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<br /> <br />Flaming Gorge Reservoir <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />i <br />r--" <br />C~2 <br /> <br />STATISTICS <br />ACTIVE STORAGFo <br />RESERVOIR <br /> <br />ACRE. ELEVATION <br />fEET) (FEET) <br /> <br />MAXIMUM STORAGE 3)49.000 6040 <br />RATED HEAD 1,062..000 5946 <br />MINIMUM POWER 233,000 Sa7! <br />SURFACE AREA (FULLI 42.020 ACRES <br />RESERVOIR LENGTH (FULlI 91 MILES <br /> <br />POWER PLANT <br />NUMBER OF UNITS <br />TOT AL CAPACITY <br /> <br />J <br />108,000 KILOWATTS <br /> <br />OdOfH nor mcllldfl 40,000 ;lcrt! f~fH of deiJd HOfiJge <br />be/ow5740{~1 <br /> <br />OUTFLOW <br /> <br />4 <br />3 <br />2 <br />T <br />o 0 <br />z <br />o 4 <br />u <br />~ 3 <br />~ <br />w 2 <br />w <br />. <br />u <br />;; <br />o 0 <br />u <br />~ 4 <br />3 <br />~ 2 <br />~ <br />< T <br />w <br />~ 0 <br />" <br />4 <br /> <br />~~~z~ <br />::i: <t ~ ;; =: <br />Waler Yur 1978 <br /> <br />Q <br />o <br />< <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />Flaming Gorge Reservoir is operated as <br />part of the Colorado River Storage Project <br />in accordance with governing compacts <br />and laws to provide river regulations, power <br />production, recreation opportunities, and <br />fish and wildlife benefits, <br /> <br />On September 30, 1977, the water surface <br />was at elevation 5991 leet. The active <br />storage was 2,078,000 acre-feet. The April <br />through July 1978 runoff above Flaming <br />Gorge was 1,470.000 acre-feet or 130 per- <br />cent of the long-time average, With thiS run- <br />off, the reservoir reached its seasonal <br />maximum elevation of 6016 feet on August <br />20, 1978, with an active storage of 2,850,000 <br />acre-feet, and remained near this elevation <br />through September 1978, (Chart 2,) <br /> <br />" <br />w <br />, <br /> <br />..: > U <br />U 0 W <br />o z a <br /> <br />a:i ci >- <br />~ ~ ~ ~ <br />Watl' Vur1979 <br /> <br />" <br />~I <br /> <br />z <br />'\ <br />