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• <br /> M <br /> a <br /> SAN JUAN/DOLORES/ANIMAS BASIN <br /> Basinwide Conditions Assessment: <br /> The SWSI value of -2.6 indicates that for January SAN JUAN/DOLORES/ANIMAS RIVER BASINS <br /> asin water supplies were below normal. The Soil 5 Sur face Water simply '°°e."lctory <br /> Conservation Service reports January 31 snow pack at 59%of 4_ <br /> normal. Storage in McPhee, Vallecito, and Lemon reservoirs " _ u . <br /> totaled 122% of normal on January 31. Flow at the gaging 3 3 i" .4 <br /> station Animas River near Durango averaged 204 cfs as 2 ; <br /> compared to the 1961-1993 January average of 210 cfs. 1 <br /> mo <br /> January saw a continuation of dismal precipitation W i 11i, ' I" <br /> Z D ili/ I j �_• ii <br /> events, resulting in a cumulative water year precipitation of _ 1 , I 1 <br /> 3.86 inches, or 57%of normal, for Durango. Only 0.16 inches r ; ,� <br /> of precipitation was received in Durango during the month. ;I. <br /> Temperatures were almost 5° above normal. The warmer 3- <br /> weather allowed some southern facing areas to thaw. Soil -4 .........................................................,....................... ...,................. <br /> JANOS JAN86 JAN87 JAN68 JAN69 JAN90 JAN91 JAN92 JAN93 JAN94 <br /> moisture remains depressed in the lower elevations. The MONTH.YEAR <br /> water content of recent snows have been low, about 20%, and <br /> the snow has been granular in nature. <br /> Administrative/Management Concerns <br /> Storage in the larger area reservoirs remains above ANIMAS RIVER NR. DURANGO <br /> normal, and river flows are at normal winter levels, two items 190 FLOW 8Y WATER YEAR <br /> 180 <br /> which provide encouragement. A change in weather patterns --"" <br /> would be needed for 1994 to be a normal water year. 160 <br /> 1S0 <br /> However, expectations are for a low runoff due to the current d 140 <br /> LL 130 -- <br /> snowpack. / <br /> 12D <br /> a 110 f <br /> }a <br /> i. <br /> of 1 100 <br /> r v --- <br /> Li 70 <br /> -- <br /> SD <br /> 40 �-1 <br /> 30 <br /> 20 <br /> 10 <br /> Oct Nov Dec J e n Feb March <br /> MONTH <br /> 0 WET(1973) O DAY(1977) ❑ AVG x 1994 <br /> REPRESENTATIVE RESERVOIRS <br /> DOLORES-ANIMAS BASINS <br /> 320 <br /> 280— <br /> 260 <br /> N 220—/ <br /> i 220 <br /> ti <br /> 20D-j <br /> pp 180 <br /> art 160— <br /> a� <br /> 'c° 140— <br /> N� <br /> I \ <br /> 80—/ <br /> r \\ <br /> \,\\ : <br /> MCPIwe VaI leclto Lemon <br /> ® Avg 1i 31 Content n. = I,3I,9•Contents <br /> 9 <br />