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SOUTH PLATTE BASIN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: <br /> The SWSI value of +1.8 indicates that for October the SOUTH PLATTE R I vE1 BASIN <br /> Surface Water Supply Index History <br /> rosin water supplies were above normal. Reservoir storage, the 5 <br /> key component in this basin in computing the SWSI value, was , _ <br /> 117% of normal on October 31. The National Weather Service — 3 <br /> reports October precipitation at 58% of normal. Storage in the t <br /> major plains reservoirs, Julesburg, North Sterling, and Prewitt, <br /> - <br /> increased by 11,389 acre-feet during October and are at 39% of ' <br /> capacity. Storage in the major upper basin reservoirs, Cheesman, <br /> Eleven Mile, Spinney, and Antero, decreased by 12,819 acre-feet _ - <br /> and are at 87% of capacity. Flow at the gaging station, South d 2 r <br /> Platte River near Kersey, averaged 707 cfs for the month as 3 <br /> compared to the 1961-1991 October average of 850 cfs. Flow at 1 <br /> the Colorado/Nebraska stateline averaged 408 cfs for the month. 3 ` '� �OHfW10 J JMeo ' <br /> Administrative/Management Concerns <br /> The earliest calls in effect on the South Platte during <br /> October was the Cheesman Reservoir call of 6-27-1889 placed on <br /> October 27. SOUTH PLATTE RIVER `EAR KERSEY <br /> PS*.4444+:i i: i�i'i'i♦i'i'i'i'+•i'•i i <br /> 0 <br /> 1%1.1991 OCIDI Mika EON 1992 <br /> Representative Reservoirs <br /> South Platte River sin <br /> 250 — <br /> ;•d-. <br /> 'L 100 <br /> xv <br /> " m <br /> OiIIon Itrsetmlh Elmo IMIe Cheeewn Jism Orr like <br /> 61.Avg. 10/31 Contents reg 10/31/92 Contents <br /> 3 <br />