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Belle Fourche Project Water Data

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Project Water Supply

Normal

14.60 in  

Maximum  -  1962

22.84 in  

Minimum   -  1985

9.81 in  

Colony, Wyoming 1961-1990

  

      Temperature

Mean Annual

46.3 °F  

Daily Maximum  -  07/07/1981

112 °F  

Daily Minimum   -  02/14/1936

-39 °F  

Colony, Wyoming 1915-1996

  

Growing Season

131 days  

Elevation of irrigable area

2,800 ft.  

      Inlet Canal From Belle Fourche River

Drainage area above Inlet Canal

4,310 mi2  

Annual discharge:

  

   Maximum  -  1962

183,648 acre-ft 

   Minimum   -  1961

50,918 acre-ft 

   Average    -  1945-1994

117,634 acre-ft 

                             Historic flows: Inlet Canal from Belle Fourche River, SD (USGS)
 

Project Water Quality

 
 

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