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SAN JUAN/DOLORES/ANIMAS BASIN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: <br /> The SWSI value of 1.3 indicates that for January basin SAN J UAN/DO LO R E S/ANIMAS RIVER BASINS <br /> water supplies were above normal. The Natural Resources Surface Water Supp I y Index History <br /> Conservation Service reports February 1 snowpack as 111%of <br /> - <br /> normal. Storage in McPhee,.Vallecito, and Lemon reservoirs <br /> totaled 106% of normal on January 31. Flow at the gaging - 2 <br /> station Animas River near Durango averaged 229 cfs as _, <br /> compared to the 1961-1993 January average of 210 cfs. The <br /> National Weather Service computes basin precipitation as <br /> 206% of normal during the month. Z - <br /> Heavy snow on the 5th and 6th of January brought <br /> the snowpack near Durango up to 120% of normal. Durango <br /> received 2.34 inches of precipitation during the month which --3 <br /> was 142%of normal. January's high temperatures in Durango -4 <br /> averaged 1.2° less than normal, and the low temperatures JANOS JAN.7 JANN JAN139 J MONTH/YEAR <br /> JAN93 JAN(14 JAMS <br /> averaged 3.6° above normal. <br /> Most reservoirs gained slight amounts of storage and <br /> are at or ahead of average, with the exception of Lemon <br /> Reservoir which declined by 32 acre-feet during the month. <br /> ANIMAS RIVER NR , DURANGO <br /> FLOW BY WATER YEAR <br /> zoo <br /> ar <br /> al <br /> LL <br /> - 150 <br /> u <br /> 0 _ 100 <br /> LL <br /> 111 <br /> ~ a - 50 <br /> J <br /> U <br /> 0 <br /> Oct Nov Dac Jan Fab AYreh <br /> MONTH <br /> WET [1973] -_DRY [1977) _,_AVG <br /> REPRESENTATIVE RESERVOIRS <br /> DOLORES-ANI WAS WAS INS <br /> 260 <br /> 240 <br /> 220://://// \:.\\\\ <br /> 200 <br /> j 16D <br /> sr <br /> un <br /> a 160 <br /> ▪� 120 <br /> ■ 1DD <br /> 60 / <br /> 20 <br /> 20 / 1\ <br /> WGPWA Yallaelt0 LaaM <br /> ® Avg 1,31 contanta ® 1131/SS Cantonta <br /> 9 <br />