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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />70 l <br />60 <br />50 <br />J!! 40 <br />CJ 30 <br />20 <br />10 <br />o <br /> <br />Howard's Fork (Lower) Estimated Stream Flow <br /> <br /> <br />':.<l ~ % -1,<:> % u U -1vr\ Q\~^ Ol!~ ~O'I O~^ <br />v.~ ~{9 ~~ ~ ~)- <h ~ <h ~ ~_'~ \..:,.. v 'c.. <br /> <br />Month <br /> <br />Table 4 below displays the estimated flow of Howard's Fork San Miguel River above the Lake <br />Fork San Miguel River, in terms of a percentage of exceedence. <br /> <br />Exceedences J <br />1% <br />5% <br />10% <br />20% <br />50% <br />80% <br />90% <br />95% <br />99% <br /> <br />F b <br /> <br />M h A" <br /> <br />M <br /> <br />J <br /> <br />J I <br /> <br />s <br /> <br />b 0 <br /> <br />N bOb <br /> <br />anuary e ruary arc ~pn ay une UIY August eptem er ctober ovem er ecem er <br />6.41 7.13 18.01 37.20 144.16 166.89 148.54 73.25 32.99 17.20 11.90 8.19 <br />6.06 '6.77 10.94 32.07 124.35 147.86 127.70 43.00 26.01 14.14 10.33 7.13 <br />5.70 6.77 8.34 27.79 85.08 128.27 95.77 33.56 23.16 13.54 9.98 6.77 <br />5.70 6.41 7.13 21.73 65.84 110.45 71.69 27.08 19.95 11.76 9.26 6.41 <br />5.34 5.34 5.70 12.47 42.40 82.66 34.56 18.17 13.18 9.62 7.84 6.06 <br />4.99 4.99 4.99 7.84 24.94 47.03 19.60 13.90 9.62 8.19 7.13 5:70 <br />4.63 4.99 4;99 5.70 15.53 41.33 15.89 11.76 9.26 7,84 6.77 5.70 <br />4.63 4.99 4.99 5.70 12.93 35.63 14.36 10.33 8.91 7;84 6.77 4.63 <br />4.63 4.99 4.28 5.63 10.33 28.72 11.66 9.62 8.55 7.48 6.41 4.63 <br /> <br />Tables 3 and 4 show that the summer recommendation of 8.3 cfs is available at least 50% of the <br />time from May 15th - September 14th and the winter recommendation of 3.0 cfs is available <br />September 15th - May 14th. <br /> <br />Precipitation Data <br />Staff reviewed local precipitation data sets from 2 different sites located around the Howard's <br />Fork San Miguel River Drainage (see Precipitation Data in Appendix C). These sites include <br />Telluride (1900-1999) and Ames (1914-1986). Table 5 shows the water year and the percent of <br />average precipitation recorded at each site. <br /> <br />Table 5: Precipitation Data as a percentage of Average. <br />Water Year Telluride <br />1959 96 % <br />1960 90 % <br />1961 127 % <br />1962 85 % <br />1963 117 % <br />1964 117 % <br />1965 139 % <br /> <br />Ames <br />88 % <br />91 % <br />109 % <br />88 % <br />97% <br />81 % <br />139% <br /> <br />- 8 - <br />