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<br />001538
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<br /> Colorado R.-Lees Ferry Paria Little
<br /> Colorado
<br /> River River
<br /> Suspended Lees Ferry Cameron
<br /> Runoff Sediment
<br />1905 Acre-feet Tons Acre-feet Acre-feet
<br />Oct. 672,400 979 15
<br />Nov. 594,900 3,320 3,920
<br />Dec. 542,200 2,920 24,490
<br />1966
<br />Jan. 457,100 1,470 56,960
<br />Feb. 495,300 1,560 4,28:>
<br />Mar. 633,200 I,80a 66,990
<br />Apr. 822,000 584 16,950
<br />May 966,500 289 77
<br />June 771,200 206 0
<br />July 644,900 788 976
<br />Aug. 665,300 872 17,040
<br />Sept. 592,300 1,220 11,110
<br />Total 7,857,~00 J--6,OlO 202,200
<br />
<br /> Lake Colorado Havasu Colorado
<br /> Mohave River ' Lake River
<br /> Usable below Usable below
<br /> Contents Davis Contents ,Parker
<br /> end of mo. Dam end of mo. Dam
<br />1965 Acre-feet Acre-feet Acre-feet Acre-feet
<br />Oct. 1,399,000 519, 0 55 ,500 3 2,900
<br />Nov. 1,513,000 300,000 546,700 220,100
<br />Dec. 1,738,000 181,000 556,700 196,700
<br />1966
<br />Jan. 1,768,000 209,700 540,700 178,400
<br />Feb. 1,699,000 529,800 545,400 412,900
<br />Mar. 1,734,000 780,900 559,400 604,100
<br />Apr. 1,708,000 914,500 593,000 718,200
<br />May 1,746,000 878,200 601,800 699,000
<br />June 1,605,000 951,700 604,400 790,400
<br />July 1,497,000 1,027,000 588,400 900,700
<br />Aug. 1,408,000 965,400 561,600 852,300
<br />Sept. 1,387,000 723,400 564,600 584,800
<br />Total + 10,000 7,981,000 + 14,200 6,540,000
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<br />DEPARTMENT CF THE INTERIOR
<br />GEOLOGrtAL SURVEY
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<br />UTARIES IN LOWER BASIN
<br />Year ending Sept. 30,1966
<br />
<br />COLORADO RIVER AND
<br />Annual Summary for Wate
<br />
<br />Colorado
<br />
<br />Ri ver- ~and Canyon
<br />
<br />Virgin
<br />River
<br />Little-
<br />field
<br />
<br />Usable
<br />Contents
<br />end of mo.
<br />
<br />Runoff
<br />
<br />Acre-feet
<br />75,000
<br />612,300
<br />586,100
<br />
<br />529,000
<br />523,800
<br />718,100
<br />864,600
<br />1,011,000
<br />789,300
<br />697,900
<br />693,700
<br />623,300
<br />
<br />8,324,100
<br />
<br />Diversions between
<br />Parker and Blythe
<br />
<br />Colo. R.
<br />Indian
<br />Res.
<br />
<br />Palo
<br />Verde
<br />Canal
<br />
<br />Acre-feet
<br />30,150
<br />20,420
<br />10,280
<br />
<br />Acre-feet
<br />,5 (~
<br />28,530
<br />14,020
<br />
<br />5,850
<br />26,480
<br />47,410
<br />46,310
<br />44,920
<br />48,680
<br />58,520
<br />58,440
<br />51,240
<br />
<br />448,700
<br />
<br />10,930
<br />45,030
<br />77,790
<br />84,61\).
<br />89,390
<br />101,40(]
<br />114,50(
<br />104,40<)
<br />90,120
<br />809,300
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<br />Lake Mead evaporation computed by mass-transfer method. Figures of acre-feet
<br />determined from surface area of lake corresponding to average water surface
<br />elevation during month.
<br />Includes Yuma Main Canal Wasteway and Reservation Canal Main Drain No.4.
<br />InQludes flow through wasteway and powerplant returned to Colorado River.
<br />
<br />Suspended
<br />Sediment
<br />
<br />Tons
<br />
<br />Acre-feet
<br />5, 30
<br />21,940
<br />28,760
<br />
<br />Acre-feet
<br />1, 4,000
<br />15,040,000
<br />15,233,000
<br />
<br />PROVISIONAL RECORDS
<br />
<br />I Lake Mead
<br />
<br />Evaporation !I
<br />
<br />Inches Acre-feet
<br />4.1 i1' 0
<br />4.79 2,300
<br />5.08 44,800
<br />4.24 37,600
<br />3.89 34,700
<br />3.47 31,300
<br />5.35 48,600
<br />7.15 64,900
<br />8.22 73,600
<br />9.5 85,100
<br />111.6 103,600
<br />: 7.92 70,100
<br />, 75.4 673,400
<br />
<br />Colorado
<br />River
<br />below
<br />Hoover
<br />Dam
<br />
<br />Acre-feet
<br />
<br />53 ,900
<br />417,800
<br />423,500
<br />
<br />252,500
<br />435,900
<br />784,600
<br />845,700
<br />887,100
<br />783,600
<br />888,600
<br />839,200
<br />671,900
<br />
<br />7,765,000
<br />
<br />Colorado Diversions at
<br />Imperial Dam Colorado Pilot
<br />River Gila River Knob
<br />below All Gila River below Return
<br />Cibola American Gravity Dome Yuma y
<br />Valley Canal Canal !!/
<br />Acre-feet Acre-feet Acre-feet Acre-feet Acre-feet Acre-feet
<br />390,100 , 00 ,050 , 00
<br />246,200 182,700 36,880 7.9 65,260 0
<br />230,200 190,&:l0 15,080 36 63,160 74,570
<br />199,700 160,400 19,210 90 41,020 16,810
<br />350,400 274,400 34,550 3,220 43,810 48,680
<br />523,200 425,400 62,670 32,570 7'7,260 78,240
<br />630,900 493,600 94,230 2,290 56,260 88,070
<br />593,800 432,500 114,200 119 57,490 0
<br />669,100 501,300 107,200 335 44,410 66,630
<br />751,900 591,800 109,400 379 44,1350 155,500
<br />726,900 592,100 107,200 282 48,620 170,000
<br />515,000 412,900 89,810 273 49,340 55,120
<br />5,827,000 4,569,000 1356,500 39,600 637,700 753,600
<br /> H.M. BABCOCK, District Chief, WJU)
<br /> Tucson, Arizona
<br /> November 14, 1966
<br />
<br />
<br />12,960
<br />11,270
<br />14,220
<br />17,010
<br />6,230
<br />3,350
<br />3,240
<br />3,050
<br />4,080
<br />
<br />13~,900
<br />
<br />15,502,000
<br />15,589,000
<br />15,502,000
<br />15,492,000
<br />15,592,000
<br />15,552,000
<br />15,295,000
<br />15,069,000
<br />15,004,000
<br />
<br />+ 296,000
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