Fruitgrowers Dam Project Water Data


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Project Water Supply

Current Conditions:

Reservoir Storage

Major Storage Reservoirs in the Upper Colorado Basin

Weather Conditions (NOAA)

Precipitation

Streamflow

Gunnison River at Delta, Colorado (USGS)

Streamflow Forecast Map

Spring and Summer (NRCS)

Snowpack Information

Mountain Snowpack Maps for Colorado River Basin

Drought Index

Palmer Drought Index Map
Explanation of Palmer Drought Severity Index (Text)

Historic Conditions:

Annual Precipitation

Normal	8.93 in
Maximum - 1973	17.46 in
Minimum - 1966	4.65 in
Delta, Colorado 1961-1990

Temperature

Mean Annual	50.5 °F
Daily Maximum - 07/12/1900	109 °F
Daily Minimum - 01/07/1913	-36 °F
Delta, Colorado 1900-1996
Growing Season	183 days
Elevation of irrigable area	5,400 ft

Direct flows in Alfalfa Run and diversions from Surface Creek and Dry Creek. Annual inflow to Fruitgrowers Reservoir during 1946-1955 was 7,400 acre-ft, part of which was required to satisfy direct flow rights.

Drainage area above Fruitgrowers Dam	mi²
Annual discharge
Maximum	acre-ft
Minimum	acre-ft
Average	acre-ft

Streamflows: Surface Creek at Cedaredge, Colorado (USGS

Project Water Quality

Lower Gunnison