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<br />STORAGE IN RESERVOIRS
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<br />Reservoirs in Rio Grande Basin in Colorado
<br />(Constructed Or enlarged since 1937)
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<br />Jumper Creek Reservolr.--In sec. 5, T. 39 N., R. 2 W., on Jumper Creek, tributary to Trout Creek.
<br />Completed ~n 1951; capac~ty, 38 acre-ft. Capacity table based on elevation above bottom of
<br />outlet. Storage omitted from accounting by action of Commission on Feb. 15, 1962.
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<br /> Month-end gage height, in feet, and contents, in acre-feet
<br />Month Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Ca!. yr.
<br />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
<br />Contents 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38
<br />Change 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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<br />Big Meadows Reservoir.__In NW, sec. 17, T. 38 N., R. 2 E., on South Fork about 0.9 mile upstream
<br />from Hope Creek, Completed in 1967; capacity, 2,437 acre-ft. Capacity table based on elevation
<br />above outlet. Water is used for fish culture, Includes 140 acre-ft of transmountain water, by
<br />exchange, in 1967; 838 acre-ft by exchange, in 1968; and 347 acre-ft, by exchange, in 1969, and
<br />1,112 acre-ft, by exchange in 1983, for a total of 2,437 acre-ft.
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<br /> Month-end gage height, in feet, and contents, 10 acre-feet
<br />Month Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Cal.yr.
<br />Gage height 45.0 45.0 45.0 45.0 45.0 45.0 45.0 45.0 45.0 45.0 45.0 45.0
<br />Contents 2,437 2,437 2,437 2,437 2,437 2,437 2,437 2,437 2,437 2,437 2,437 2,437
<br />Change 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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<br />Alberta Park Reservoir,-_In sec. 34, T. 38 N., R. 2 E., on Pass Creek. Completed in 1953;
<br />capacity, 598 acre-ft. CapaCity table based on elevation above bottom of outlet, Storage
<br />prior to June 30, 1983 included 244 acre-ft of transmountain water imported in 1963. 8y a
<br />"'83 resolution of the Rio Grande Compact CommiSSion, the reservoir was drained for repairs
<br />in July 1983; recovery was completed in 1984. The reservoir also contains 100 acre-ft of
<br />transmountain water stored by exchange in 1983 and 254 acre-ft of transmountain water
<br />stored in 1984.
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<br /> Month-end gage height, in feet, and contents, in acre-feet
<br />Month Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Ca!. yr.
<br />Gage height 27.0 27.0 27.0 27.0 27.0 27.0 27.0 27.0 27.0 27.0 27.0 27.0
<br />Contents 598 598 598 598 598 598 598 598 598 598 598 598
<br />Change 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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<br />Shaw Lake Enlarqement.__In sec. 5, T. 38 N., R. 2 E., on tributary to Lake Creek.
<br />638 acre-ft by 1916 decree; enlarged in 1955 to 681 acre-ft. Only the storage
<br />of 638 acre-ft is subject to terms of Rio Grande Compact. Includes 42 acre-ft
<br />water imported in 1965.
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<br />CapaCity,
<br />in excess
<br />transmountain
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<br /> Month-end gage height, in feet, and contents, in acre- feet
<br />Man th Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Cal.yr.
<br />Gage height
<br />Contents 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 42
<br />Change 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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