Laserfiche WebLink
<br />NAVAJO RESERVOIR <br />(SAN JUAN RIVER) <br /> <br /> <br />Water Year 1988 <br /> <br />The elevation of Navajo Reservoir at the beginning of the <br />water year was 6,0385 feet witb 1,094,000 acre"feet of active <br />storage. Based on the October most probable inflow of <br />877,000 acre"feet it was' projected that Navajo Reservoir <br />would fill to elevation 6,061 feet by July 1988. <br /> <br />Navajo Reservoir was gradually drawn down to elevation <br />6,036.6 feet by January 1,1988,. and the April through July <br />runoff forecast at this time was 700,000 acre"feet or 110 <br />percent of the long-term average. On February 1, the April <br />through July forecast increased to 800,000 acre-feet, then <br />dropped each month until on June I, it was 370,000 acre-feet, <br /> <br />ACTUAL RELEASES <br /> <br />WY 1988 <br /> <br />1000 OF' <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />NDJFMAMJJASO <br /> <br />or 58 percent of average. Since Navajo Reservoir was being <br />refilled during this time period, releases were kept ,at a <br />constant 600 cfs for most of the 1988 water year. <br /> <br />The actual April through July 1988 runoff volume into Navajo <br />Reservoir was 382,000 acre-feet, or 60 percent of average. The <br />total water year 1988 inflow was 651,000 acre-feet which was <br />68 percent of average. Peak inflow to Navajo reservoir <br />occurred on May 17, at 3,600 cfs and the peak releases were <br />740 cfs on July 19. The reservoir reached a peak elevation of <br />6,051.2 feet July4 through July 6,1988. <br /> <br />NAVAJO RESERVOIR <br /> <br />Reservoir <br /> <br />Acre-feet <br /> <br />Elevation, feet <br /> <br />Maximum Storage <br />Inactive Storage <br />Surface Area, full <br />Reservoir Length, full <br /> <br />1,696,400 <br />660,500 <br /> <br />6,085 <br />5,990 <br />15,610 Acres <br />33 Miles <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />,\""0 N\l5~1";"1 <br />