FLAMING GORGE - FLAMING GORGE – December observed unregulated inflow into Flaming Gorge reservoir was 17,000 acre-feet (AF), or 42 percent of average inflow. The December end of month elevation was 6020 feet, which equates to 2.98 million acre-feet or 79 percent of live storage capacity. The January forecast for April through July unregulated inflow volume into Flaming Gorge Reservoir was 910,000 AF or 76 percent of average inflow.
Flaming Gorge will release an average daily flow of 1,300 cfs through January in a double‑peak pattern. The double-peak pattern in January will be similar to the December pattern that was proposed at the August Working Group Meeting. The February daily average release will be 1,100 cfs and will likely follow a double peak pattern. Beginning March 1, 2009, the release pattern is scheduled to be a steady 800 cfs until the beginning of the spring peak sometime in May 2009.
The next Flaming Gorge Working Group meeting is scheduled for April 15, 2009, in Vernal, Utah. The meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. at the Western Park Convention Center located at 302 East 200 South in Vernal, Utah. For directions, please call 435-789-7396. The Flaming Gorge Working Group is an open public forum for information exchange between Reclamation and the stake holders of Flaming Gorge Dam. The public is encouraged to attend and comment on the operations and plans presented by Reclamation at these meetings. For more information on this group and these meetings please contact Ed Vidmar at 801-379-1182.
Updated 12/13/08
Heather Patno
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