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• <br /> GUNNISON BASIN December, 1997 <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: 1 <br /> The SWSI value of 1.2 indicates that for November the GUNNISON RIVER BASIN <br /> basin water supplies were above normal. The Natural, 5 Surface water Supply Index H..tory <br /> Resources Conservation Service reports December 1 snowpack 4 <br /> as 105%of normal. Flow at the gaging station Uncompahgre ;�, ,f <br /> River near Ridgway averaged 97 cfs as compared to the long3 4." '� ,. " <br /> Y g P <br /> term average of 66 cfs. Storage in Taylor Park, Crawford, and 2 <br /> - , <br /> ""a Fruitland reservoirs totaled 122% of normal as of the end of 1 '- ) - : <br /> November.November. Z :i : <br /> r4- Ici_ _ F....._ <br /> , , / ,% <br /> Outlook i ~' f <br /> a: -2- ./ •.I " r <br /> River flows continue to stay above normal after the . <br /> wet fall. Most small reservoirs should be able to store water 3- <br /> this winter, even the ones that normally don't have much -4 I•••_,•• .• <br /> JANBB JANB9 JAN90 JAN91 JAN92 JAN93 JAN94 JAN95 JAN96 JAN97 <br /> inflow. MONTH/YEAR <br /> It is too early to make runoff forecasts from snowpack <br /> figures. <br /> Administrative/Management Concerns <br /> This is the time of year when the Water UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER NR. R I DGWAY <br /> Commissioners process last irrigation season's diversion 24 FLOW BY WATER YEAR <br /> 23 <br /> records. In addition to the diversions that they record 22 . <br /> 21 <br /> themselves,they collect monthly readings from municipalities, 20 <br /> domestic water systems, large wells,and augmentation plans. 1 18 <br /> They also begin work on tabulating the water rights that were <br /> decreed in 1997 so that they can be added to the official o I <br /> Division 4 water rights tabulation. LL 13 <br /> ;g ,2 <br /> u 11 <br /> 5 10 <br /> Public Use Impacts 1 00 ------- <br /> Ski areas have been making snow. While many of <br /> 6 <br /> them face minimum stream flow restrictions, this year the s <br /> flows are high enough to eliminate that problem. 3 <br /> Oct fw/ Osc Jan Fab MarCM <br /> MONTH <br /> p WET(19E4) 0 DRY(1977) G AVG X 1997 <br /> REPRESENTATIVE RESERVOIRS <br /> Gunnison RIVar Baern <br /> ea <br /> 70 <br /> M 50 <br /> t <br /> tn SO <br /> .I <br /> 40 <br /> /--\. <br /> Vi� <br /> 30 <br /> D <br /> 20 /7\ <br /> 10 <br /> 0 //\\ Y/�//ll��� „- .r{lt\\' <br /> Taylor Park LY nwfard Fruitland <br /> ® Avp. 11/30 Content• L .11 11/30/97 Content• <br /> 6 <br />