PRECIPITATION DATA AT SITES ON PINON CANYON MANEUVER SITE
A network of meteorological stations is operated on the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site to provide precipitation data for land-condition trend analysis, long-term climatic analysis, storm-runoff modeling, and operations management during military training exercises. Other meteorological data are available upon request.
373232103555201 BEAR SPRINGS METEOROLOGICAL STATION NEAR HOUGHTON, CO
LOCATION.--Lat 37°32'32", long 103°55'55", in SW14SW14 sec.5, T.29 S., R.58 W., Las Animas County, Hydrologic Unit 11020010, on Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site approximately 100 ft north of Military Supply Road 1, 5.8 mi east of Pipeline Road, 6.7 mi southeast of Houghton, and 37 mi southwest of La Junta.
PRECIPITATION RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1983 to October 1998, March 1999 to current year. Site was part of a hydrologic study 1983-92, data published elsewhere. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=373232103555201
GAGE.--Tipping-bucket rain gage with radio telemetry and electronic data logger. Elevation of gage is 5,200 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
REMARKS.--Records during November through February are less accurate than the rest of the published records.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum daily precipitation, 2.82 inches, May 3, 1987.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum daily precipitation, 0.89 inch, June 13.
Precipitation, total, inches
WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
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0.00
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0.07
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0.00
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0.02
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.05
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.01
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0.01
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0.00
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0.08
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0.00
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0.03
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.01
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0.01
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.06
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.03
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0.17
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0.00
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0.00
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0.17
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.15
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.07
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.01
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0.00
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0.71
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0.00
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0.06
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.04
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.02
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0.00
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0.00
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0.74
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.01
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0.00
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0.00
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0.28
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.01
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0.01
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0.01
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0.02
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.16
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0.00
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0.00
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0.12
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.05
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.07
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.02
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.47
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.89
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0.00
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0.00
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0.11
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0.00
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0.02
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.01
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.05
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.34
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0.00
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0.21
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.01
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.31
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.06
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0.00
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0.01
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.03
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0.44
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0.53
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0.00
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0.06
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0.09
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0.01
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.03
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0.21
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0.00
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0.01
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.01
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0.01
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.05
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.08
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.01
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.02
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0.00
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0.06
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.21
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.01
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.02
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.35
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.05
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.02
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0.00
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0.00
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0.01
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0.00
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0.02
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.01
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0.00
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0.00
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0.53
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0.00
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0.00
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0.01
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.57
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0.00
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0.15
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.52
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0.00
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0.01
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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0.03
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---
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0.00
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0.00
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0.53
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0.29
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0.37
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0.11
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0.08
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0.85
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0.62
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0.61
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3.17
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0.85
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1.09
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1.37
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0.35
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0.12
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0.17
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0.08
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0.03
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0.44
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0.53
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0.34
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0.89
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0.53
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0.52
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0.74
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WTR YR 2003 TOTAL 9.94 MAX 0.89
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