GUNNISON RIVER BASIN

09131495 PAONIA RESERVOIR NEAR BARDINE, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°56'39", long 107°21'06", in NE14 sec.8, T.13 S., R.89 W., Gunnison County, Hydrologic Unit 14020004, in gate house of Paonia Dam on Muddy Creek, 16 mi east of Paonia.

DRAINAGE AREA.--246 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--December 1961 to current year. Monthend active contents provided by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from December 1961 to September 1987. Extremes for period of record are subsequent to 1987. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09131495

REVISED RECORD.--WDR CO-92-2; 1988-91.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Datum of gage is 6,447.50 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation);
gage readings have been reduced to elevations above NGVD of 1929.

REMARKS.--Reservoir is formed by an earthfill dam. Storage began in December 1961; dam completed January 1962. Capacity, 20,950 acre-ft 1966 survey, between elevation 6,290.0 ft streambed at dam, and 6,447.5 ft, crest of spillway. Dead storage below elevation 6,358.0 ft, 2,440 acre-ft. Inactive storage below elevation 6360.0 ft, 2,620 acre-ft. Figures published prior to 1988 water year are active contents; figures given beginning 1988 water year are
live contents.

COOPERATION.--Capacity tables provided by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum contents, 17,460 acre-ft, June 6, 1995, elevation 6,449.76 ft; minimum contents, 117 acre-ft,
Apr. 14, 1996, elevation 6,360.72 ft.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum daily mean contents, 16,970 acre-ft, May 28, elevation, 6,448.29 ft; minimum daily mean contents,
1,090 acre-ft, Sept. 5,6, mean elevation, 6,377.36 ft.

MONTHEND ELEVATION AND CONTENTS, AT 2400, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003

Date	Elevation (feet)	Contents (acre-feet)	Change in contents (acre-feet)
Sept. 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6,384.57	1,780	-
Oct. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6,391.23	2,680	+900
Nov. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6,397.27	3,650	+970
Dec. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6,401.32	4,360	+710
CAL YR 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	-	-	+1,740
Jan. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6,405.01	5,070	+710
Feb. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6,409.49	6,020	+950
Mar. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6,417.88	8,020	+2,000
Apr. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6,425.61	10,060	+2,040
May 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6,448.12	16,910	+6,850
June 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6,447.77	16,790	-120
July 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6,432.55	12,040	-4,750
Aug. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6,385.64	1,910	-10,130
Sept. 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6,382.18	1,520	-390
WTR YR 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	-	-	-260