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YAMPA/WHITE BASIN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: <br /> The SWSI value of -3.5 indicates that the current SURFACE WATER SUPPLY I NOEX <br /> conditions signify a severe drought stage. Water supplies in s 'or°•-'lls't•M1yr Om In. <br /> the North Platte, Yampa, Green, and White River basins 4 <br /> continue to be below normal. Diversions for irrigation are 1 I ;;; , <br /> 111 1111111 <br /> being curtailed due to harvesting of the hay crop. : 1II milli 111 <br /> 2 Illl III 1 11111111 II II III I <br /> Cumulative flow at the key gaging station, Yampa River at Inl 111 I IIIu111 I11 11 1•III <br /> 1. 1111 IN 1 11111111 11111 11 I1111 <br /> Steamboat, is approximately 40% below normal for the 1111111' 111 11111111 11II1 11111III1 <br /> PP Y , ' IIIIIIlIi III 11111111 11111 IIIIIIIII <br /> current water year, but still above the minimumn1,111, III I1uln1 11111 111111[11 <br /> flow IIIN11111 III Iwo, I lifll Ill,lilll 1 <br /> j1111 1jl I 1;11; <br /> ll; r1��i'11 1111,11(111111recorded in 1977. Reservoir storage continues to be below ,111 1 , , ;1 IIf11111111111normal. Most irrigation storage water has been released. "'ll' �' 11 11 11 1,,1,11I <br /> r 11111 11 1 II 11 111 1 11li <br /> ill I 111111 111111 <br /> Soil moisture continues to be criticallylow as evidenced by -� 11 11, I'I'11 l !, <br /> I1 <br /> a i ��i � 1 I�ii i 1� <br /> the negative values computed for the basin by the Palmer -3 1 11 <br /> Drought Index. -, <br /> JANB1 JAMal JA►M3 JANN . PMS JAMS JAM/ .0.0102 .WSt JAIMO JArM7 <br /> 'Outlook: �"0' 'Conditions are expected to remain the same for the <br /> remainder of the water year. <br /> Administrative/Management Concerns: <br /> Water demands will remain low for the rest of the YAMPA RIVER AT STEAMBOAT <br /> year requiring only normal administration of water rights. 400 _ FLOE°9 W11TER YEAR <br /> Public Use Impacts: ice <br /> Decreasing streamflows will impact water recreational <br /> uses such as rafting. Recreational uses of Stagecoach and 4^ 4cm - <br /> Steamboat Reservoirs should not be impacted. 1 <br /> V <br /> 10 t <br /> 0 <br /> CCf. MN OTC Jen hO her Ch /pr11 Yay Juh• July Aup IVpt <br /> 1CI1714 <br /> 6 HIGH(1954) ,• LON C1l77) 0 MANAGE • 1990 <br /> 8 <br />