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 Bureau of Reclamation Water Data Update – As of June 14, 2007

Water Year Type (Year Types are set according to total inflow and do not reflect current conditions)

Upper Klamath Lake:  Dry

Klamath River:  Below Average

Additional Information

Snowpack Basin-wide Percent of Average:  pack at the Snotel sites is essentially zero now

Upper Klamath Lake April-September 30th

Stream Flow Forecast:  306,000 acre-feet at 50-percent exceedance

Klamath River Flow Forecast:  293,600 acre-feet at 70-percent exceedance

Upper Klamath Lake Level:  4,142.68 feet      

Upper Klamath Lake Inflow 7-day Average:  903 cubic feet per second (cfs)

Link River Releases:  1,780 cfs

Keno Releases:  1,180 cfs 

Iron Gate Dam Releases: 1,530 cfs 

Requirement June for Below Average Type in Biological Opinion:  1,525 cfs

Shasta River Flow:  86 cfs

Scott River Flow:  182 cfs

Klamath River at Klamath, CA:  6,930 cfs 

Trinity River Basin – Dry Water Year (This year classification was set according to total inflow and does not reflect current conditions.)

Trinity River Releases – below Lewiston Dam:  710 cfs

Trinity River Flow – at Hoopa Gauge:  1,870 cfs

This document is updated bi-weekly.  Please circulate freely.

For more information, please visit:  http://www.usbr.gov/mp/kbao/operations/water/index.html

Please contact: Paul Gregory, Klamath Basin Area Office, 541-880-2562, pgregory@mp.usbr.gov

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