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GUNNISON BASIN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: <br /> .The SWSI value of-1.5 indicates that the basin water SURFACE WATER SUPPLY INDEX <br /> supply is below normal. Precipitation for the month was 96% $ c"r"t••n•ever eosin <br /> of average and 108%of average for the water year. Basinwide <br /> reservoir storage is 115% of average. Taylor Park Reservoir : g ilIcontents (usable) measured 84,800 acre-feet on October 1, • It II !III!'Iitr <br /> ll r I1991. Blue Mesa Reservoir contents measured 691900 acre- IIIIII I."rf Milli 11 IIfeet usable . • • men m I.11( ) • Flow at4'therukey in}d+�ex gaging station, WM . M II11111 I, �;;�Uncompahgre River near Ridgeway, averaged 106 cfs for the iO 111111111 I11111 11 11111 <br /> jI;I��il��1�Ijijllll moo <br /> month as compared to the historic monthly flow of 113 cfs. 11111 ! ,Ihlll111+11111, <br /> -+ hill lluu.1,11111n: <br /> I,11 <br /> ^ `' Ills lluu I 111 <br /> �utloClG• s :: 11111dill illpi <br /> lllla I n0 IIWater supply conditions were generally good during <br /> the 1991 irrigation season. While the major streams had <br /> adequate supplies,many high elevation tributaries were water m,,,,,,,,,,,, <br /> short. Precipitation events were extremely timely this year <br /> helping to alleviate demand. "`r`-___' <br /> Administrative/Management Concerns: <br /> Irrigation demand diminished in early October but UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER NR. RI DGWAY <br /> • <br /> hot, dry conditions have caused water demand to late season a. "`° "'"r""""" <br /> hay and pasture irrigation to be abnormally high. October is <br /> typically a wet month for the Gunnison basin. The ., _ <br /> Uncompaghre River was under administration for only a few i = _ <br /> days this irrigation season. A call on the San Miguel lasted + "a <br /> only one day. No call was placed on the Gunnison mainstem .1 <br /> this year. a , . . <br /> 5v a <br /> Public Use Impacts: 1 r <br /> Water-based recreation will be sustained at Blue Mesa <br /> Reservoir and in the Gunnison River below the reservoir. : - <br /> o r <br /> Oft list Ow Jan n•• Mora. /pre1 tar Aro" J•tr suot <br /> tom <br /> a war vase) • or,(,era) • WO 4 ,f•, <br /> Gunnison River Basin Reservoir Supplies <br /> a <br /> aa <br /> 7°-," <br /> r <br /> i a <br /> 1 !a <br /> Ili 4°'•_/ ./N <br /> i <br /> a°_,\/.\ <br /> . lo-,/".‘ <br /> +ortr Plat OrM.rd ku.t1•n• <br /> ® am. •raa awn•.tt• ® baar•,Canton's <br /> 6 <br />