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<br />UNITED STATES
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<br />C DEPARTM8NT OF THE IIITERIOR I
<br />r-.. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
<br /><-i D!L01 PROVISIONAL RELEASE
<br />0 COLORADO RIVER AND TRrnurARIEs R BASIN
<br /><:::> August 1963
<br /> Colorado Colorado olorado Diversions between Colorado Diversions at
<br /> Colorado Paria Little Colorado Virgin River Lake River Havasu Riv8r Parker and Blvthe River Im-r=rial Dam Colorado
<br />Date River River Colorado River Hi vel' Lake Mead beloW' Mohave below Lake I below Colo. R. Palo below 'AJ,l Gila Gila River Pilot
<br />Aug. La" La" Hi vel' Grand Little- Usable Hoover Usable Davis Usuble Parker Indian Verde eibola American Gravity River below Knob
<br /> Ferry Ferry Cameron Canyon field Contents Dam Contents Dar:l Contents Dam Res. Canal Valley Canal Canal Dome Yuma Return
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<br /> d, d, ef, d, ef, b...ac~,,-rt...., cr, acre-ft ers acre-ft ers cr, cr, cf, cf1s ef, ef, ef, ef'
<br /> 1 1,000 3.8 0 1,300 56 18,671.,000 15,300 1,460,000 19,200 560,000 15,100 932 2,110 14,100 1l,300 1,il9O 2,4 1,080 2,660
<br /> 2 1,000 4.0 0 1,340 52 18,646,000 15,000 1,453,000 19,000 562,000 15,300 932 2,210 13,100 11,400 1,960 2,3 1,030 2,900
<br /> 3 1,010 97 0 1,350 60 18,623,000 il,ooo 1,436,000 18,200 563,300 15,600 930 1,830 12,900 11,200 1,870 2,3 1,090 2,910
<br /> 4 1,010 ill 48 1,5$Kl il3 18,613,000 6,420 1,422,000 14,000 564,200 I 15,300 919 1,700 13,200 10,600 1,7&J 2,0 1,250 2,900
<br /> 5 1,000 554 191 1,530 63 18,586,000 13,$Kl0 1,416,000 17,900 562,400 16,200 919 1,830 13,400 10,500 1,710 2.0 1,430 3,110
<br /> 6 1,000 254 649 1,580 325 18,562,000 13,100 1,403,000 18,100 563,700 I 15,000 917 1,840 13,900 10,600 1,860 2,4 1,4&J 3,240
<br /> 7 1,000 227 1,760 1,890 271 18,539,000 13,900 1,398,000 16,900 566,100 14,200 922 1,750 13,700 11,900 1,820 2,4 1,450 3,610
<br /> 8 1,000 52 1,070 2,350 236 18,514,000 13,800 1,392,000 17,200 572,200 12,700 922 1,910 12,600 1 ,200 1,770 2,3 1,410 3,960
<br /> 9 1,000 25 1,940 2,220 79 18,488,000 14,500 1,391,000 14,800 574,900 13,600 922 1,980 11,600 11,000 1,7&J 2,1 1,420 4,26)
<br />10 1,000 ,8 1,110 2,670 58 18,469,000 12,900 1,387,000 15,000 573,700 , 15,300 922 1,910 11,500 10,300 1,3&l 1.8 1,380 3,060
<br />il 1,000 ,6 976 2,070 52 18,457,000 8,780 1,382,000 10,800 572,000 14,800 922 1,780 12,600 ~,810 1,200 1.7 1,430 2,830
<br />12 1,000 38 841 2,210 50 18,435,000 15,700 1,380,000 16,500 567,500 14,800 917 1,900 12,800 ,560 1,570 2,0 1,430 2,36)
<br />13 1,010 20 445 1,96) 49 18,404,000 16,300 1,379,000 16,600 565,000 14,400 915 1,790 12,800 gl,920 1,950 2.4 1,390 2,36)
<br />,4 1,010 13 302 1,740 49 18,373,000 16,000 1,376,000 17,000 564,200 14,000 919 1,810 12,500 10,200 1,920 1.2 1,320 2,380
<br />15 1,0lD 8.2 238 1,580 51 18,340,000 16,600 1,381,000 16,100 566,100 12,700 919 1,7130 12,100 10,200 l,',nO 1.2 1,350 2,340
