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<br />UNITED STATES
<br />DEPARTt<iE1J'l' OF THE INTERIOR
<br />GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
<br />COLORADO RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES IN LO~~R BASIN
<br />July 1960
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<br />PROVISIONAL RECORDS
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<br />AUG 1 2 196Ll
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<br /> Colorado Colorado o::'orado D:":ers18:":s :.e':.'...reen Colorado Diversions at GllaCl -."'''..
<br /> Colorado Paria Little Colorado Virgin Hi'fer Lake R::"ler !-fa'12su R~':er Parker a.r::d :S:"rt:'1e River I::,:cerlal D:!:'l a_~
<br />Date River River Colorado River River Lake I'lead be~ow ;'101'.2'18 be 10..; Lake ~e_o~-; 1..0010. R. Pale belo',: Ad ,01:"2 ,""-,,,t
<br /> L028S Lees River Grand L1t~le- 'Jsable Eoover :.Jsatle Davis Usab:e Farker :indian Verde C::.tala AJne~lcar, Ora'/ity River below YJlOb
<br />July Ferry Ferry Cameron Can:;on fle'..d Contents Dam Conte:,.ts Dan Co::':ents Da::: Res. Can2'.. Valley Canal Canal Dome Yuma Eeturn
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<br /> e!'s ers or, ers - efs a::re-ft ers aere-t~t ers aere-ft or, or, efs ers ers crs or,
<br />- 22,200 3. 22,000 60 21,683,000 18,100 1,514,000 17,400 596,400 114,800 911 1,680 13,400 10,700 1,690 2.1 2,220 :,300
<br />, 20,600 3. 20,700 62 21,701,000 13,700 1,505,000 17,100 595,400 16,200 911 1,730 13, 300 11,100 1,680 7.1 2,340 2,070
<br />3 19,000 4. 19,300 62 21,721,000 9,500 1,488,000 17,100 596,000 1"5,500 929 1,600 13,400 10,900 1,510 20 2,020 2,250
<br />, 17,800 3. 18,100 62 21,740,000 8,270 1,470,000 17,200 595,400 16,400 929 1,580 13,500 10,500 1,420 16 2,160 2,060
<br />- 17,200 3. 17,000 64 21,743,000 17,200 1,466,000 17,400 594,600 16,100 949 1,570 14,100 10,600 1,610 5.9 1,860 2,610
<br />6 15,200 3.8 15,900 64 21,743,000 17,300 1,465,000 17,400 594,400 16,100 968 1,640 14,200 10,400 1,680 4.8 2,470 1,820
<br />7 13,900 3.8 14,800 62 21,736,000 18,400 1,466,000 17,400 595,200 15,600 949 1,720 13,900 10,700 1,650 4.8 2,240 2,240
<br />S 13,400 4.0 13,900 62 21,731,000 17 ,100 1,463,000 17,400 595,000 16,000 949 1,710 13,300 10,800 1,740 4.4 2,330 2,080
<br />9 12,700 3.9 13,500 60 21,725,000 15,500 1,458,000 17,100 593,600 V16,300 949 1,730 13,600 10,600 1,770 4.0 2,330 1,920
<br />-- 11,800 3.2 12,600 60 21,728,000 9,340 1,444,000 17,600 592,400 16,200 958 1,740 13,700 10,500 1,720 4.0 2,380 -"-,770
<br />11 11, 300 3.4 '" 11,800 60 21,717,000 18,500 1,445,000 17,200 591,400 16,200 978 1,690 13,900 10,600 1,620 4.1 2,300 1,900
<br />12 11,100 3.8 11, 400 60 21,701,000 18,700 1,444,000 17,300 590,300 16,000 978 1,730 14,100 10,500 1,660 4.3 2,240 1,900
<br />" 10,500 3.8 11,200 58 21,685,000 19,300 1,446,000 17,700 589,900 16,100 978 1,850 14, 000 10,800 1,670 4.4 2,240 2,100
<br />14 9,910 3.8 0 10,600 60 21,667,000 19,200 1,450,000 17,200 589,700 15,600 978 1,820 13,900 11,000 1,670 4.6 2,220 2,230
<br />::5 9,340 3.6 10,000 60 21,647,000 20,300 1,452,000 17,200 589,500 ' 16,000 958 1,710 13,800 11,000 1,670 4.3 2,220 2,120
