Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5274
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5274
Table 3. Estimated evaporation from Conconully Reservoir, assuming a mean annual free-water-surface evaporation of 30 inches.
[ft3/s, cubic feet per second; acre-ft, acre-feet]
| Month | Estimated surface area of Conconully Reservoir (acres) |
Percentage of annual evaporation |
Evaporation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (inches) | (ft3/s) | (acre-ft) | |||
| October | 100 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 0.20 | 12 |
| November | 100 | 1.3 | 0.39 | 0.054 | 3.3 |
| December | 100 | 0.6 | 0.18 | 0.025 | 1.5 |
| January | 100 | 0.7 | 0.21 | 0.028 | 1.7 |
| February | 100 | 1.8 | 0.55 | 0.076 | 4.6 |
| March | 100 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 0.21 | 13 |
| April | 200 | 9.0 | 2.7 | 0.75 | 45 |
| May | 400 | 13.5 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 1.4 × 102 |
| June | 400 | 16.5 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 × 102 |
| July | 400 | 19.9 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 2.0 × 102 |
| August | 200 | 16.3 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 82 |
| September | 100 | 10.4 | 3.1 | 0.43 | 26 |
| Annual mean | 30 | 1.0 | 6.9 × 102 | ||
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