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<br />UNITED STATES DEPARTMENr OF THE INTERIOR
<br />GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
<br />Water Resources Division
<br />Utah District
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<br />STREAMFLOW AND RESERVOIR CONTENTS IN UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN
<br />April 1973
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<br /> Monthly discharge Maximum dailv Minimum dailv
<br /> Percent of
<br />Stream a/Median (Cfs) Mean (Cfs) 30-year
<br /> 1931-60 this month median C f s -davs Acre-feet Cfs Date Cfs Date
<br />Colorado River
<br />near Cisco, Utah 7,081 6,057 85.5 181,700 360,400 11 , 000 30 3,140 7
<br />Adjusted!!./ 6,052 85.5 181,548 360,100 - - - -
<br />Green River at
<br />Green River, Ut 7,381 5,162 69.9 154,870 307,200 7,740 20 3,850 11
<br />AdjustedSl 8,003 108 240,081 476,200 - - - -
<br />San Juan River
<br />near Bluff, Ut 3,254 4,194 129 125,810 249, 500 6,630 14 3,090 9
<br />Adjuste~/ 7,579 233 227,376 451,000 - - - -
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<br />a/ Median of mean discharges for the month for 30-year period 1931-60.
<br />b/ Adjusted for change in storage in Blue Mesa Reservoir. Storage began October 27, 1965.
<br />~/ Adjusted for change in storage in Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Storage began November 1, 1962.
<br />i/ Adjusted for change in storage in Navajo Reservoir. Storage began June 27, 1962.
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<br /> Drainage area Usable End-of-month Change during
<br />Reservoir above dam capacity usable contents month
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<br />Blue Mesa Reservoir near
<br />Sapinero, Colorado 3,426 829,500 308,600 -300
<br />Flaming Gorge Reservoir at a/ 3,749,000
<br />Flaming Gorge Dam, Utah 15,100 3,063,000 +169,000
<br />Navajo Reservoir nesr ~/ 3,230 1,696,000 1,174,300 +201,500
<br />Archuleta, New Mexico
<br />Lake Powell Reservoir at ~/107 , 700
<br />Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona 25,002,000 11,251,000 -715,000
<br />Totals 31,276,500 15,796,900 -344,800
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<br />Leon J. Jensen, Engineer
<br />Salt Lake City, Utah
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