WARM SPRINGS RESERVOIR

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Ronald L. Ferrari

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The Bureau of Reclamalion (Reclamation) surveyed Warm Springs Reservoir in May 2000 to develop a topographic map and

compute a present storage-elevation relationship (area-capacity tables). The underwater survey was conducted near reservoir

elevation 3,401 feet (project datum). The underwater survey used sonic depth recording equipment interfaced with a global

positioning system (GPS) that gave continuous sounding positions throughout the underwater portions of the reservoir covered by

the survey vessel. The above-water topography was determined by aerial data collected near reservoir elevation 3,365. The new

topographic map of Warm Springs Reservoir was developed from the combined 2000 aerial and underwater measured topography.

As of May 2000, at water surface elevation (feet) 3,406, the surface area was 4,194 acres with a total capacity of 169,714 acrefeet. Due to the lack of original reliable data no comparisons were made to estimate sediment accumulation since dam closure in

1919.

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Warm Springs Reservoir

2000 Reservoir Survey

by

Ronald L. Ferrari

Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group

Water Resources Services

Technical Service Center

Denver, Colorado

July 2001
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Bureau of Reclamation's (Reclamation) Sedimentation and River

Hydraulics Group of the Technical Service Center (TSC) prepared and

published this report. Kent Collins and Ronald Ferrari of the TSC

conducted the hydrographic survey. Ronald Ferrari completed the data

processing needed to generate the new topographic map and area-capacity

tables. Sharon Nuanes of the TSC completed the final map development.

Kent Collins of the TSC performed the technical peer review of this

documentation.

Mission Statements

The mission of the Department of the Interior is to protect and provide

access to our Nation's natural and cultural heritage and honor our trust

responsibilities to tribes.

The mission of the Bureau of Reclamation is to manage, develop, and

protect water and related resources in an environmentally and economically

sound maimer in the interest of the American public.

The information contained in this report regarding commercial products or

firms may not be used for advertising or promotional purposes and is not

to be construed as an endorsement of any product or firm by Reclamation.

The information contained in this report was developed for the Bureau of

Reclamation; no warranty as to the accuracy, usefulness, or completeness

is expressed or implied.

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Introduction • 1

Summary and Conclusions 1

Reservoir Operations 2

Hydrographic Survey Equipment and Method 3

GPS Technology and Equipment 3

Survey Method and Equipment 5

Warm Springs Reservoir Datums 6

Reservoir Area and Capacity 6

Original Capacity 6

Topography Development 6

Development of 2000 Contour Areas 7

2000 Storage Capacity 7

References 8

TABLES

Table

1 Reservoir sediment data summary (page 1 of 2) 9

1 Reservoir sediment data summary (page 2 of 2) 10

FIGURES

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1 Warm Springs Reservoir location map

2 Warm Springs Dam, plan and section

3 Warm Springs Reservoir topographic map, No

4 Warm Springs Reservoir topographic map, No

5 Warm Springs Reservoir topographic map, No

6 Original versus 2000 area and capacity curves.

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INTRODUCTION

Warm Springs Reservoir and dam are located in Maiheur County on the middle fork of the Maiheur

River about 13 miles southwest of Juntura in southeastern Oregon (fig. 1). Warm Springs Reservoir

is one of three storage features of the Vale Project with the other two being Beulah and Bully Creek

Reservoirs. Warm Springs Dam construction was completed in 1919 by the Warm Springs Irrigation

District. In 1926, the Bureau of Reclamation acquired one-half interest in the dam and reservoir for

the Vale Project.

Warm Springs Dam is a constant radius, thin-arch, concrete structure whose dimensions are (fig. 2):

Hydraulic height' 92 feet2

Top width 8 feet

Crest elevation 3,409.0 feet

Structural height 106 feet

Crest length 469 feet

The spiliway is located in the central portion of the arch and is a 324-foot-long flat weir with a

spillway crest elevation of 3,401.0. To provide additional water storage, stoplogs located at the

spiliway crest allow controlled reservoir storage to elevation 3,406.0. The spiliway provides a

maximum discharge of 9,799 cubic feet per second (cfs) at reservoir elevation 3,406.0.

