WSPC00577

• File Number: 8200.200.50
• Description: Colorado River-Colo. River Basin-Colorado River Basin Hydrology-Lower Colo. River Accounting ‎(LCRAC)‎
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 9/11/1964
• Author: H M Babcock
• Title: Lower Colorado River Basin Storage - Diversions and Returns - Colorado River and Tributaries in Lower Basin - Provisional Release
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Data

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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INrERIOR
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

PROVISIONAL RElEASE

Colorado Colorado Colorado Diversions between Colorado Diversions at
Colorado Paria Little Colorado Virgin River Lake River Havasu River Parker and Blvthe River Imn.crial Dam Colorado
Date River River Colorado River River Lake Mead below Mohave below Lake , below Colo. R.
Palo beloW' 'All Gila Gila River Pilot
Iee, Iee, River Grand Little- Usable Hoover Usable Davis Usable I Parker Indian Verde Cibola American Gravity River bela.... Knob
Ferry Ferry Cameron Canyon field Contents Dam Contents Dam Contents Dam Re,. Canal Valley Canal Canal Dome Yuma Return
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of, cf, cf, cf, cfs acre-ft cf, acre-ft I
cf, acre-ft cf, cf, cf, cf, cf, cf, cf, cf, cf,
1 1,050 9 1,580 2,660 204 12,578,000 9;720 1,522,000 17,500 578,500 I 13,600 885 1,650 11 J 200 9,190 1,300 1,350 2,~60
2 1,030 53 2,790 2,450 176 12,576,000 4,040 1,520,000 5,250 580,800 13,600 875 1,600 11,600 9,280 1,170 1,460 2,870
3 1,020 12 3,530 5,010 227 12,560,000 12,500 1,523,000 11,200 578,500 I 13,000 882 1,560 11,600 8,920 1,330 1,290 2,620
4 1,010 ,80 3,260 4,200 884 12,536,000 12,100 1,517,000 15,600 574,700 12,600 885 1,530 11,600 .8,650 1,320 1,910 2,290
5 1,010 55 4,190 4,890 589 12,521,000 11,600 1,509,000 15,800 573,200 13,000 888 1,510 11,000 8,900 1,330 2,010 2,300
6 1,010 51 3,530 5,100 148 12,506,000 14,000 1,507,000 15,600 574,500 J 12,600 888 1,570 10,600 8,900 1,360 1,810 2,300
7 1,010 32 1,760 3,960 70 12,486,000 14,000 1,506,000 15,600 574,100 I 13,500 885 1,560 10,900 8,750 1,360 1,470 2,190
8 1,010 17 545 2,440 54 12,476,000 9,520 1,495,000 15,600 573,000 14,000 878 1,580 10,600 8,870 1,360 N 1,280 2,300
9 1,010 12 346 1,700 52 12,472,000 4,700 1,488,000 8,140 572,400 . 13,800 885 1,5&l 1l,600 8,730 1,200 1,270 2,300
10 1,020 8.2 186 1,630 50 12,453,000 14,000 1,483,000 15,900 565,800, 13,300 885 1,690 11,300 8,520 1,590 0 1,250 2,170
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II 1,020 7.7 796 1,500 51 12,425,000 14,600 1,483,000 15,800 563,300 13,700 888 1,710 11,100 8,680 1,590 1,260 2,280
12 1,020 558 1,050 2,260 ,40 12,404,000 12,800 1,478,000 16,100 562,700 I 13,100 882 1,710 11,000 8,730 1,640 1,260 2,260
'3 1,020 249 1,470 '2,490 966 12,379,000 12,700 1,472,000 15,500 563,100 I 12,900 875 1,720 11,100 8,710 1,610 F 1,250 2,160
