WSPC04772

• 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: 8/10/1965
• 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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mUTED S"l'ATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INl'ERIOR
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY .

Colorado Colorado 1'1 Colorado Diversions between Colorado DlveTf5!ons at
Colorado Paria Little Colorado Virgin River Lake Rl vel' Havasu Rl vel' Parker and Blvthe River Im......r1al Dam Colorado
Date River River Colorado River River Lake Mead below Mohave bela\,' Lake l below Colo. R. Palo below All Gila GUa River P1lot
July Lee, Lee, River Grand Llttle- Usable Hoover Usable Davis Usable I Parker Indian Verde Clbola American Gravity River below Knob
Ferry Ferry Cameron Canyon field Contents Dam Contents Dam Contents Dam Re,. Canal Valley Canal Canal Dome y- Return
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of, of, er, cf, of, acre-ft of, acre-ft ef, acre-ft cf, ef, efs efs efs ef, ef' ef' ef'
1 14,900 4.8 0 14,700 54 14,793,000 16,000 1,720,000 16,500 589,300 12,200 007 1,920 ll,lOO 8,820 1,940 863 2,210
2 14,900 3.8 0 15,000 51 14,790,000 15,200 1,714,000 17,200 588,400 i 13,200 838 1,910 10,600 8,830 1,880 856 2,2Z0
3 15,500 3.5 0 14,700 50 14,798,000 10,400 1,701,000 17,500 587,800 14,100 001 1,920 10,800 8,870 1,660 863 2,330
4 15,100 3.5 0 15,.300 48 14,&15,000 10,500 1,704,000 9,210 587,400 I 14,300 775 1,880 11,700 8,66::> 1,490 870 2,370
_5 15,100 3.5 a 14,700 48 1~,81.3LOOO .k 10,]00 1,700,000 11.. 900 581..500 14,100 765 1,820 12,100 8,600 1,820 982 2,260
-- yr.
6 14,600 3.5 0 15,100 51 14,810,000 17,700 1,701,000 17,600 573,500 14,100 784 1,840 12,100 8,690 1,990 1,160 1,9&1
7 11,300 4.0 0 13,600 50 14,&10,000 17,400 1,699,000 18,700 568,200 15,100 818 1,620 12,200 9,220 2,000 919 2,360
8 10,900 4.0 0 10, too 53 14,794,000 17,100 1,697,000 19,100 567,800 I 13,400 824 1,830 12,900 9,560 1,950 884 2,360
9 9,800 3.8 0 10,300 54 14,779,000 16,700 1,693,000 19,500 567,500 14,800 824 1,890 12,200 9,770 1,960 891 2,400
10 7,890 4.0 0 9,7&1 57 14,773,000 11,900 1,679,000 19,400. 568,400 , 14,600 " 8ll 1,900 12,000 9,940 1,910 . 870 2,370
11 8,560 17 75 7,74.0 55 14,772,000 9,190 1,6&:>,000 9,090 570,100 I 14,300 814 1,890 12,]00 9,740 1,700 0 891 2,510
12 9,210 10 108 9,060 54 14,759,000 14,&10 1,674,000 18,200 566,900 I 13,700 786 1,900 12,100 9,640 1~940 884 2,520
13 9,460 12 150 8,460 57 14,140,000 15, &10 1,610,000 18,500 565,600 13,300 826 1,860 12,200 9,550 2,080 933 2,470
,4 10,eoo 4.5 73 9,640 57 14,723,000 16,300 1,667,000 18,300 566,900 13,COO 895 1,840 11,800 9,430 1,980 9B2 2,390
15 11,100 3.5 28 10,500 54 14,706,000 17,000 1,665,000 18,500 571,300 12,200 914 1,890 11,900 9,610 1,850 940 2,510
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16 11 ,400 9.1 35 10,600 51 14,691,000 16,100 1,664,000 11,100 573,500 13,200 914 1,900 11,000 9,430 1,860 961 2,450
17 10 , 100 29 69 10,400 57 14,688,000 10,500 1,660,000 18,400 5'79,&10 13,000 910 1,710 10,900 9,510 1,7&1 L 919 2,460
,8 10,200 16 33 9,sx)0 51 14,698,000 7,660 1,648,000 8,960 581,900 13,500 B99 1,620 11,200 9,160 1,430 9>3 2,450
19 11,400 lO 33 9,690 54 14,687,000 14,900 1,643,000 17,700 578..300 13,900 891 1,630 11,700 8,110 1,640 0 919 2,510
20 ~,900 83 40 11,200 58 14,678,000 14,400 1,637,000 17,800 576,400 13,900 891 1,670 11,900 9,070 1,910 905 2,590
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21 9,280 34 26 9,820 48 14,664,000 15,100 1,633,000 17,700 575,400 13,700 843 1,720 12,100 8,890 2,060 1,020 2,460
22 10,500 19 21 9,250 48 14,655,000 14,700 1,628,000 18,100 578,300 13,000 823 1,850 12,300 9,090 1,980 1,200 2,200
23 10,]00 15 202 10,100 47 14,643,000 14,000 1,622,000 18,100 579,800 I 13,800 836 1,920 12,000 9,590 1,7&;) 884 2,600
24 10,600 12 99 10,000 48 14,644,000 9,340 1,&;)5,000 18,100 582,300 I 13,900 843 1,870 11,700 9,610 " 1,630 919 2,600
25 13,100 9.4 325 10,400 51 14,649,000 6,910 1,597,000 8,980 584,000 I 13,500 840 1,840 12,300 9,590 1,510 947 2,560
14,644,000 12,400 16,500 580,200 , 14,200 870 11,600 9,460 940 2,580
26 13,100 23 952 13,500 51 1,593,000 I 1,810 1,730
27 13,500 23 1,540 14,]00 51 14,640,000 13,100 1,589,000 16,700 580,800 14,400 887 1,880 11,900 9,550 1,840 905 2,550
28 13,000 28 566 14,300 50 14,643,000 il,3oo 1,580,000 16,Eoo 579,400 14,000 891 1,940 12,100 9,530 1,840 912 2,490
29 12,900 23 472 13,300 53 14,652,000 10,400 1,569,000 16,500 581,500 13,500 887 2,040 11,800 9,930 1,860 898 2,590
30 12 ,400 22 3,110 13,700 53 14,654,000 13,700 1,563,000 16,500 5&l,600 14,200 887 2,040 11,600 9,980 1,920 1,050 2,520
31 14,200 22 3,030 15,600 51 14,660,000 9,400 1,550,000 16,500 581,300 13,800 880 2,000 11,600 9,650 1,800 1,220 2,300
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Mean 11,830 14.9 354 11,700 52.1 n_ 13,250 n_ lb,.," --- 13, '760 040 1,852 11,e20 9,346 1,829 0 946 2,421
Acre- 918
feet 721,100 21,190 724,400 3,200 on 814,Boo m 1,012,000 on 846,000 52,110 113,900 726,500 574,700 112 _ '00 0 58,160 149,]00

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COLORAOO RIVER AND TRIBlJrARIES IN LOri'ER BASIN
July 1965 I

PROVISIONAL RElEASE

t Combined f1ev of river, Yuma Main Canal wasteway and
Reservation Canal Main Drain No.4.

* Furnished by U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, based" on poverplant records.
Lake Mead evaporation by mass-transfer method during month was 66,200 acre-feet, equivalent to 7.54 inches.

H. M. BABCOCK, District Chief
Water Resources Division

Tucson, Arizona
AuBust la, 1965