The outlet works consist of two rectangular outlets near the right abutment that are controlled by two

3.25- by 6-foot cast-iron slide gates with each protected by an identical guard gate. Discharge

capacity of the outlet works is 2,000 cfs at reservoir elevation 3,406.0.

The drainage area above Warm Springs Dam is 1,100 square miles that all is considered sediment

contributing. The elevations range from 3,327.0, outlet sill elevation, to about 4,585 feet along the

mountain peaks. Warm Springs Reservoir has an average width of 1.3 miles with a length of around

8.5 miles.

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

This Reclamation report presents the 2000 results of the survey of Warm Springs Reservoir. The

primary objectives of the survey were to gather data needed to:

develop reservoir topography

compute present area-capacity relationships

estimate storage depletion caused by sediment deposition since dam closure (this study did not

locate reliable original area-capacity information to compute sediment deposition)

The definition of such terms as 'hydraulic height," "structural height," etc. may be found in manuals such

as Reclamation's Design of Small Dams and Guide for Preparation of Standing Operating Procedures for Dams and

Reservoirs, or ASCE's Nomenclature for Hydraulics.

2Elevation levels are shown in feet. All elevations in this report are based on the original project datum

established by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation which is approximately 3.0 feet lower than North American Vertical

Datum of 1988.

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A static global positioning system (GPS) control survey was conducted to establish horizontal and

vertical control points around the reservoir for the underwater and aerial surveys that were conducted

in 2000. The horizontal control was established in Oregon south state plane coordinates in the North

American Datum of 1983 (NAD83). The vertical control for the established points was in the North

American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88). The survey found that for the established points the

average elevations in NAVD88 were around 3.0 feet higher than the Reclamation project

construction datum.

The aerial survey was flown in the fall of 2000 around reservoir water surface elevation 3,365 and

the underwater survey was conducted in May of 2000 around reservoir water surface elevation 3,401.

The bathymetric survey was run using sonic depth recording equipment, interfaced with a

differential global positioning system (DGPS), capable of determining sounding locations within the

reservoir. The system continuously recorded depth and horizontal coordinates of the survey boat,

as it was navigated along grid lines covering Warm Springs Reservoir. The positioning system

provided information to allow the boat operator to maintain a course along these grid lines. Water

surface elevations recorded by gauge (tied to the Reclamation vertical datum) during the time of

collection were used to convert the sonic depth measurements to true reservoir bottom elevations.

The new Warm Springs Reservoir topographic maps are a combination of the aerial and underwater

survey data. The 2000 reservoir surface areas at predetermined contour intervals were generated by

a computer graphics program using the collected reservoir data. The 2000 area and capacity tables

were produced by a computer program that uses measured contour surface areas and a curve-fitting

technique to compute area and capacity at prescribed elevation increments (Bureau of Reclamation,

1985).

Table 1 contains a summary of the Warm Springs Reservoir watershed characteristics and the 2000

reservoir survey. The 2000 survey determined that the reservoir has a total storage capacity of

169,714 acre-feet and a surface area of 4,194 acres at reservoir elevation 3,406.0. No sediment

calculations are given due to questions as to reliability of the original published area and capacity

values for Warm Springs Reservoir.

RESERVOIR OPERATIONS

Warm Springs Dam operates in conjunction with several other reservoirs of the Vale Project to

provide irrigation water for the Vale and Warm Springs Irrigation Districts. The May 2000 areacapacity tables show 169,714 acre-feet of total storage below elevation 3,406.0. The 2000 survey

measured a minimum elevation of 3,321.8. The following values are from the May 2000 areacap acity tables:

• 86,901 acre-feet of joint use between elevation 3,381.55 and 3,406.0.

• 82,738 acre-feet of active conservation storage between elevation 3,327.0 and 3,381.55.

• 75 acre-feet of dead storage below elevation 3,327.0.

