Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5212

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Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5212

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Table 8. Mean monthly and mean annual return flows for the water-balance reach of the Klamath River, south-central Oregon, water years 1961–82 and 1983–2004.

[Values in thousand acre-feet; difference computed as the 1983–2004 period minus the 1961–82 period]

Month Link River Klamath Falls, Oregon   Lost River Diversion Channel
Lost River Diversion Dam
1961–82 1983–
2004
Difference 1961–82 1983–
2004
Difference
October 75.63 64.45 -11.18   13.80 9.50 -4.30
November 99.82 75.74 -24.09   9.22 5.90 -3.32
December 131.92 91.87 -40.05   15.09 9.86 -5.23
January 147.34 95.54 -51.81   18.79 15.24 -3.55
February 112.89 91.59 -21.30   18.03 19.97 1.94
March 132.05 130.19 -1.87   21.05 27.22 6.17
April 123.71 119.19 -4.52   16.77 15.71 -1.06
May 85.85 97.51 11.66   12.71 12.75 .04
June 53.47 76.53 23.06   11.91 7.94 -3.97
July 48.74 58.60 9.87   11.52 5.27 -6.24
August 47.34 53.94 6.60   14.85 7.59 -7.26
September 54.44 48.55 -5.89   15.72 11.88 -3.84
Annual 1,113.20 1,003.69 -109.51   179.46 148.82 -30.64
Month Lost River Diversion Channel
Miller Hill Pumping Plant
  Klamath Straits Drain
F-FF Pumping Plant
1961–82 1983–
2004
Difference 1961–82 1983–
2004
Difference
October 0.11 0.11 0.00   6.52 2.67 -3.86
November .00 .00 .00   11.77 4.69 -7.08
December .00 .00 .00   12.61 5.57 -7.04
January .00 .00 .00   11.82 7.39 -4.43
February .00 .00 .00   14.03 12.26 -1.78
March .00 .00 .00   18.39 17.21 -1.19
April .23 .23 .00   8.12 9.67 1.55
May .41 .41 .00   9.45 9.28 -.17
June .38 .38 .00   6.43 7.60 1.17
July .37 .37 .00   6.59 5.29 -1.30
August .49 .49 .00   7.19 6.24 -.95
September .40 .40 .00   7.10 5.36 -1.75
Annual 2.39 2.39 0.00   120.05 93.22 -26.84

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