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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STORAGE IN RESERVOIRS

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

Jumper Creek Reservoir.--In sec. 5, T. 39 N., R. 2 W., on
~rout creek. completed in 1951; capacity. 38 acre-ft.
tion above bottom of outlet.

Jumper Creek, tributary to
Capacity table based on eleva-

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Month-end gage e1g , n ee , an con en 6, n acre- ee
Dec. Jan. Feb, Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Calendar
Month year
195a 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959
Gage height 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 -
Contents 3a 3a 38 3a 38 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a 3a -
Change 1n contents 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Alberta Park Reservoir.--In sec. 34, T. 38 N., R. 2 E., on Pass Creek. Completed in 1953;
cSpscity, S~8 acre-ft. Capacity table based on elevation above bottom of outlet.

Month end gage height 1n reet and contents 1n acre feet

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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 6.0 a. 11.0 14.5 19. 20.6 23.0 15.6 7.( 0.0 5. 9. 12. -
Contents 57 96 145 221 336 3a3 457 24a 73 0 43 re06 165 -
Change 1n contents - 39 +49 +76 it1l5 +47 [phone]"43 it63 +59 +108

Shaw Lake.--In sec. 5, T. 38 N., R. 2 E., on tributary to Lake Creek. Capacity, 638 acre-
f't by 1916 decree; enlarged in 1955 to 681 acre-ft. Only the storage in excess of
638 acre-ft is subject to terms of Rio Grande Compact.

Month-end .Il:a.'l:e hel.1l:ht, 1n feet J and contents, in acre-feet
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 6.5 6.a 7.1 7.4 7.a 9'.0 13.5 5.a 5.5 4.0 4.0 4.1 5.2 -
Contents 15~ 62 171 ISl 193 231 399 132 124 a4 a4 97 116 -
Change 1n contents +9 +9 +10 +12 +3a ~16a ~267 -a -40 0 it13 19 -37

Poa~e Lake.--In sec. 26, T. 38 N., R. 3 E., on tributary to Race Creek. Constructed in
~18; capacity, 258 acre-ft; enlarged in 1954 to 370 acre-ft. Capacity based on ele-
vation above outlet. Only the storage in excess of 258 acre-ft is subject to terms of
Rio Grande Compact.

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on -en gage e g , n ee , an con ents, 1n &cre- eet
Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. palendar
Month year
195a 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959
Gage height 6. 6. 6.9 7.6 a.3 a.3 a.3 a.3 5.5 0 0 1. 2. -
-Contents 32 41 154 171 189 1a9 189 1a9 110 0 0 20 46 -
Change in contents - +9 +13 +17 +1a 0 0 0 -79 -110 0 20 1+26 -a6

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