GUNNISON RIVER BASIN

09143600 FRUIT GROWERS RESERVOIR NEAR ORCHARD CITY, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 39°49'35", long 107°57'15", in NE14NE14 sec.24, T.14 S., R.95 W., Delta County, Hydrologic Unit 14020005, on crest of Fruit Growers dam 0.9 mi east of Orchard City.

DRAINAGE AREA.--Not determined.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--May to September 2003. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=09143600

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Datum of gage is 5,485.00 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. Dam completed October 1938. Capacity, 4,469 acre-ft, 1987 survey, at elevation 5,485.00, crest of spillway. No dead storage. Figures given are total contents.

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

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum daily mean contents during period May to September, 4,630 acre-ft, May 24, elevation, 5,485.35 ft; minimum daily mean contents, 1,030 acre-ft, Sept. 30, elevation 5,473.34 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	-	-	-
Oct. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	-	-	-
Nov. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	-	-	-
Dec. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	-	-	-
CAL YR 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	-	-	-
Jan. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	-	-	-
Feb. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	-	-	-
Mar. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	-	-	-
Apr. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	-	-	-
May 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	5,485.05	4,490	-
June 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	5,483.39	3,800	-690
July 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	5,480.32	2,700	-1,100
Aug. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	5,477.18	1,810	-890
Sept. 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	5,473.13	1,000	-810
WTR YR 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	-	-	-