7808

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7808
• Author: Upper Colorado River Commission.
• Title: Forty-Eighth Annual Report of the Upper Colorado River Commission.
• USFW Year: 1996.
• USFW - Doc Type: Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Copyright Material: NO

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:: River elevation at dam
(average tailwater)

Dead Storage

Inactive Storage
(minimum power pool)

Rated Head

Maximum Storage
(without surcharge)

Table 1
STATISTICAL DATA FOR PRINCIPAL RESERVOIRS IN COLORADO RIVER BASIN
UPPER BASIN

Colorado River Storage Project
(Total Surface Capacity)

(Units: Elevation = feet; Capacity = 1,000 acre-feet)

Fontenelle

Flaming
Gorge

Taylor Park Blue Mesa Morrow Point

Crystal

Navajo

Lake Powell

Elev. Cap. Elev. Cap. Elev. Cap. Elev. Cap. Elev. Cap. Elev. Cap. Elev. Cap. Elev. Cap.
- - 5,603 0 9,174 0 7,160 0 6,n5 0 6,534 0 5,720 0 3,138 0
6,408 0.56 5,740 40 - - 7,358 111 6,808 0 6,670 8 5,n5 13 3,370 1,893
- - 5,871 273 - - 7,393 192 7,100 75 6,700 12 5,990 1 673 3,490 5,890
6,491 234 5,946 1,102 - - 7,438 361 7,108 80 6,740 20 - - 3,570 11,000
6,506 345 6,040 3,789 9,330 106 7,519 941 7,160 117 6,755 25 6,085 1,709 3,700 26,215

1 The elevation for inactive storage for Navajo Reservoir is required for the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project.