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The Warm Springs Reservoir inflow and end-of-month stage records in table 1, operation period

1957 through May 2000, show the inflow and annual fluctuation since dam closure. The reservoir

was formed in 1919, but the posted data was the only data readily available for this study. The

estimated average inflow into the reservoir for the 1957 through May of 2000 operation period was

160,800 acre-feet per year. As reported by the USGS in the Water Resources publication for 1986,

the extreme storage fluctuations of Warm Springs Reservoir ranged from an elevation of 3,327 in

1929, 1935, 1950 and 1977 to the maximum recorded elevation of 3,407.1 on May 13, 1958.

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY EQUIPMENT AND METHOD

The hydrographic survey equipment was mounted in the cabin of a 24-foot trihull aluminum vessel

equipped with twin in-board motors. The hydrographic system contained on the survey vessel

consisted of a GPS receiver with a built-in radio and an omnidirectional antenna, a depth sounder,

a helmsman display for navigation, a computer, and hydrographic system software for collecting

underwater data. Power to the equipment was supplied by an on-board generator.

The shore equipment included a second GPS receiver with an external radio and an omnidirectional

antenna. The GPS receiver and antenna were mounted on a survey tripod over a known datum point.

To obtain the maximum radio transmission range, known datum points with clear line-of-sight to

the survey boat were selected. The power for the shore unit was provided by a 12-volt battery.

GPS Technology and Equipment

The hydrographic positioning system used at Warm Springs Reservoir was Navigation Satellite

Timing and Ranging (NAVSTAR) GPS, an all-weather, radio-based, satellite navigation system that

enables users to accurately determine three-dimensional position. The NAVSTAR system's primary

mission is to provide passive global positioning and navigation for land-, air-, and sea-based strategic

and tactical forces and is operated and maintained by the Department of Defense (DOD). The GPS

receiver measures the distances between the satellites and itself and determines the receiver's

position from intersections of the multiple-range vectors. Distances are determined by accurately

measuring the time a signal pulse takes to travel from the satellite to the receiver.

The NAVSTAR system consists of three segments:

• The space segment is a network of 24 satellites maintained in a precise orbit about 10,900

nautical miles above the earth, each completing an orbit every 12 hours.

• The ground control segment tracks the satellites, determining their precise orbits. Periodically,

the ground control segment transmits correction and other system data to all the satellites, and

the data are then retransmitted to the user segment.

• The user segment includes the GPS receivers which measure the broadcasts from the satellites

and calculate the position of the receivers.

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The GPS receivers use the satellites as reference points for triangulating their position on earth. The

position is calculated from distance measurements to the satellites that are determined by how long

a radio signal takes to reach the receiver from the satellite. To calculate the receiver's position on

earth, the satellite distance and the satellite's position in space are needed. The satellites transmit

signals to the GPS receivers for distance measurements along with the data messages about their

exact orbital location and operational status. The satellites transmit two "L" band frequencies (called

LI and L2) for the distance measurement signal. At least four satellite observations are required to

mathematically solve for the four unknown receiver parameters (latitude, longitude, altitude, and

time); the time unknown is caused by the clock error between the expensive satellite atomic clocks

and the imperfect clocks in the GPS receivers.

The GPS receiver's absolute position is not as accurate as it appears in theory because of the function

of range measurement precision and the geometric position of the satellites. Precision is affected

by several factors--time, because of the clock differences, and atmospheric delays caused by the

effect of the ionosphere on the radio signal. Geometric dilution of precision (GDOP) describes the

geometrical uncertainty and is a function of the relative geometry of the satellites and the user.

Generally, the closer together in angle two satellites are from the receiver, the greater the GDOP.

GDOP is broken into components: position dilution of precision (x,y,z) (PDOP), and horizontal

dilution of precision (x,y) (HDOP). The components are based only on the geometry of the

satellites. The PDOP and FIDOP were monitored at the survey vessel's GPS receiver during the

Warm Springs Reservoir Survey, and for the majority of the time they were less than 3, which is

within the acceptable limits of horizontal accuracy for Class 1 and 2 level surveys (Corps of

Engineers, 1994).

