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OC176S ;t!(,/ wa If,. 'f f'{\I- Little Lake Mead Colorado Colorado R.-Lees Ferry Paria Colorado River-Grand Canyon Virgin River River Colorado River below River Little- Usable Suspended Lees Ferry Cameron 'Suspended field Contents Evaporation !I Hoover Runoff Sediment Runoff Sediment end of mo. Dam 1960 Acre-feet Tons Acre-feet Acre-feet Acre-feet Tons Acre-feet Acre-feet Inches Acre-feet Acre feet Oct. 340,700 3,284,000 4,390 9,480 383,300 4,031,120 6,200 19,707,000 7.2 75,000 556,400 Nov. Dec. 345,800 1,159,000 1,320 86 378,900 445,200 13,300 19,581,000 5.9 61,000 489,000 274,100 293,700 907 134 300,700 57,400 8,020 19,294,000 5.7 59,300 571,600 1961 18,978,000 590.600 Jan. 265,200 218,100 649 73 291,200 11,600 7,680 3.8 39,200 Feb. 331,500 812,700 893 13 351,600 150,100 7,260 18,755,000 4.1 41,200 577,300 Mar. 362,100 786,700 1,210 2,160 378,700 558,090 7,790 18,212,000 5.0 50,300 936,100 Apr. 566,900 2,221,000 741 11,620 587,800 1,809,000 4,440 17,885,000 6.0 58,900 904,300 May 1,145,000 3,706,000 261 0 1,152,000 5,700,000 S,830 17,987,000 8.0 78,500 943,300 June 1,575,000 2,568,000 214 0 1,707,000 1 5,216,600 3,760 18,810,000 9.6 95,700 841,600 July 364,900 682,200 898 706 417,300 540,500 7,750 18,380,000 12.3 123,000 821,500 Aug. 336,600 7,011,000 11,020 9,320 375,000 7,398,000 15,510 17,961,000 9.8 97, 000 739,000 Sept. 710,700 16,800,000 8,120 5,810 756,700 20,220,000 21,130.. 17,928,000 11.3 110,400 690,200 Total 6 618 000 39,542,000 30,600 39,400 7,080,000 46,138,000 106.,1700 -2,012,000 58.7 889,500 8,661,000 1 1 :' i versions between 1 Diversions at Lake Colorado Havasu Colorado Parker and Blythe Colorado Imperial Dar;! Colorado Pilot Mor.ave River Lake River River Gila RiVer Knob Usable below Usable below Colo. R. Palo below All Gila River below Return Contents Davis Contents Parker Indlafl Verde Cibola American Gravity DO\Tle Yurr:a EI end 01' mo, Dam end of mo. Dam Res. Canal Valley Canal Canal ':21 1960 Acre-feet Acre-feet Acre-feet Acre-!'eet Acre feet Acre-feet Acre-feet Acre-f'eet Acre-~'eet Acre-feet Acre-feet Acre-feet Oct. 1,419,000 573,100 554,800 495,300 Ze,890 69,850 4n,600 388,300 54,850 1,070 77,470 0 Nov. 1,412,000 472,300 548,100 393,500 16,340 50,500 377,700 274,300 37,330 1,570 90,670 20,690 Dec. 1,620,000 335,900 549,900 324,900 21,380 45,500 329,100 270,500 33,190 4,860 99,830 48,610 1961 Jan. 1,696,000 492,400 546,300 378,900 16,640 54,740 347,900 269;800 30,970 6,430 103,400 24,400 Feb. 1,702,000 553,100 536,200 453,000 34,350 67,910 400}700 330,700 43,140 2,470 86,390 7,510 [l"l8.r. 1,684,000 935,100 570,700 741,600 47,320 82,910 664,000 533,800 65,450 424 151,100 57,890 Apr. 1,734,000 838,800 583,800 727,900 41,260 82,730 670,600 544,800 79,620 302 136,500 52,200 May 1,762,000 884,400 594,400 712,700 37,600 93,700 643,300 489,800 95,700 313 104,800 0 June 1,618,000 976,100 594,800 822,900 46,390 104,900 702}300 528,600 98,660 246 149,500 23,530 July 1,460,000 964,800 573,200 899,900 53,970 113,300 775}900 604,100 103,400 236 123,900 106,300 Aug. 1,394,000 799,500 576,200 691,400 43,990 97,450 666,800 545,800 85,330 478 81,980 135,300 Sept. 1,350,000 740,400 570,500 603,000 41,330 84,790 556}100 436,900 75,630 285 80,620 21,190 Total -115,000 8,566,000 +14,900 1,0!4::>,OOO 429,500 948,300 0,601,000 5,217,000 803,300 18~680 1,286,000 497,600 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COLORADO RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES IN LOWER BASIN Annual Summary for Water Year ending Sept. 30~ 1961 PROVISIONAL RECORDS !I Lake Mead evaporation computed by mass-transfer method. Figures of acre-feet determined from surface area of lake corresponding to average ~ater surface elevation during month. Includes Yurna Main Canal ~asteway and Reservation Canal Main Drain No.4. Includes flow through wasteway and powerplant returned to Colorado River. DOUGLAS D. LEWIS. Tucson, Arizona October 16, 1961 District Engineer bl Sf