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<br />. <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT <br />PAONIA PARTICIPATING PROJECT <br />(Continued) <br /> <br />PROTECT FEATURES <br /> <br />Paonia Dam <br />Located on Muddy Creek, <br />Type <br />Height above streambed <br />Height above bedrock <br />Volume <br />Spillway capacity <br />Outlet capacity (at res. elevation 6,370) <br /> <br />16 miles east of Paonia, Colorado. <br />rolled earth and rock fill <br />180 feet <br />205 feet <br />1,200,000 cu. yds. <br />12,500 cfs. <br />700 cfs. <br /> <br />Paonia Reservoir <br />Elevation at maximum controlled storage <br />Active storage capacity (initial) <br />Active storage capacity (after 100 years) <br />Storage below bottom of outlet <br />Capacity allocated to sediment <br /> <br />(21,000 af.) 6,447.5 <br />18,300 at. <br />11, 000 at. <br />2,700 af. <br />10,000 af. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Fire Mountain Canal <br />Canal length without extension <br />Length of extension <br />Canal capacity: <br /> <br />,At head <br />At Leroux Creek <br />At end of extension <br /> <br />Before <br />enlargement <br />80 <br />40 <br /> <br />HYDROLOGY AT PAONIA DAMSITE <br /> <br />Drainage area <br />Annual runoff, average (1949 to 1954) <br />Annual runoff, maximum (1952) <br />Annual runoff, minimum (1951) <br />Maximum discharge of record (May 4, 1952) <br />Minimum discharge of record (Sept. 1-3, 1954) <br />Inflow design flood, volume 15 days <br />Inflow design flood, peak discharge <br /> <br />30 miles <br />3.5 miles <br /> <br />After <br />enlargement <br />, , 200 <br />100 <br />6 <br /> <br />246 sq. mi. <br />98, 100 af. <br />176,400 af. <br />65, 570 at. <br />3,400 ds. <br />8.4 cfs. <br />119,700af. <br />13,300 cis. <br /> <br />Present flood damage consists principally of soil erosion and <br />damage to bridges, diversion dams, and other structures. The <br />damage occurs during the spring and early summer snow melt <br />periods. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-22- <br />