An additional and larger error source in GPS collection is caused by false signal projection, called

selective availability (S/A). The DOD implements S/A to discourage the use of the satellite system

as a guidance tool by hostile forces. Positions determined by a single receiver when S/A is active

can have errors of up to 100 meters. In May of 2000 the use of S/A was discontinued, but the errors

of a single receiver are still around ±10 meters.

A method of collection to resolve or cancel the inherent errors of GPS is called differential GPS

(DGPS). DGPS is used during the reservoir survey to determine positions of the moving survey

vessel in real time. DGPS determines the position of one receiver in reference to another and is a

method of increasing position accuracies by eliminating or minimizing the uncertainties.

Differential positioning is not concerned with the absolute position of each unit but with the relative

difference between the positions of two units, which are simultaneously observing the same

satellites. The inherent errors are mostly canceled because the satellite transmission is essentially

the same at both receivers.

At a known geographical benchmark, one GPS receiver is programmed with the known coordinates

and stationed over the geographical benchmark. This receiver, known as the master or reference

unit, remains over the known benchmark, monitors the movement of the satellites, and calculates

its apparent geographical position by direct reception from the satellites. The inherent errors in the

satellite position are determined relative to the master receiver's programmed position, and the

necessary corrections or differences are transmitted to the mobile GPS receiver on the survey vessel.

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For the Warm Springs Reservoir survey, position corrections were determined by the master receiver

and transmitted via an ultra-high frequency (UhF) radio link every second to the survey vessel

mobile receiver. The survey vessel's GPS receiver used the corrections along with the satellite

information it received to determine the vessel's differential location. Using DGP S can result in sub -

meter positional accuracies for the survey vessel compared to positional accuracies of ±100 meters

with a single receiver.

The Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group started using Real-time Kinematic (RTK) GPS in

the spring of 1999. The major benefits of RTK versus DGPS are that precise heights can be

measured in real time for monitoring water surface elevation changes. The basic outputs from an

RTK receiver are precise 3D coordinates in latitude, longitude, and height with accuracies on the

order of 2 centimeters horizontally and 3 centimeters vertically. This output was on the GPS datum

ofWGS-84 which the hydrographic collection software converted into Oregon' sNAD83 state plane

south zone coordinate system. The RTK GPS system employs two receivers that track the same

satellites simultaneously just like with DGPS. The receivers track the LI C/A code and full cycle

Ll and L2 carrier phases. The additional data logged from the second frequency allows the on-thefly centimeter accuracy measurements.

Survey Method and Equipment

The Warm Springs Reservoir hydrographic survey collection was conducted from May 21 through

May 23, 2000 near water surface elevation 3,401 (Reclamation project datum). The bathymetric

survey was run using sonic depth recording equipment, interfaced with an RTK GPS, capable of

determining sounding locations within the reservoir. The survey system software continuously

recorded reservoir depths and horizontal coordinates as the survey boat moved across closely-spaced

grid lines covering the reservoir area. Most of the transects (grid lines) were run somewhat in a

perpendicular direction to the center line of the reservoir at 400-foot spacing. Data was also

collected along the shore as the boat traversed between transects. The survey vessel's guidance

system gave directions to the boat operator to assist in maintaining the course along these

predetermined lines. During each run, the depth and position data were recorded on the notebook

computer hard drive for subsequent processing.

The 2000 underwater data were collected by a depth sounder that was calibrated by lowering a

deflector plate below the boat by cables with known depths marked by beads. The depth sounder

was calibrated by adjusting the speed of sound, which can vary with density, salinity, temperature,

turbidity, and other conditions. The collected data were digitally transmitted to the computer

collection system via a RS-232 port. The depth sounder also produces an analog hard-copy chart

of the measured depths. These graphed analog charts were printed for all survey lines as the data

were collected and recorded by the computer. The charts were analyzed during post-processing, and

when the analog charted depths indicated a difference from the recorded computer bottom depths,

the computer data files were modified. The water surface elevations at the dam, recorded by a

Reclamation gauge were used to convert the sonic depth measurements to true lake-bottom

elevations.

