Precipitation
Reservoir
Streamflow
The following 50 percent chance stream flow yields are for the April
through September period. Smiths Fork near Border is estimated to yield
94,000 acre-feet (80 percent of normal), and Thomas Fork drainage near the
Idaho-Wyoming state line is estimated to yield 23,000 acre-feet or 64
percent of normal. Bear River near the Utah-Wyoming State Line is expected
to yield about 104,000 acre feet; that is 83 percent of average, while Bear
River near Woodruff is expected to yield about 120,000 acre-feet, about 78
percent of normal.
================================================================================================================================== UPPER BEAR RIVER BASIN Streamflow Forecasts - April 1, 2000 ================================================================================================================================== | <<====== Drier ====== Future Conditions ======= Wetter =====>> | | | Forecast Point Forecast | ==================== Chance Of Exceeding * ====================== | Period | 90% 70% | 50% (Most Probable) | 30% 10% | 30-Yr Avg. | (1000AF) (1000AF) | (1000AF) (% AVG.) | (1000AF) (1000AF) | (1000AF) ====================================================================|=======================|===================================== SMITHS FK nr Border, WY APR-SEP 70 84 | 94 80 | 106 126 118 | | THOMAS FK nr WY-ID State Line (Disc. APR-SEP 14.3 19.0 | 23 64 | 28 37 36 | | Bear R nr UT-WY State Line APR-SEP 81 94 | 104 83 | 115 133 126 | | BEAR R nr Woodruff, UT APR-SEP 71 97 | 120 78 | 148 202 154 | | ================================================================================================================================== UPPER BEAR RIVER BASIN | UPPER BEAR RIVER BASIN Reservoir Storage (1000 AF) - End of March | Watershed Snowpack Analysis - April 1, 2000 ================================================================================================================================== Usable | *** Usable Storage *** | Number This Year as % of Reservoir Capacity| This Last | Watershed of ================= | Year Year Avg | Data Sites Last Yr Average ========================================================================|========================================================= WOODRUFF NARROWS 57.3 57.3 57.3 --- | UPPER BEAR RIVER in Utah 7 98 87 | | SMITHS & THOMAS FORKS 4 83 84 | | BEAR RIVER abv ID line 9 87 83 | | NORTHWEST 77 77 86 | | NORTHEST 20 104 84 | | SOUTHEAST 24 110 93 | | SOUTHWEST 29 90 89 | ================================================================================================================================== * 90%, 70%, 30%, and 10% chances of exceeding are the probabilities that the actual volume will exceed the volumes in the table. The average is computed for the 1961-1990 base period. (1) - The values listed under the 10% and 90% Chance of Exceeding are actually 5% and 95% exceedance levels. (2) - The value is natural volume - actual volume may be affected by upstream water management.