<br />16 1,020 5.2 il9 1,490 62 18,310,000 17,600 1,380 ,000 15,100 572,200 ll,60o 908 939 13,000 9,940 1,880 1.7 1,410 2,300
<br />17 1,020 25 97 1,470 il3 18,285,000 14,200 1,381,000 13,500 577,000 10,900 902 859 12,400 10,200 1,680 2,1 1,440 2,640
<br />,8 1,030 760 283 1,430 il3 18,269,000 9,820 1,381,000 10,600 5&J,200 : 10,900 900 950 11,200 10,700 1,400 1.8 1,430 3,570
<br />19 1,010 104 174 1,760 366 18,237,000 17,600 1,391,000 12,100 576,800 12,500 900 1,070 10,800 9,550 1,720 2,6 1,410 2,740
<br />20 980 no 238 1,680 459 18,209,000 16,800 1,400,000 1l,900 573,000 12,700 902 1,220 11,000 8,5&J 1,800 1.8 1,350 2,080
<br />21 980 72 1,070 1,580 208 18,178,000 15,500 1,404,000 12,200 567,000 12,700 894 1,360 11,300 8,640 1,840 2.4 1,370 1,870
<br />22 990 54 521 2,100 60 18,150,000 15,000 1,405,000 14,100 564,000 , 12,300 861 1,430 11,300 8,970 1,720 3,0 1,430 1,740
<br />23 990 44 856 1,660 154 18,124,000 14,300 1,405,000 14,700 564,200 13,200 797 1,550 11,100 9,040 1,820 1.7 1,420 1,670
<br />24 990 60 1,370 1,940 86 18,102,000 11,300 1,398,000 15,200 563,100 13,300 867 1,500 11,000 8,940 1,620 1.2 1,460 1,390
<br />25 990 178 573 2,1$Kl 182 18,093,000 6,640 1,386,000 13,500 561,100 13,000 8'73 1,710 11,600 8,110 1,410 1.2 1,470 1,200
<br />26 990 66 250 1,730 143 18,065,000 14,700 1,382,000 15,200 559,000 12,800 884 1,710 11,200 8,790 1,610 1.5 1,460 1,250
<br />27 1,000 72 193 1,600 109 18,039,000 15,300 1,384,000 15,100 559,600 12,300 900 1,780 11,100 9,050 1,750 2,1 1,310 1,580
<br />28 1,000 97 681 1,690 69 18,014,000 15,300 1,385,000 14,900 561,600 12,300 903 1,750 10,600 8,910 1,790 L8 1,410 1,630
<br />29 1,000 53 1,670 2,050 59 11,988,000 15,800 1,392,000 13,900 565,600 I 11,400 902 1,730 10,400 8,700 1,820 1.5 1,220 1,410
<br />30 1,100 318 737 2,420 55 17,955,000 15,500 1,392,000 12,600 565,200 I 11,500 908 1,660 10,200 8,560 1,820 1.7 1,150 1,330
<br />31 1,020 430 2,190 1,860 50 17,937,000 13,300 1,395,000 12,600 565,800 11,800 903 1,130 9,720 ,8,380 1,200 L7 1,130 1,260
<br />Mean 1,005 l25 664 1,810 124 --- 13,930 --- 15,020 - - 13,360 904 1,648 11,960 9,818 1,739 1.95 1,351 2,405
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<br />feet 61,200 1,710 40,840 111,100 7,640 --- 856,&10 _h 923,700 --- I 822,000 55,600 101,300 735,300 603,700 106..900 120 83,050 147,&:10
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<br />Tons --- 1m --- 11,317,000 I
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<br />* Furnished by U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, based on pnwerplant records.
<br />lake Mead evaporation by mass-transfer method during m:mth was 112,000 acre-feet, equivalent to 11.3 inches.
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<br />t Combined flow of river, Yuma Main Canal wasteway and
<br />Reservation Canal Main Drain No.4.
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<br />DOUGLAS D. LEWIS, District Engineer
<br />Tucson, Arizona
<br />Sept. 13, 1963
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