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Warm Springs Reservoir Datums

Prior to the aerial survey, a contract static global positioning system (GPS) control survey was

conducted to establish horizontal and vertical control points around the reservoir. The horizontal

control was established in Oregon state plane (south zone) coordinates in NAD83 in international

feet. The vertical controls for the established points were in the NAVD88. The survey found that

for the established points the average elevations in NAVD88 were around 3.0 feet higher than the

Reclamation project datum. The Reclamation project datum elevation of the spillway overflow crest

is 3,401.0 which all calculations and elevations in this report are based on. The contract survey

utilized the following coordinates for the NGS point marked Warm Springs that is located on the

right bank above Warm Springs Dam.

North 707,377.253

East 5,527,825.686

NAVD88 Elevation 3,547.64

Project Elevation 3,544.64

RESERVOIR AREA AND CAPACITY

Original Capacity

The original area-capacity curves and tables for Warm Springs Reservoir reported the total capacity

as 192,400 acres-feet at reservoir elevation 3,406.0. The original plotted and published surface area

at elevation 3,406.0 varied with all published values being between 4400 and 4600 acres. A plot of

the original versus the measured 2000 survey areas, figure 6, indicated a problem that cannot be

explained with the limited information available on the original values. The area comparison plot

from elevation 3350 and above indicates a possible vertical datum shift between the two surveys,

but shifting all the original data would create a question with the areas below elevation 3350. As

part of the analysis the water surface area from the USGS quad sheets, elevation 3406, was digitized

with the resulting surface area being 4,184 acres. This area compares well with the 2000 survey

results for the same elevation indicating the problem is with the original values only.

Topography Development

Using ARC/INFO the topography of Warm Springs Reservoir was developed from the combined

2000 aerial and underwater data. ARC/INFO is a software package for development and analysis

of geographic information system (GIS) layers and development of interactive GIS applications

(ESRI, 1992). GIS technology provides a means of organizing and interpreting large data sets.

The 5-foot reservoir contours for elevation 3,365.0 through 3,425,0 were provided by the aerial

contractor as a data exchange format (DXF) file. The underwater contours of the reservoir were

developed by using the elevation 3400.0 contour as a boundary around the edge of the underwater

data set. This polygon that enclosed the data set was assigned an elevation of 3,400.0 and was used

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to perform a clip such that interpolation was not allowed to occur outside of this boundaty. This clip

was performed using the hardclip option of the ARC/INFO CREATETIN command.

Contours for the reservoir below elevation 3,360.0 were computed from the underwater data set

using the triangular irregular network (TIN) surface modeling package within ARC/INFO. A TIN

is a set of adjacent, non-overlapping triangles computed from irregularly spaced points with x,y

coordinates and z values. TIN was designed to deal with continuous data such as elevations. The

TIN software uses a method known as Delaunay's criteria for triangulation where triangles are

formed among all data points within the polygon clip. The method requires that a circle drawn

through the three nodes of a triangle will contain no other point, meaning that sample points are

connected to their nearest neighbors to form triangles using all collected data. This method

preserves all collected survey points. Elevation contours are then interpolated along the triangle

elements. The TIN method is discussed in greater detail in the ARC/INFO V7.0.2 Users

Documentation, (ESRI, 1992).

The linear interpolation option of the ARC/INFO T1NCONTOUR command was used to interpolate

contours from the Warm Springs Reservoir TIN. In addition, the contours were generalized by

eliminating certain vertices along the contours. This generalization process improved the

presentability of the resulting contours by removing very small variations in the contour lines. This

generalization had no bearing on the computation of surface areas and volumes for Warm Springs

Reservoir since the areas were calculated from the developed TIN. The areas of the enclosed contour

polygons developed from the aerial survey data were completed for 5-foot intervals from elevation

3,365.0 through 3,425.0.