<br /> 3.8 -' 21,628,000 19,000 1,455,000 588,900 116,300 1,960
<br />:6 9,000 9,580 60 17,100 958 1,780 13,900 10,800 1,710 4.4 2,380
<br />17 8,970 3.8 9,010 58 21,620,COO 13,900 1,446,000 17,600 587,200 16,200 988 1,720 14,200 10,700 1,620 4.0 2,650 1,8::0
<br />13 8,860 3.2 "- 9,010 58 21,589,000 22,700 1,452,000 17,800 587,000 116,700 988 1,740 14,400 10,700 1,620 3.5 2,830 1,840
<br />19 8,470 3.6 8,790 58 21,565,000 20,500 1,456,000 18,300 583,000 16,600 948 1,820 14,400 10,900 l,GGO 3.3 2,710 2,030
<br />2J 8,080 3.4 8,420 58 21,539,000 21,600 1,461,000 17,400 582,700 16,700 948 1,650 14,600 11,000 1,650 3.3 2,640 2,160
<br />21 7,800 3.6 0 8,070 58 21,522,000 17,800 1,458,000 17,800 583,400 16,100 948 1,890 14,600 11,000 1,650 3.5 2,400 2,020
<br />22 7,450 3.4 7,720 56 21,499,000 17,100 1,457,000 17,900 583,600 16,200 910 1,940 14,500 11,300 1,610 3.5 2,490 2,170
<br />23 7,110 3.6 7,380 56 21,488,000 11,000 1,440,000 17,800 584,900 15,200 900 1,860 14,000 11,400 1,650 4.0 2,660 2,510
<br />24 6,480 4.2 z 7,090 56 21,487,000 8,720 1,423,000 17,800 588,000 '15,300 900 1,700 13,600 11,200 1,630 4.0 2,740 2,420
<br />25 6,160 3.8 6,600 56 21,467,000 16,200 1,418,000 17,600 587,600 116,400 900 1,630 13,700 10,900 1,630 4.4 2,530 2,::'50
<br />2E 5,940 3.0 6,250 56 21,447,000 16,600 1,415,000 17,400 588,400 116,200 886 1,630 14,200 10,600 1,670 5.5 2,450 1,870
<br />27 5,700 3.8 6,030 56 21,421,000 16,300 1,412,000 17,300 590,400 15,700 880 1,710 14,200 10,800 1,750 4.' 2,370 1,930
<br />23 5,440 .3.8 5,820 56 21,401,000 16,400 1,407,000 17,500 591,800 15,500 880 1,730 13,600 11,100 1,770 4.4 2,340 2,180
<br />29 5,250 3.4 5,580 58 21,379,000 15,900 1,404,000 17,600 594,000 15,300 880 1,790 15,400 11,000 1,710 4.1 2,490 2,110
<br />3J 5,140 4.5 5,380 58 21,370,000 11,300 1,388,000 17,700 595,400 15,600 861 1,790 13,100 10,600 1,720 3.5 2,700 1,850
<br />3J 5,030 6.2 5,280 58 21,359,000 10,000 1,373,000 17,900 596,800 15,300 861 1,740 13,300 10,600 1,510 3.3 2,960 1,710
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<br />:':ean 10,540 3.81 0 10,930 59.1 n_ 15,000 --- 17,490 n_ 15,950 933 l,730 13,860 10,810 :,355 5.30 2,416 2,053
<br />,,::':'8- 983,900 ,075,000 980,600
<br />,;eet 648,300 234 0 G72,OOO 3,630 --- n_ _n 57,340 106,400 852,500 66-1,900 :01,900 326 148,600 126,200
<br /> SEDI!;'[E:IT
<br />Tons I 6~O,OOO 30 n_ 517 ,350
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<br />Furnished by U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, based on powerplant records.
<br />La~e Mead evaporation by mass-transfer method during month was 120,900 acre-feet,
<br />equivalent to 10.8 inches.
<br />Correction: June total for Colorado River below Parker Da~ should be 880,700 acre-feet.
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<br />tCoillblned flow of river, Y~xa Mai~ Canal waste~ay and
<br />Reser,a~~cn Canal ~aln Dra:~ No.4.
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<br />DOJGLkS L. ~~!S, District Engineer
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<br />Aug. 9, 1960
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