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Bureau of Reclamation Water Data Update November 9, 2006 This is the final issue of Water Data Update for the 2006 irrigation season Water Year Type (Year Types are set according to total inflow and do not reflect current conditions) Upper Klamath Lake: Above Average (This is the highest-level classification for the lake.) Klamath River: Wet (This is the highest flow classification for the river.) Additional Information Snowpack Basin-wide Percent of Average: 25 Upper Klamath Lake April-September 30th Stream Flow Forecast: 820,000 acre-feet at 50-percent exceedance Stream Flow Actual = 683,470 acre-feet Klamath River Flow Forecast: 793,000 acre-feet at 70-percent exceedance Stream Flow Actual = 683,470 acre-feet Upper Klamath Lake Level: 4,138.86 feet Upper Klamath Lake Inflow 7-day Average: 1,125 cubic feet per second (cfs) Link River Releases: 1170 cfs Keno Releases: 939 cfs Iron Gate Dam Releases: 1,310 cfs Requirement October through February for Wet Year Type in Biological Opinion: 1,300 cfs Shasta River Flow: 174 cfs Scott River Flow: 127 cfs Trinity River Basin – Extremely Wet Water Year (This year classification was set according to total inflow and does not reflect current conditions.) Trinity River Releases – below Lewiston Dam: 293 cfs Trinity River Flow – at Hoopa Gauge: 1,200 cfs This document is updated bi-weekly. Please circulate freely. For more information, please visit: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/kbao/pilot_water_bank/index.html Please contact: Paul Gregory, Klamath Basin Area Office, 541-883 6935, pgregory@mp.usbr.gov |
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