The mapping features such as the dam, roads and the contours, from elevation 3365.0 and above,

were imported from the aerial data. The contours from elevations 3360.0 and below were developed

and imported from the underwater data. The contour topography at 5-foot intervals is presented on

figures 3, 4, and 5 (drawing numbers 126-D-550 through 126-D-552).

Development of 2000 Contour Areas

The 2000 contour surface areas for Warm Springs Reservoir were computed at 5-foot increments,

from elevation 3,325.0 to 3,425.0, using the 2000 survey data for Warm Springs Reservoir as

discussed above. The 2000 survey measured the minimum reservoir elevation at 3,321.8 feet. These

calculations were performed using the ARC/INFO commands to compute areas at user-specified

elevations directly from the TIN (which takes into consideration all regions of equal elevation) and

from the enclosed polygons from the aerial data developed contours.

2000 Storage Capacity

The storage-elevation relationships based on the measured surface areas were developed using the

area-capacity computer program ACAP85 (Bureau of Reclamation, 1985). Surface areas at 5-foot

contour intervals from reservoir elevation 3,325.0 to elevation 3,425.0 were used as the control

parameters for computing the Warm Springs Reservoir capacity. The minium inputted elevation was

3,321.8. The program can compute an area and capacity at elevation increments 0.01- to 1.0-foot

by linear interpolation between the given contour surface areas. The program begins by testing the

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initial capacity equation over successive intervals to ensure that the equation fits within an allowable

error limit. The error limit was set at 0.000001 for Warm Springs Reservoir. The capacity equation

is then used over the full range of intervals fitting within this allowable error limit. For the first

interval at which the initial allowable error limit is exceeded, a new capacity equation (integrated

from basic area curve over that interval) is utilized until it exceeds the error limit. Thus, the capacity

curve is defined by a series of curves, each fitting a certain region of data. Final area equations are

derived by differentiating the capacity equations, which are of second order polynomial form:

y = a1 + a2x + a3x2

where: y=capacity

x = elevation above a reference base

a1 = intercept

a, and a3 = coefficients

Results of the 2000 Warm Springs Reservoir area and capacity computations are listed in tablel and

illustrated on figure 6. A separate set of 2000 area and capacity tables has been published for the

0.1 and 1-foot elevation increments (Bureau of Reclamation 2000). A description of the

computations and coefficients output from the ACAP85 program is included with these tables. As

of May 2000, at elevation 3,406.0, the surface area was 4,194 acres with a total capacity of 169,714

acre-feet.

REFERENCES

American Society of Civil Engineers, 1962. Nomen clature for Hydraulics, ASCE Headquarters,

New York.

Bureau of Reclamation, 1981. Project Data, Denver Office, Denver CO.

Bureau of Reclamation, 1985. Surface Water Branch, ACAP85 User's Manual, Technical

Service Center, Denver CO.

Bureau of Reclamation, 1987(a). Guide for Preparation of Standing Operating Procedures for

Bureau of Reclamation Dams and Reservoirs, U.S. Government Printing Office,

Denver, CO.

Bureau of Reclamation, 1987(b). Design of Small Dams, U.S. Government Printing Office,

Denver CO.

Bureau of Reclamation, May 2000. Denver Office, Warm Springs Reservoir Area and Capacity

Tables, Vale Project, Pacific Northwest Region, Boise, ID.

Corps of Engineers, October 1994. Engineer and Design - Hydrographic Surveying, EM 1110-2-

1003 (FR), Department of the Army, Washington DC (www.usace.army.mil/inet/usace.docs/engmanuals/em.htm).

Environmental Systems Research Institute , Inc. (ESRI), 1992. ARC Command References.

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RESERVOIR SEDIMENT

DATA SUMMARY Warm Springs Reservoir

NAME OF RESERVOIR 1

DATA SHEET NO.

