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Project Data
Land Areas (1992)
Area Irrigated and Crop Value

 

  

Project # (enter number)

Land Areas (1992)
Pine River
Full Irrigation Service0 acres
Supplemental Service41,559 acres
Temporary Irrigation Service416 acres
Number of Irrigated Farms1,059
Residential, Commercial, Industrial Lands3,420 acres
Total Irrigable Lands45,395 acres

 

Pine River - Southern Utes
Full Irrigation Service0 acres
Supplemental Service18,403 acres
Temporary Irrigation Service0 acres
Number of Irrigated Farms70
Residential, Commercial, Industrial Lands75 acres
Total Irrigable Lands18,478 acres

 

Pine River
Farm Population Served3,108
Non-Farm Population Served2,500
Total Population Served5,608

 

Pine River - Southern Utes
Farm Population Served281
Non-Farm Population Served246
Total Population Served627

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Area Irrigated and Crop Value
Pine River
YearActual Area Irrigated (Acres)Crop Value (Dollars)
198330,0552,305,317
1984------
198531,0292,662,255
198632,1753,583,575
198732,1624,242,004
198832,6684,640,852
198933,4683,537,825
199038,5504,583,189
199139,6635,897,592
199239,6636,920,014

 

Pine River - Southern Utes
YearActual Area Irrigated (Acres)Crop Value (Dollars)
198313,136897,644
1984------
1985------
198613,115768,772
198713,1061,085,755
198812,8961,006,846
198912,8961,158,653
199012,8991,376,762
199112,8921,289,646
199212,9921,047,965

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Project Water Supply

Current Conditions


Streamflow Forecast Map - Western Climate Center - USDA

Spring and Summer

Snowpack Information - Western Climate Center - USDA

Mountain Snowpack Maps for Colorado River Basin

Water Quality Information - EPA - Surf Your Watershed

Upper San Juan


Annual Precipitation

Normal14.38 in
Maximum - 198621.48 in
Minimum - 19896.92 in
Ignacio, Colorado 1961-1990 

 

Temperature
Mean Annual45.8 ?F
Daily Maximum - 07/08/1966102 ?F
Daily Minimum - 01/12/1963-34 ?F
Ignacio, Colorado 1948-1993 
Growing Season110 days
Elevation of irrigable area6,500 ft


Los Pinos River

Drainage area at Red Fleet Dam 
Annual discharge 
Maximum - 1995 
Minimum - 1989 
Average - 1977-1990 

Real-Time Flows: - USGS Station 09352900 -- Vallecito Creek near Bayfield, Colorado

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Facilities in Operation
Storage Dams1
Diversion Dams5
Canals196 mi
Laterals148 mi
Drains19 mi

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Last updated: May 11, 2011