Elephant Butte lake level, Heron Lake level

Monday, October 15, 2007

Elephant Butte Lake, 1300 (1 pm MDT)
4,325.42 ' above benchmark
334,066 acre feet
down 0.16' (1.9 inches) and 1,673 acre feet in 24 hours
down 0.42 (5 inches) and 4,386 a.f. in 71 hours
Irrigation season should be ending soon but it hasn't yet.
Flow out the dam is 952 cubic feet per second (952-976 cfs in past 71 hours)
Inflow at the San Marcial Flo0odway is 66 cfs (66-139 cfs in past 71 hours)

Heron Lake, 1100 (11 am MDT)
7,151.44 ' elevation
225,707 acre feet
down -0.01' (1/8 inch) and 44 a.f. in 24 hours
down -0.04 (1/2 inch) and 170 a.f. in 71 hours
0 flow in Willow Creek