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y <br /> • <br /> SAN JUAN/DOLORES/ANIMAS BASIN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: . <br /> The SWSI value of-2.5 indicates that for August basin SAN JUAN/DOLORES/ANIMAS RIVER BASINS <br /> water supplies were well below normal. Storage in McPhee, S S'�'"'**ter Supply III'History <br /> Vallecito, and Lemon reservoirs totaled 100% of normal on , <br /> August 31. Flow at the gaging station Animas River near - 3 . <br /> Durango averaged 327 cfs as compared to the 1961-1993 �- <br /> August average of 556 cfs. The National Weather Service 2 ' ' r <br /> reports basin precipitation as 70% of normal during the > ' = <br /> month. 9 : A <br /> 1l ', i.�? �' � � <br /> Water conditions in the basin continued to worsen "' . ,_ , <br /> during August. With below average precipitation and a <br /> temperatures nearly four degrees above average stream flows o 1^�- <br /> continue to be below normal. Soil moisture is low. The La -3 <br /> Plata River at Hesperus had flows only 35% of the long term JANOS JAN66 JAN*7^JNiS JMOg JAN90 JAN9, JANB2 JAN03 JANO4 <br /> average. Administration was strictly enforced on several 1ONTNI YEAR <br /> streams. Junior water rights on Elbert Creek in particular <br /> were greatly curtailed. According to local accounts, Elbert ' <br /> Creek was the driest in 50 years. <br /> Crop production in the basin was near normal. Dry <br /> land bean and alfalfa production was severely impacted by the ANIMAS RIVER NR. DURANGO <br /> BY <br /> dry conditions. However, this was offset by relatively good `LOB WATER YEAR <br /> yields in areas served by reservoir project water. The large 0.9 <br /> reservoirs released unusually large amounts of storage for a.s <br /> irrigation during August. Local irrigators are hoping for a wet i <br /> winter to restore the storage used this past summer. i 0 <br /> 3 0 n <br /> OJ_ 0.3 <br /> Public Use Impacts "- �" <br /> >v 04 <br /> Some recreational activities, namely rafting and s <br /> kayaking,were hampered by low stream flows. A region wide 1 0.3 <br /> fire ban continued due to tinder dry conditions in the forests. :.: <br /> A 50 acre forest fire on August 24 threatened several homes <br /> west of Pagosa Springs. 0 ___,— <br /> Oct Nbv Dec Jan Feb wren April May June July Aug Sept <br /> MONTH <br /> 0 WET(1973) O DRY(1g77) A AVG V ,•B4 <br /> REPRESENTATIVE RESERVOIRS <br /> DOLOI ANIIMS BASINS <br /> 300 <br /> 200- <br /> 266 fJ <br /> 2+0 <br /> Y 220 77\ <br /> i 200 <br /> 4 ,so <br /> l ,s0 <br /> $g -,40 <br /> r <br /> 103 <br /> 60 <br /> 40 j �/���200, //'�\ to 7 ./'\\\�` <br /> McPhee V.Ileelto Lemon <br /> ® Avg. V!,Contents ® e/71/94 Contents <br /> 9 <br />