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SAN JUAN/DOLORES/ANIMAS BASIN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: <br /> The SWSI value of 3.3 indicates that for November SAN JUAN/DOLORES/ANIMAS RIVER BASINS <br /> Srf.c. <br /> basin water supplies were well above normal. The Natural 6yPiy index History <br /> Resources Conservation Service reports December 1 snowpack 4 <br /> as 168%of normal. Storage in McPhee,Vallecito,and Lemon 5• 3 <br /> reservoirs totaled 104% of normal on November 30. Flow at 1._ ;: t' <br /> the gaging station Animas River near Durango averaged 351 2 t- ' <br /> cfs as compared to the 1961-1993 November average of 282 5 1 i , ' 1., f <br /> g <br /> flowed at an average of � <br /> cfs. The La Plata River at Hesperuso • <br /> 12 cfs during November, which is 112% of the long term d4 N <br /> average. `' <br /> s -2 1 <br /> Continuing a trend set in October, precipitation a <br /> during November helped increase the soil moisture after a '3 A 1.4 <br /> relatively dry summer. Durango received nearly 4 inches of <br /> JAN65 JAN96 JAN27 JAN68 JAN09 JAN80 JAN91 JAN92 JAN23 JAN84 <br /> rain or wet snowfall during the month, with 2.55 inches of IplRWY6AR <br /> rain coming during a 24 hour period on November 11-12. In/S <br /> spite of that rain the gaging stations in the area recorded <br /> relatively minor increases in river flows when compared to the <br /> amount of precipitation received. This was probably an <br /> indicator of dry soil conditions prior to the rainfall which ANIMAS RIVER NR. DURANGO <br /> limited the amount of surface runoff back to the rivers. ,9D FLOW 2"WATER YEAR <br /> 190 n <br /> 170 <br /> Outlook 16 <br /> 150 — <br /> Early snowpack in the mountains is above normal, 1 140 <br /> 130 <br /> which gives basin administrators an early optimistic outlook i n ;2 <br /> for next spring's runoff. 1< ivi,r <br /> 100 <br /> 'g 90 <br /> Public Use Impacts 70 <br /> The above average snowfall was beneficial to both big so ' ���r _____.--' <br /> game hunters during the last season and to early bird skiers o ���' <br /> at Purgatory and Wolf Creek ski areas. <br /> 2. <br /> 10 , <br /> Oct Nov 0.e J.. F.b larch <br /> MONTH <br /> 0 YET(19733 o oar C1277) A AVG X 1195 <br /> REPRESENTATIVE RESERVOIRS <br /> Dolores/Amass River Basins <br /> 220 <br /> 220 <br /> i 200._/.//%\\ <br /> • <br /> •' 160 <br /> �n _,/\ <br /> . 160././.\\ <br /> •O s 140 <br /> 120 <br /> //.\\ <br /> • 100_./././.\\ <br /> a <br /> 3 80 <br /> 0.1\A\ <br /> /! \\ 1 \\\\ <br /> WPM* Vallecito L.aon <br /> ® Avg. 11/30 Contents ® 11/30/94 Canton!, <br /> 9 <br />