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<br />YAMPAlWHITE BASIN <br /> <br />Basinwide Conditions Assessment <br />The SWSI value of 1,9 indicates that for December <br />the basin water supplies were above normal. The Natural <br />Resources Conservation Service reports that January 1 <br />snowpack is 134% of normal. Flow at the gaging station <br />Yampa River at Steamboat was estimated at 150 cfs, as <br />compared to the long,term average of 105 cfs, <br />December precipitation was much above average for the <br />basin, Pacific storms moved across the basin on a regular <br />basis throughout the month. Precipitation for the month <br />averaged 151 % of normal as measured at the SNOTEL sites <br />operated by the NRCS, At the end of the month, snow pack <br />totals for individual drainages were 137% of average for the <br />North Platte River Basin, 141% of average for the Yampa <br />River Basin, and 134% of average for the White River Basin, <br />The ski area in Steamboat Springs reported that December <br />was the fifth snowiest December since records have been <br />kept at the area, <br /> <br />Outlook <br />Early runoff predictions from the NRCS for the April <br />through July period are 131 % of average for the North Platte <br />River at Northgate, 135% of average for the Yampa River <br />near Maybell, 122% of average for the lillie Snake River <br />near Dixon, and 121 % of average for the White River near <br />Meeker. <br /> <br />Public Use Impacts <br />There is abundant snow in the mountains for skiing, <br />snowshoeing and snowmobile activities, Area reservoirs are <br />frozen, with good ice fishing reported, Construction activities <br />at Elkhead Reservoir have ceased for the winter, but the <br />reservoir remains closed to all recreational activities, <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />~" <br />~ <br /> <br />wW <br />~ <br />~ <br />>00 <br />i:i <br />Q <br />;i!;;-IO <br /> <br />> <br />~'" <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />100,(0) <br />"',<XX) <br /> <br />1 oo,oco <br />'Ii 7O,<XX) <br /><( <br />~ 60,00) <br />o <br />it 50,000 <br />w <br />~ 4O,0CXl <br />~ <br />~ lJ,OOJ <br />~ <br />U 20,000 <br />10,OCXJ <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />Jan,06 <br /> <br />"'"fro> <br /> <br />~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ <br /> <br />"""""" <br /> <br />YMPA RIVER AT S'TEAMn\T, A..f:JN BY WATER 'l"EJIR <br /> <br /> <br />o <br />Q1 <br /> <br />"'" <br /> <br />R10 <br /> <br />""'" <br /> <br />Apil <br /> <br />"" <br /> <br />..... <br /> <br />-a-1M:T(19B4) <br /> <br />~AVG <br /> <br />--CRY(1977) <br /> <br />-><->lO6 <br />