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Seg- Primary ment Use 1A 1B FISHERIES REHABIL-ITATION PRIVATE BOATING 1C MIXED BOATING Illustration II-1

CARRYING CAPACITIES BY SEASON BY SEGMENT

Location:

From-To Priv.

Capacities BPD Seasons Windows

Leadville- 0 Granite Granite- 350 RR Bridge (200) RR Bridge- 150 Buena Vista (100) Comm. 0 1.11.11.

30 5/15-L.Day All rafts launch 8:30-11:00 am (10) (LD-5/14) All rafts launch

8:30-11:00 am 150 5/15-L.Day (50) (L.Day-5/14) 2A COMMERCIAL BOATING 2B MULTIPLE USE REC-REATION Buena Vista- 150 (100) 150 (30)* Big Bend Big Bend-Salida 450 5/15-L.Day (50) (L.Day-5/14)

150 5/15-8/14 Comm. Off River by 5:00 pm (10)** (8/15-5/14) Comm. Off River

by 5:00 pm

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by 5:00 pm 300 5/15-L.Day Comm. Off River

by 5:00 pm (30) (L.Day-5/14)Comm. Off River

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5 TECHNICAL Parkdale-WHITEWATER Canon City BOATING AND FISHING 150 (75) 150 5/15-L.Day (30) L.Day-5/14 1.11. 1111

6 SPECIALTY Canon City- 35 QUIET WATER Pueblo Reservoir WI FISHING

35 Year-Round

Notes: _{River-wide commercial launch window is 8:30 am to 3:30 pm;} * numbers include private floatfishing trips.

** designates floatfishing capacities only. . ( ) designates off-season.

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ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR WELLS VILLE 29 YEAR MEAN DAILY FLOW, 1961-1989

AUGUST 1 THRU SEPTEMBER 11 July 15, 1990 DAY OF 29 YEAR 29 YEAR 7-DAY MONTH MEDIAN DAILY FLOW MEAN DAILY FLOW MEAN FLOW

AUG 1 1040 2 1040 3 1080 4 1010 5 988 6 914 7 900 8 948 9 927 10 969 11 972 12 914 13 872 14 872 15 940 16 1000 17 954 18 891 19 856 20 835 21 813 22 782 23 824 24 800 25 782 26 781 27 752 28 739 29 740 30 736 31 645 SEPT 1 540 2 521 3 476 4 520 5 519 6 521 7 530 8 530 9 574 10 531 11 516 1214 1120 1063 1071 1042 1021 1025 1003 974 972 987 969 950 948 943 935 924 911 916 867 879 895 881 866 855 813 791 769 747 741 726 696 679 617 623 616 609 604 607 601 571 550 1079 1079 1079 1079 1079 1079 1079 972 972 972 972 972 972 972 911 911 911 911 911 911 911 838 838 838 838 838 838 838 690 690 690 690 690 690 690 594 594 594 594 594 594 594

Prepared by State Parks based on U.S. Geological Survey. Water-Data Reports, 1961 to 1989.

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MEAN TOTAL FLOWS IN THE ARKANSAS RIVER IN JULY AND AUGUST WELLSVILLE GAGE JULY AUGUST 1961 678 815 1962 1944 1015 1963 717 653 1964 1079 868 1965 2970 1588 1966 1000 702 1967 1026 738 1968 1269 1244 1969 1740 1122 1970 1832 1159 1971 1735 1047 1972 1094 822 1973 2073 1132 1974 1189 708 1975 2975 1065 1976 1155 684 1977 340 278 1978 1434 857 1979 1973 938 1980 1813 760 1981 703 540 1982 1519 1192 1983 3066 1433 1984 2483 1889 1985 1828 747 1986 2190 839 1987 976 657 1988 734 528 1989 1211 934 1990 1041 632

Prepared by State parks based on U.S. Geological Survey Water-Data Reports, 1961 to 1989

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WATER YEAR _{PERIODS FLOWS WERE BELOW 700 CFS} 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 198.1 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Aug 13 - 15 = Aug 14 - 15 "41/1 June 21- Aug 15 = 56 4215 Aug 12 - 35 Jayi Aug 13 - 15 = 3 Ja/-5 Aug 6 - 15 75 42yi

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday ( 1) ( 2) ( 3) ( 4) ₍₅₎ ( 6) ARKVELCO GD 4.945 4.719 4.676 4.538 .4.493 4.257 HH -0.120 -0.120 -0.120 -0.120 -0.120 -0.120 QD 1300.115 1129.490 1098.901 1002.248 971.094 822.065 ( 7) ( 8) ( 9) (10) (11) (12) (13) ARKWELCO GD 4.176 4.297 4.581 4.589 4.564 4.368 4.230 HE -0.120 -0.120 -0.170 -0.170 -0.170 -0.170 -0.170 QD 773.875 848.865 1012.786 1003.273 985.648 858.875 775.813 cd0 ,rt-;._ tye e e- 09.48 m dr 0 tr..J (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) 7/ /F31 ' ;.-: M ARKVELCO _/_0-7 GD 4.191 4.248 4.177 4.162 4.247 4.262 4.258"/"' HE -0.170 -0.170 -0.170 -0.170 -0.170 -0.170 -0.170 QD 752.844 786.875 743.940 735.438 786.188 795.281 792.750 (21) (22) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) ARKVELCO GD 4.246 4.299 4.352 4.270 4.337 4.305 4.184 HH -0.170 -0.170 -0.170 -0.170 -0.170 -0.170 -0.170 QD 785.540 817.123 848.971 800.219 840.379 821.285 748.656 (28) (29) (30) (31) ARKVELCO GD 4.098 4.063 4.064 4.117 HE -0.170 -0.170 -0.170 -0.190 QD 696.915 676.722 676.969 699.208

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