O 1. OWNER Bureau of ReolamaClon 2. STREAM Maiheur River 3. STATE Oregon

A 4. SEC. 8 TWP. 23 5 RANGE 37 5 5. NEAREST P.O. 6. COUNTY Maiheur

M 7. LAT 43° 35' 07" LONG 118° 12 ' 30" 8. TOP OF DAM ELEVATION 3409.0 9. SPILLWAY CREST EL 3401.0'

R 10. STORAGE 11. ELEVATION 12. ORIGINAL 13. ORIGINAL 14. GROSS STORAGE 15. DATE

E ALLOCATION TOP OF POOL SURFACE AREA, AC CAPACITY, AF ACRE- FEET STORAGE

S BEGAN

E _______________________ ________________________ _________________________

p

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a.

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SURCHARGE

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V b. FLOOD CONTROL

o 1919

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c. POWER

p 0. JOINT USE 3406.0 4500 95,500 192,400 16. DATE

a. CONSERVATION 3381.55 95,500 96,900 NORMAL

OPERRTION

6. INACTIVE BEGAN

g. DEAD 3327.0 1,400 1,400 1919

17. LENGTH OF RESERVOIR 8.5 MILES AVG. WIDTH OF RESERVOIR 1. 3 MILES

B 18. TOTAL DRAINAGE AREA 1,100 SQUARE MILES 22. MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION 9.12 INCHES

19. NET SEDIMENT CONTRIBUTING AREA 1,100 SQUARE MILES 23. MEAN ANNUAL RUNOFF 2.74 INCHES

20. LENGTH MILES AV. WIDTH MILES 24. MEAN ANNUAL RUNOFF 1E0,800 ACRE-FEET

N 21. NDJ(. ELEVATION NIH. ELEVATION 25. ANNUAL TEMP. MEAN 52°F RANGE -27°F to 105°F2

S 26. DATE OF 27. 28. 29. TYPE OF 30. NO. OF 31. SURFACE 32. CAPACITY 33. C/I

U SURVEY PER. ACCL. SURVEY RANGES OR AREA, AC. ACRE-FEET RATIO AF/AF

R YRS. YRS. INTERVAL

V

1919

5 5

5/00 81 81 Contour (B) 5-ft 4,1946 169,7146 1.05

A 26. DATE OF 34. PERIOD 35. PERIOD WATER INFLOW, ACRE FEET WATER INFLOW TO DATE, AF

T SURVEY ANNUAL

A PRECIP. a. MEAN ANN. b. MAN. ANN. c. TOTAL a. MEAN ANN. b. TOTAL

5/00 150,800 406,300 7,021,400 160,800 7,021,400

26. DATE OF 37. PERIOD CAPACITY LOSS, ACRE-FEET 38. TOTAL SEDIMENT DEPOSITS TO DATE, AF

SURVEY

a. TOTAL b. AV. ANN. c. /NI.2-YR. a. TOTAL b. AV. ANNUAL c. /NI.'-YR.

5/00

B B

26. DATE OF 39. AV. DRY 40. SED. DSP. TONS/MI.2-YR. 41. STORAGE LOSS, PCT. 42. SEDIMENT

SURVEY NT. (#/FT')

a. PERIOD b. TOTAL TO a. AV. b. TOTAL TO a. b.

5/00

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43. DEPTH DESIGNATION RANGE BY RESERVOIR

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ELEVATION

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SURVEY

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PERCENT OF TOTAL SEDIMENT

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LOCATED WITHIN DEPTH DESIGNATION

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PERCENT OF TOTAL SEDIMENT LOCATED WITHIN REACH DESIGNATION

Table 1. - Reservoir sediment data sunimary (page 1 of 2)
45. RANGE IN RESERVOIR OPERATION'

