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<br />(a) Tri-Lakes Flood Control Operation. 'No downstream flooding <br /> <br />was reported. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Cherry Creek Reservoir flood control operations were insignificant during the <br />report period, and reservoir elevations only fluctuated between 5550.0 and 5551.2 <br />feet msl. Chatfield Reservoir reached the flood control pool intermittently from <br />April through June. Bear Creek Reservoir was operated to pass inflows up to 500 <br />cfs (normal operations) and all inflows were effectively passed in a reasonable <br />period of time. <br /> <br />Snow pack equivalents for the South Platte River basin near the Tri-Lakes are <br />shown in Table 12. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />South Platte River Basin Snow Water Equivalent on May 1 (inches) <br />South Platte River basin 1997 1998 Ave. 1961-90 <br />Sundance 13.6 11.0 6.8 <br />Geneva Park 4.0 3.7 1.8 <br />Antero 0.3 0 0,5 <br />Weston 1.0 0 0.7 <br />Horseshoe Mountain 17.2 10.6 10.4 <br />Mosquito Creek 14.3 9.2 6.4 <br />Como 7.6 6.7 4.9 <br />Hoosier Pass (Snotel) 27.5 16.5 13.8 <br />Loveland Basin (Snotel) 29.4 19.6 16.0 <br />Clear Creek basin <br />Empire 11.9 10.6 7.3 <br />Berthoud Falls 17.5 14.2 11.8 <br />Berthoud Summit(Snotel) 30.6 9.6 19.7 <br /> <br />TABLE 12 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />*Four new stations were added in 1998. One in the Bear Creek basin and three in <br />the upper South Platte River basin. These stations will be utilized in making <br />snowmelt runoff forecasts. <br /> <br />49 <br />