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GUNNISON BASIN <br /> • <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: <br /> The SWSI value of +0.9 indicates that for December GUNNISON RIVER BASIN <br /> the basin water supplies were near normal. The Soil 5 Surf.*Stator BLQply I"dsc""tcYy <br /> Conservation Service reports December 31 snowpack at 108% 4 <br /> of normal. Storage in Taylor Park, Crawford, and Fruitland `. <br /> iu reservoirs totaled 87% of normal on December 31. Reservoir 3 == <br /> carryover for Grand Mesa reservoirs as of October 31, 1992 , . ; -4 <br /> was 17%of capacity,average carryover on these reservoirs for 1 1:::: <br /> "�- '7 P tY, g awry �the 20 was 33%. The National Weather Service 9 o <br /> pastyears4, <br /> r <br /> z r / <br /> reports December precipitation as 71%of normal. Flow at the _1 \,--,,, ; <br /> gaging station, Uncompahgre River near Ridgway, averaged 2 ''-^' "' <br /> 54.2 cfs for the month as compared to the 1961-1991 G 4.1 <br /> December average of 51.1 cfs. Early snow had nearly worn 3 i <br /> out by the end of December, and the ski areas had a need for -4 "' <br /> JAN94 JANBS JAN96 JAN7 JAN99 JAN99 JAN90 JAN91 JAN92 JAN93 <br /> more snow. Additional snow arrived in early January, greatly AONTW YEAR <br /> increasing the snowpack and creating much better attitudes <br /> among both water users and winter sports enthusiasts. <br /> UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER NR. RIDGWAY <br /> FLOW BY WATER YEAR <br /> 24 <br /> 23 <br /> 22 <br /> 21 l <br /> 20 <br /> 19 <br /> i10 <br /> j 17 <br /> 16 <br /> n 15 <br /> 4 • <br /> a 13 <br /> TP. 12 f_ <br /> F� 11 <br /> i 10 <br /> 9 <br /> 9 <br /> , <br /> 6 <br /> 5 <br /> • 4 R <br /> 3 <br /> Oct Nov ac Jan Fab %larch <br /> WORTH <br /> 0 WET[1994) 0 CRT[1977) A AVG X 1293 <br /> REPRESENTATIVE RESERVOIRS <br /> GUNIBON RIVER BASIN <br /> 70 <br /> TV <br /> I 40 <br /> • <br /> li <br /> h2 ,,,../A <br /> 2G <br /> :;/-\\ <br /> io <br /> o /\ /-%.,‘ <br /> Taylor Park Crawford Fruit land <br /> ® An 12/31 Content. ® 12/31/02 Cont.rta <br /> 6 <br />