WSP01993

• File Number: 8200.750
• Description: San Juan River General
• State: CO
• Basin: San Juan/Dolores
• Water Division: 7
• Date: 12/1/1959
• Author: Clifford H Jex
• Title: A Report on the Water Resources of the San Juan River Basin in Colorado - December 1959
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Year San Juan
River at
Rosa

1942 1,335.0
1943 621.8
1944 923.5
1945 757.8
1946 342.2
1947 545.9
1948 925.8
1949 1,064.0
1950 477.3
1951 327.9
1952 1,235.0
1953 459.7
1954 433.4
1955 434,5
1956 464.7

1942-1956 Av. 690,0
1953-1956 Av. 448.1

TABLE II
(2) el) (I) (3) (4)
Pine River Animas LaPlata Mancos McElmo Total
& Spring River River at River Creek Colorado
Creek at near State near near State
LaBoca Cedar Line Towaoc State Line
Hill
342.0 991.7 66.1 92.1 19.3 2,846.2.
169.0 623.0 23.8 42.7 29.0 1,509,3
319.0 860.7 28.8 56.0 24.4 2,212.4
132.0 589.9 25.0 36.0 28.4 1,569.1
81.0 438.6 9.7 15.0 26.1 912,6
139.0 668.5 11.7 29.0 29.5 1,423.6
344.0 865.5 22.4 34.0 26.8 2,218.5
328.0 945.1 35.0 46.0 26.2 2,444,3
94.0 464.9 13,O 17.0 26.9 1,093.,1
68.0 372.9 8.0 6.2 14.5 797.5
304.3 985.4 45.3 60.7 24.9 2,655,6
83.7 442.3 11.4 11.8 20.0 1,028,9
88.4 426.8 6.7 10.0 20.8 986,l,
102.8 464.0 9.4 14.2 26.5 1,051.4
91.2 431. I 8.4 8.3 20.2 1,023,9
179.1 638.0 21.6 3l,9 24.2 1,584,8
91.5 441. 0 9.0 ll.l 21.9 1,022.6

(I) U.S.O.S. published record.
(2) U,S.G.S. published record for 1951-1956. Estimated for 1942-1950.
(3) U.S.G.S. published record for 1942-1943 and 1951-1956. Estimated for 1944-1950.
(4) U.S.G.S. published record for 1942-1950. Estimated for 1951-1956.

Water Exports and Imports

Water is exported from the San Juan River Basin to the Rio Grande River

Basin in Colorado by five diversions, and imported to the San Juan River Basin

from the Dolores River Basin in Colorado by two diversions. Data on water

exported and imported by tributary streams is shown in Table III. All

figures are given in acre feet per year.

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