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2003 Operations Plan for the Klamath Basin farmers
This includes mandatory river flows from the Klamath Irrigation Project down the Klamath River to the ocean.

2003 Operations Plan

The following charts were formed by Tulelake Irrigation District to show you the flows required in the different water year types:

CFS PER DAY

Above

Below

Wet

Average

Average

Average

Dry

Days

Apr 1-15

5932

2955

1863

1826

822

15

Apr 16-30

5636

2967

2791

1431

739

15

May 1-15

3760

2204

2784

1021

676

15

May 16-31

2486

1529

1466

1043

731

16

Jun 1-15

1948

1538

827

959

641

15

Jun 16-30

1921

934

1163

746

617

16

Jul 1-15

1359

710

756

736

516

15

Jul 16-31

1314

710

735

724

515

16

Aug

1149

1039

1040

979

560

31

Sep

1341

1316

1300

1168

731

30

Oct

1430

1346

1345

1345

907

31

Nov

7822

1414

1337

1324

899

30

Dec

1822

1387

1682

1621

916

31

Jan

2792

1300

3618

1334

1030

31

Feb

4163

1300

1300

1806

673

28

Mar 1-15

8018

1953

2143

2190

688

15

Mar 16-31

6649

4009

2553

1896

695

16

ACRE FEET TOTAL

Above

Below

Wet

Average

Average

Average

Dry

Apr 1-15

176,180

87,764

55,331

54,232

24,413

Apr 16-30

167,389

88,120

82,893

42,501

21,948

May 1-15

111,672

65,459

82,685

30,324

20,077

May 16-31

78,756

48,439

46,443

33,042

23,158

Jun 1-15

57,856

45,679

24,562

28,482

19,038

Jun 16-30

60,857

29,589

36,844

23,633

19,547

Jul 1-15

40,362

21,087

22,453

21,859

15,325

Jul 16-31

41,628

22,493

23,285

22,936

16,315

Aug

70,526

63,774

63,835

60,091

34,373

Sep

79,655

78,170

77,220

69,379

43,421

Oct

87,773

82,617

82,556

82,556

55,672

Nov

464,627

83,992

79,418

78,646

53,401

Dec

111,834

85,134

103,241

99,497

56,224

Jan

171,373

79,794

222,073

81,881

63,221

Feb

230,797

72,072

72,072

100,125

37,311

Mar 1-15

238,135

58,004

63,647

65,043

20,434

Mar 16-31

210,640

127,005

80,879

60,065

22,018

Year

2,400,061

1,139,191

1,219,436

954,293

545,896

May-Sep

541,312

374,689

377,327

289,747

191,254

98,493

Jun-Sep

350,884

260,792

248,199

226,381

148,019

78,362

 

 

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