WSP01571

• File Number: 8200.766
• Description: Gunnison River General
• State: CO
• Basin: Gunnison
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 12/1/1967
• Author: USGS
• Title: Review of Waterpower Classifications - Gunnison River Drainage Basin - Colorado - Upstream from Mouth of Tributary North Fork
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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ILLUSTRATIONS

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Frontispiece - Townships having powersite withdrawals
Figure 1 - Blue Mesa Reservoir - June 8, 1966. Following page 10
Figure 2 - Blue Mesa Dam before completion of
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Figure 3 - Silver Jack reservoir site looking
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Figure 4 - Taylor Park Reservoir . . . , . .
Figure 5 - Lake San Crietobal looking toward
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Figure 6 - Cement Creek reservoir site looking
from damsite. . . . . . .
Figure 7 - Cement Creek damsite. . , , , . . ,
Figure 8 - Plan, power and reservoir sites,
Gunnison River drainage basin, up-
stream from tributary North Fork,
Colorado. . ". . . . . . . . .. .
Figure 9 - Profile, waterpower development
Gunnison R1 ver, upstream frOll1
Gunnison Tunnel inlet, Colorado, 1967 . Following page 57

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TABLES

Table 1 - Selected streamflow records. . . . . . . . 15-18
Table 2 - Taylor River-potential power at eo percent
efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . "'. . . . . 4~
Table 3 - Area-capacity table - Upper Cochetopa reservoir site, .' ....9
Table 4 - Area-capacity table - Spring Creek reeervoir site.. 51
Table 5 - Area-capacity table - powderhorn reservolI' site. .. 52
Table 6 - Area-capacity table - Upper Big Blue reservoir 'eite. 54
Table 7 - 'Area-capacity table - Lower Big Blue reservoir site. ;,i,