4-80CW092 Supplemental Data

• Case Number: 80CW0092
• Stream Name: Slate River
• Watershed: Gunnison
• Water Division: 4
• Water District: 59
• County: Gunnison
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Supplemental Data

COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
Department of Natural Resources
721 State Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone:[phone]
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STAT� OF COLOR,ADO
M E M O R A N D U M
Gene, Dan, Slate River ISF Investigations
Kuth Yeager
A�ril 22, 1985
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Richard D. Lamm
Govemor
J. William McDonald
Director
David W. Walker
Deputy Director
SUBJEC�l': VJater Rights arid Water Availability on the Slate River
The only strea,ilflow data available For the Slate River are
from 1941-50, just below Coal Creek. Our rig'nts exceed this
average flow in September, November, January, and February, but
inglow from VJashing�o:n Gulch probably makes up the difference
(Table 1).
TABLE I
ME1�N FLOW TN CWCB MEAN AMOUNT ABOVE
MONTH CFS, 1941-50 FILINGS (C:ES) CWCB FILING (CFS)
O
N
D
J
F
�
A
M
J
J
A
S
2G.9
21.0
14.3
1U.6
9.5
12.7
122
536
621
204
47.2
22.3
23
23
12
12
12
12
23
23
23
23
23
23
3.9
-2.0
2.3
-1.4
-2.5
0.7
99
513
598
181
24.2
-0.7
Gaging records ior the East River at Almont were examined
for long-range trends, but no significant ones were found.
In order to esti;nate flows in the Slate River for the 1971-80
period, mean rnonthly flows in the East River for this period were
cornparecl with those :Eor 1941-50. For each month, the ratio of
725
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