14 1,020 160 3,470 3,520 1,880 12,353,000 12,900 1,468,000 15,800 563,700 I 13,800 843 1,710 10,800 8,710 1,710 1,220 2,340
15 1,020 101 4,090 5,~nO 580 12,342,000 10,300 1,459,000 15,700 563,700 14,100 825 1,630 10,900 8,840 1,580 L 1,180 2,400
,6 1,020 26 5,310 5,280 159 12,339,000 4,300 1,452,000 8,040 563,800 I 13,600 828 1,650 11,700 8,780 1,230 0 1,220 2,410
17 3,010 10.5 4,900 7,020 71 12,323,000 13,100 1,450,000 14,500 557,100 , 13,500 830 1,690 11,400 8,610 1,610 1,260 2,180
18 5,940 7,4 1,290 5,040 59 12,304,000 13,600 1,448,000 15,100 551,500 ) 14,500 836 1,720 11,500 8,770 1,740 w 1,210 2,270
19 5,970 7.4 515 7,030 58 12,290,000 12,900 1,444,000 15,600 548,600, 13,900 844 1,680 11,900 8,770 1,740 1,200 2,270
20 6,060 6.6 315 6,730 55 12,269,000 14,500 1,442,000 15,500 549,900, 12,100 888 1,770 11,900 8,720 1,720 1,230 2,250
21 6,060 6.2 545 6,650 49 12,253,000 14,300 1,442,000 15,100 549,500; 12,900 910 1,760 10,400 8,700 1,870 1,250 2,250
22 6,060 5.4 572 ,7,020 49 12,239,000 13,500 1,439,000 15,200 549,000 12,700 887 1,600 10,400 8,750 1,640 1,230 2,240
23 6,060 4.6 209 6,820 49 12,236,000 6,860 1,436,000 8,080 549,000 I 12,600 877 1,620 11,100 8,240 1,440 1,270 1,920
24 6,030 3.9 177 6,600 50 12,215,000 16,300 1,438,000 15,600 544,500 12,000 871 1,630 10,800 7,940 1,920 1,2eo 1,640
25 5,010 3.7 154 6,550 52 12,193,000 16,100 1,437,000 16,400 543,600 ) 11,700 874 1,620 10,400 7,950 1,860 1,260 1,580
26 3,750 4.2 124 5,580 52 12,173,000 14,800 1,435,000 16,000 545,0001 11,600 871 1,630 10,300 8,040 1,8:;0 1,220 1,530
27 3,750 5 777 4,430 52 12,157,000 13,900 1,432,000 16,300 548,800 11,100 871 1,620 9,880 7,il9O 1,680 1,220 1,520
28 3,810 5.4 1,470 4,860 51 12,138,000 13,300 1,427,000 16,200 551,900 11,600 871 1,560 9,900 7,920 1,650 1,010 1,600
29 3,810 4.6 1,190 5,860 50 12,122,000 11,600 1,419,000 16,200 556,000 11,500 877 1,550 9,650 7,9&J 1,570 933 1,600
30 3,730 4.6 584 5,140 49 12,120,000 5,500 1,414,000 8,040 559,600 11,500 881 1,550 9,750 8,080 1,250 912 1,650
31 2,560 3.9 284 4,700 49 12,098,000 14,700 1,415,000 14,300 555,400 11,700 886 1,600 9,800 8,030 1,5&J 884 1,690
Mean 2,835 52.1 1,645 4,660 227 .-- 11, B90 n. 14,230 n. 12,870 873 1,631 10,890 8,566 1,541 0 1,286 2,12'7
Acre- I
feet 174,300 3,200 101,200 286,600 13,940 --. 731,400 n. 875,200 .-- 791,600 53,650 100,300 669,800 526,700 94,770 0 79,060 130,800
* Furnished by U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, ,based on powerplant records. t Combined flow of river, Yuma Main Canal wasteway and

COlORADO RIVER AND TRIBlJrARIES IN lOWER BASIN
August 1964 :

lake Mead evaporation by mass-transfer method durmg month was 89,100 acre-feet, equivalent to !l.2 inches.

Reservation Canal Main Drain No.4.
H. M. BABCOCK, District Chief
Water Resources Division
Tucson, Arizona
September 11, 1,64