.8 13,633
Maximum Storage
(without surcharge) , 1,221.4 26,159 647 1,809.8 450 619.4
I Contractual minimum for delivery to Metropolitan Water District's Colorado River Aqueduct.