WSP04315

• File Number: 8510.100.60
• Description: Rio Grande Compact Commission
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Water Division: 3
• Date: 1/1/1959
• Title: Report of the Rio Grande Compact Commission 1959
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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RIO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION REPORT

STORAGE IN RESERVOIRS

Reservoirs in Rio Grande Basin in Colorado
(Constructed or enlarged since 1937)

Squaw Lake.--Staff gage in sec. 12, T. 39 N., R. 4 W., on
pleted in 1938; capacity, 162 acre-ft by 1953 survey.
below gaging station on Rio Grande near Del Norte.

tributary to Squaw Creek. Com-
Water is used for irrigation

Month-end lZalZe hellZht in feet and contents 1n acre-feet
Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. calendar
Month 1959 year
1958 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959
Gage he1ght 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.5 7.0 9.1 9.1 7.5 3.7 0.0 0.( 1. 2 .~ -
Contents 3. 51 68 94 122 162 162 131 63 0 0 17 41 -
Chan~e 1n contents - 17 +17 +26 +28 HO 0 -31 -68 -63 0 17 +24 +7

Rito Hondo Reservoir.--Staff gage in sec. 22, T. 42 N., R. 3 W., on Rito Hondo (Deep Creek)
tributary to Clear Creek. Completed in 1957; capacity, 561 acre-ft. Originally filled
during May and June 1958 with transmountain water; storage is not in debit status.

Month-end lZalle hellZht in feet and contents 1n a.cre-f'eet:
Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oot. Nov. Dec. palendar
Month year
1958 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959
Gage height 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 -
Contents 561 561 561 561 561 561 561 561 561 561 561 561 561 -
Change 1n contents 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Troutvale No.2 Reservoir.--Staff gage in Et sec. 10, T. 41 N., R. 3 W., on South Clear
Creek. Completed in 1940; capacity, 435 acre-ft. Condition of spillway limited storage
to 168 acre-ft after May 1942. Repairs to spillway in 1947 increased capacity to
257 acre-ft. Water is used for fish culture with only occasional sale for irrigation.

Month-end ~a~e hel~ht 1n feet and contents 1n acre-feet
Dec. Jan. FE:'b. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. alendar
Month year
1958 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 .1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959
Gage height 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 7. 7.€ 7. -
Contents 57 57 257 257 257 257 257 257 257 257 57 57 257 -
Change in contents 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Trout Lake.--Staff gage in sec. 12, T. 39 N., R. 3 W., on tributary to Trout Creek. Com-
pleted about 1932; capacity, 198 acre-ft; enlarged in 1948 to a capacity of 320 acre-ft.
only the storage in exceas of 198 acre-ft is subject to terms of Rio Grande Compact.

Morth-e ~a~e hei~ht in f'eet .nd 1... a '....e_f'~ e+O
Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar.. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec;- alendar
Month year
1958 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959
Gage height 1.0 2.C 3.2 4.6 6.7 6.7 6.7 O.C 0.0 0.0 1.C 2.( 3. -
Content!! 23 46 75 108 163 163 163 0 0 0 23 46 75 -
Change in contents - ~23 +29 +33 [phone] .23 ~23 1>29 +52