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r <br /> YAMPA/WHITE BASIN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: <br /> The SWSI value of -2.2 indicates that the current SURFACE WATER SUPPLY INDEX <br /> conditions signify a moderate drought stage. Water supplies 5 Vnit•river Elba Ina <br /> in the North Platte, Yampa, Green, and White River basins 4_ k _ <br /> continue to show improvement because of the above average - 3_ <br /> . — 5 . • , <br /> precipitation received during the month of July. Diversions - ,.- ------- : . <br /> for irrigation are being curtailed due to harvesting of the 2 -; = , <br /> hay crop. Cumulative flow at the key gaging station,Yampa 1- ; 1 <br /> River at Steamboat, is approximately 40% below normal for i Dr�'` ;�lify.:':„:- <br /> the current water year, but still above the minimum flow _ 4.:1 ; <br /> recorded in 1977. Reservoir storage continues to be below ,. -z- , - ` " Z"" V <br /> normal. Most irrigation storage water has been released. o . = �` Y 4 <br /> Soil moisture continues to be slightly below normal. ''- . ,.- ; 1 <br /> J41N21 JANiZ JAM 01114 JAMS .fAMIli JANi7 ANDS JAM39 JIM✓S° JAN14 <br /> Outlook: ...awYEAR <br /> 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. ,Do PLOW <br /> In■AT61 YEAR <br /> Public Use Impacts: 'DD <br /> Decreasing streamflows will impact water 1 <br /> recreational uses such as rafting. Recreational uses of i 403 r <br /> Stagecoach and Steamboat Reservoirs should not be .1 <br /> impacted. W4 <br /> a y <br /> /------- <br /> a <br /> OCt 030 D0C Jan Feb March April Mry June July Aug Sept <br /> a3NTH <br /> D VAX[1984) + MIN C1977) O AVM A 19B1i <br /> • <br /> • <br />