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<br /> <br /> <br />Summary <br /> <br /> <br />;: 0 Forks Powe lant <br /> <br />ocated at the toe of Two Forks Dam <br /> <br />Number of units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 <br />Designed capacity'........ . IO' IO.... IO........ IO........ 138 MW <br /> <br />Type of generation . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IO. peaking power <br />Type of controls.. . Remotely controlled from the USBR Flatiron Control Center <br /> <br />J <br />I' Two Forks Switchyard <br />j;; <br />~ <br />! Located above Two Forks Dam on the left side of the canyon <br />!i Capacity of transformers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170t 000 Kv. -a. <br /> <br />Transmission Lines <br /> <br />115 kv. line (Line No.1) to the Waterton Substation.... <br />115 kv. line (Line No.2) to the Waterton Substation. . . . <br />115 kv. line to the Erie Substation................... <br /> <br />7 miles <br />7 miles <br />55 miles <br /> <br />HYDROLOGY <br /> <br />Contributing drainage area above Two Forks Damsite. .. . 2,585 sq. mi. * <br />Annual runoff, average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 242, 400 ac. -ft. <br />Annual runoff, maximum.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550,900 ac. -ft.. <br />(1970 w.y.) <br />Annual runoff, mini:plum....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 86, 700 ac. -ft. <br />(1963 w.y.) <br />Peak daily discharge of record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,320 c. f. s. <br />'" <br />. June 8, 1921 <br />Minimufu daily discharge of record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10 c. f. s. <br />Dec. 5, 1899 <br />Inflow design flood: Volume, 20 days... ...............600,300 ac. -ft. <br />Peak discharge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. 99,300 c. f. s. <br />Historical floods: The first major flood recorded on the South Platte River <br />occurred in 1844. Other major floods occurred in 1864, <br />1867,1876,1894,1921,1933, and1965. <br />* Does not include the 335 square miles of the Blue River Basin which is a <br />source of imported supplies to the North Fork of the South Platte River <br />from Dillon Reservoir <br /> <br />1.11 <br />