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Lakes, rivers

January 5, 2006

Lake levels

Clear Lake - Clear Lake's surface elevation was estimated Tuesday at 4525.23 above sea level, and its storage was 111,460 acre-feet. The lake elevation was up 3.02 feet from a year earlier, and the storage was down 50,100 a.f. from a year earlier.

Gerber Reservoir - The surface elevation of Gerber Reservoir was estimated Tuesday at 4822.41 above sea level, and its storage was 49,521 a.f. The lake elevation was up 14.09 feet from a year earlier, and the storage was up 35,641 a.f. from a year earlier.

River flow

Following are daily averages of the volume of water flowing at key points in the Klamath Basin, measured in cubic feet per second:

Link River 2005 2004

Dec. 28 1,520 485

Dec. 29 1,700 485

Dec. 30 1,310 502

Dec. 31 509 478

Jan. 1 1,910 483

Jan. 2 3,281 487

Jan. 3 5,700 488

Klamath River at Keno Dam

Dec. 28 2,880 649

Dec. 29 3,260 645

Dec. 30 2,954 585

Dec. 31 3,474 550

Jan. 1 5,308 522

Jan. 2 7,931 429

Jan. 3 7,530 506

Klamath River at Iron Gate Dam

Dec. 28 5,790 943

Dec. 29 5,720 943

Dec. 30 8,920 941

Dec. 31 11,100 946

Jan. 1 8,770 1,040

Jan. 2 10,886 1,040

Jan. 3 11,100 1,040

Net inflow to Upper Klamath Lake

Dec. 28 6,733 1,538

Dec. 29 3,562 134

Dec. 30 6,529 1,204

Dec. 31 9,767 1,882

Jan. 1 4,245 1,536

Jan. 2 9,515 2,615

Jan. 3 5,310 1,977

Source: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Geological Survey, Oregon Water Resources Department.
 

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