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YAMPA/WHITE BASIN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: <br /> The SWSI value of +0.7 indicates that the current SURFACE WATER SUPPLY INDEX <br /> conditions are near normal. The weather during the month . ''`""'""'"'""..1111111 <br /> of August varied considerably between periods of hot and dry <br /> conditions changing to cool and wet conditions. Irrigation 1 111;1rIL <br /> 1� I InnI.demands were generally low. As a result, streamfiows11I lPrecipitation basinwide was 90% of1.111,remalne n0 IIIIP 1II 11f Iaverage for the month, and 114% of average for the water , nl inl nu1111 <br /> I11111 1 Ilnllllllll tyear. Flow at the key index gaging station, Yampa River at111111 11111 <br /> 33 III I 1, �� 1 i 1i11j� lljYl,'1 111 111�i I;I i <br /> Steamboat,was 129 cfs as compared to the historic average of _ ' 1I,II I 1 I 1 1l 1I!I I,;111;I <br /> � 11 i II' Ilip I II� ;iIIllljl illlfllilj II I <br /> 112 cfs. Cumulative flow for the water year at this station Y f I ;I�{I` i:l,''!' <br /> e �: 11 Iitlill II i1li'! <br />== was approximately 20% below average. Periods of above a 1, ; ill 1i,!I <br /> w: normal stream flows during the month provided an ,i <br /> opportunity to store additional water in irrigation reservoirs. <br /> ,.w.a ..w. d.+l.• Milt .wrs .YW87 JMw ..Mr. JMia Javill <br /> Soil moisture conditions are considerably better this year as ,ca„„,,.,,,, <br /> compared to last year. The basinwide water supply is the best <br /> it has been in three years. <br /> Outlook - 1 <br /> Stream flows are predicted to be normal for the YAMPA RIVER AT STEAMBOAT <br /> remainder of the year. .a° Rd"~"""'�"" <br /> Administrative/Management Concerns: 'a° r Z .-- <br /> The administrative work load throughout the division i <br /> will be near normal. Some tributaries will require additional 4 <br /> administration as stream flows drop. Limited administration <br /> is taking place in the Yampa and North Platte River Basins. '�r'K <br /> FIt <br /> Public Use Impacts: <br /> Some recreational uses of the streams ma Y be f— <br /> impacted this year although the impact should be less than l.-�JI <br /> what was experienced one year ago. Oat Nov Cos An MID Wren �t I Mow Aim Jrty A. <br /> lac <br /> 601104 <br /> a SR Clrr) • vw C+ • •vw,q • ,.n <br /> 8 <br />