|
<br />;:;;-l:~~ ,:_("~~;~~! :"','
<br />
<br />'"' ;;"~,,~:,;,,.,,---,~.,.
<br />
<br />'.-' -.. -". --~,.
<br />
<br />t.n
<br />
<br />'-='1
<br />ioJ
<br />
<br />C...'
<br />
<br />RIO GRANDE COfU'ACT COMMISSION REPORT
<br />
<br />48
<br />
<br />( )
<br />
<br />,'0._.
<br />'.....-
<br />
<br />Reservoirs in Rio Grande Basin New Mexico
<br />(Completed or enlarged since 1929)
<br />
<br />Nambe Falls Reservoir.--Water-stage recorder in NE\SW\ sec. 29, T. 19 N., R. 10 E., in Nambe Indian
<br />Reservation, on Rio Nambe. Completed in 1976; capacity 2,023 acre-ft at elevation 6,826.6 feet
<br />(crest of spillway), dead storage 121 acre-ft at elevation 6,760.9 feet. Storage is
<br />transmountain water by exchange (see resolution adopted March 27, 1975).
<br />
<br />Month-end elevation, in feet, and contents, in acre-feet
<br />
<br />Date
<br />
<br />Elevation
<br />
<br />Contents
<br />
<br />Change in contents
<br />
<br />December 31, 1986
<br />January 31, 1987
<br />February 28
<br />March 31
<br />April 30
<br />May 31
<br />June 30
<br />July 31
<br />August 31
<br />September 30
<br />October 31
<br />November 30
<br />December 31
<br />
<br />6,825.03
<br />6,825.36
<br />6.825.67
<br />6,826.52
<br />6,826.69
<br />6,826.69
<br />6,826.66
<br />6,818.68
<br />6,819.00
<br />6,818.38
<br />6,815.30
<br />6.819.32
<br />6,823.81
<br />
<br />1.930
<br />1,950
<br />1,970
<br />2,020
<br />2,030
<br />2,030
<br />2,030
<br />1,600
<br />1,610
<br />1,500
<br />1,440
<br />1,630
<br />1,860
<br />
<br />+20
<br />+20
<br />+50
<br />+10
<br />o
<br />o
<br />-480
<br />+10
<br />-30
<br />-140
<br />+190
<br />+230
<br />
<br />Calendar year 1987
<br />
<br />-70
<br />
<br />McClure (Granite point) Reservoir.--Water-stage recorder in NE\SW\ sec. 24, T. 17 N., R. 10 E.,
<br />on Santa Fe River. Original reservoir completed in 1926, capacity, 561 acre-ft; in 1935, per-
<br />manent flash boards were installed in spillway increasing capacity to 650 acre-ft; in 1947 both
<br />darn and spillway were reconstructed increasing capacity to 2,615 acre-ft (gage height, 96.6 ft,
<br />crest of spillway). In 1953 spillway was equipped with radial gates that opened automatically,
<br />increasing capacity to over 3,000 acre-ft. In 1972, radial gates were removed decreasing
<br />capacity to 2,615 acre-ft. No dead storage. Altitude of gage is 7,788 ft. Storage includes
<br />both Rio Grande water and transmountain water by exchange. only the storage of Rio Grande water
<br />in excess of 561 acre-feet is subject to terms of Rio Grande Compact.
<br />
<br /> Month-end gage height, in feet, and contents, in acre-feet
<br /> Change Pre-compact
<br />Date Gage height Contents in contents water TM water
<br />December 31, 1986 96.67 2,630 561 1,530
<br />January 31, 1987 95.57 2,560 -70 561 1,530
<br />February 28 90.02 2,170 -390 561 1,530
<br />March 31 93.75 2,430 +260 561 1,530
<br />Apr il 30 97.08 2,660 +230 561 1,530
<br />May 31 95.20 2,530 -130 561 1,530
<br />June 30 91.13 2,250 -280 561 1,530
<br />July 31 87.07 1,980 -270 450 1,530
<br />August 31 82.88 1,730 -250 200 1,530
<br />September 30 75.33 1,310 -420 0 1,310
<br />October 31 67.41 942 -368 12 930
<br />November 30 69.02 1,010 +68 80 930
<br />December 31 62.63 758 -252 0 758
<br />Calendar year 1987 -1,872
<br />
<br />Nichols Reservoir.--water-stage recorder in SE\NE\ sec. 21, T. 17 N., R. 10 E., on Santa Fe River.
<br />Completed in 1942; capacity, 685 acre-ft at gage height 167.0 feet (crest of spillway), dead
<br />storage, 14 acre-ft at gage height 121.1 feet. Datum of gage is 7,313.2 feet above mean sea
<br />level, datum of 1929. Water is for municpal use in Santa Fe. Storage includes both Rio Grande
<br />water and trans~ountain water by exchange.
<br />
<br /> Month-end gage height, in feet, and contents, in acre-feet
<br />Date Gage height Contents Change in contents TM water
<br />December 31, 1986 161.72 537 272
<br />January 31, 1987 155.98 39B -139 272
<br />February 28 164.68 616 +218 272
<br />March 31 167.23 692 +76 272
<br />April 30 167.66 705 +13 272
<br />May 31 167.73 708 +3 272
<br />June 30 166.80 679 -29 272
<br />July 31 158.26 451 -228 272
<br />August 31 158.46 455 +4 272
<br />September 30 157.81 440 -15 272
<br />October 31 152.61 329 -Ill 272
<br />November 30 186 -143 186
<br />December 31 130.83 294 +108 92
<br />Calendar year 1987 -243
<br />
<br />t~D;~5;~~i,~" <,~,
<br />
<br />
<br />, ,
<br />
<br />':":~'::;;~;;;:i~':;~:'?~~1
<br />
<br />'J,:'<:;)
<br />
|