YEAR MAX. ELEV. MIN. ELEV. INFLOW, AF YEAR MAX. ELEV. MIN. ELEV. INFLOW, AR

1956 1957 202,000

1958 286,000 1959 58,000

1960 136,000 1961 3,372.9 3,327.2 71,000

3962 3,380.6 3,327.3 117,000 1963 3,389.2 3,331.5 144,500

1964 3,383.1 3,348.5 87,400 1965 3,406.6 3,347.6 296,600

1966 3,402.6 3,359.0 60,100 1967 3,394.1 3,358.6 137,200

1968 3,386.9 3,328.3 56,100 1969 3,397.7 3,331.1 172,500

1970 3,406.0 3,369.4 201,400 1971 3,405.8 3,382.8 236,700

1972 3,403.7 3,376.0 177,200 1973 3,391.5 3,332.1 71,100

1974 3,406.2 3,333.0 280,300 1975 3,406.2 3,384.4 200,300

1976 3,403.4 3,372.1 101, 300 1977 3,379.0 3,330.9 25, 600

1978 3,399.0 3,330.8 172,100 1979 3,400.2 3,369.2 132,200

1980 3,405.2 3,369.6 170, 600 1981 3,405.6 3,373.7 100, 800

1982 3,406.0 3,373.7 349,600 1983 3,406.1 3,390.3 406,300

1984 3,406.1 3,386.7 390,410 1985 3,403.9 3,363.5 134,950

1986 3,404.1 3,362.9 207,380 1987 3,387.5 3,327.7 68,120

1988 3,365.2 3,327.0 49,430 1989 3,405.1 3,327.4 203,450

1990 3,384.8 3,327.3 26,840 1991 3,358.7 3,327.0 48,570

1992 3,360.7 3,326.5 42, 110 1993 3,405.9 3,327.8 273, 140

1994 3,389.8 3,327.0 32,780 1995 3,400.6 3,327.4 171,560

1996 3,404.9 3,371.2 160,690 1997 3,405.4 3,375.9 201,740

1998 3,406.0 3,327.0 186,890 1999 3,406.0 3,327.0 221,290

2000 3,404.0 3.379.4 152.150 __________ __________ __________

46. ELEVATION - AREA - CAPACITY DATA FOR 2000 CAPACXrI'

ELEVATION AREA CAPACITY ELEVATION AREA CAPACITY ELEVATION AREA CAPACITY

3321.8 0 0 3325 5.7 9 3330 142.6 379

3335 298.9 1,483 3340 642.1 3,836 3345 1,011.6 7,970

3350 1,323.3 13,807 3355 1,620.8 21,167 3360 1,885.3 29,933

3365 2,158.5 40,042 3370 2,421.2 51, 491 3375 2,679.9 64,244

3380 2,917.8 78,238 3381.5 5 2,985 82,813 3385 3,135.3 93,371

3390 3,352.5 109, 591 3395 3,591.3 126, 950 3400 3,854.9 145, 566

3405 4,137.9 165, 548 3406 4,194 169, 714 3410 4,420.2 196,943

3415 4,709.0 209,766 3420 4,975.5 233,977 3425 5,212.0 259,446

47. REMARKS AND REFERENCES

Top of 5-foot flashboards, elevation 3406.0. 2 Bureau of Reclamation Proj ect Data Book, 1981 .

Calcula ted using mean annu al runoff value of 160,800 AF, item 24, 10/56-5/00.

Computed annual inflows fr om 10/56 through 5/ 00. Only readi ly available records.

Origina l surface area and capacity from a Rec lamation reservoir allocation sheet are list ed in sect ion 13 and 14.

These v alues were proJected from original area and capacity curves and a capacity table. The 2000 study could not

determi ned the validity of the original values. 6 Surface area & capacity at ci. 3,406.0 computed by ACAP program.

Inflow values in acre-feet and maximum and mi nimum elevation s in feet by water year from 10/56 thro ugh 5/00. Only

readily available records.

There a re questions as to validity of origina l area-capacity data so comparisons cannot b e made to accurately

compute loss due to sediment.

Capacit ies computed by Rec lamation's ACAP computer program.

48. AGENCY MAKING SURVEY Bureau of Reclamation

49. AGENCY SUPPLYING DATA Bureau of Reclamation DATE July 2001

Table 1. - Reservoir sediment data sununary (page 2 of 2)

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