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	00054 Reservoir storage(Obs.)
	62614 Elevation, lake/res, NGVD29(Obs.)

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

07099233 TELLER RESERVOIR NEAR STONE CITY, CO

LOCATION - Lat 38°26'33", long 104°49'33" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.31, T.18 S., R.66 W., Pueblo County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020002, on Fort Carson Military Reservation, at left upstream end of dam on Turkey Creek, 1.4 mi upstream from Booth Gulch, and 2.0 mi east of Stone City.

DRAINAGE AREA - 71.5 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - September 1978 to September 2012, November 2014 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 5,453 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS - Water year 2015; estimated days are less accurate than the rest of the published record. Water Year 2016; estimated days are less accurate than the rest of the published record. Water year 2017; estimated days are less accurate than the rest of the published record. Water year 2018; water surface elevation did not exceed 5457.77 ft above NGVD29 after July 18, 2018, and no data are available after July 31, 2018, as the water surface dropped below the orifice line prior to this date. Records poor. Water year 2019; water surface elevation did not exceed the orifice elevation, no storage or contents record is computed. Records good. Water year 2020; water surface elevation did not exceed the orifice elevation, no storage or contents record is computed. Records good. Water year 2021; water surface elevation did not exceed the orifice elevation, no storage or contents record is computed. Records good. Water year 2022; water surface elevation did not exceed the orifice elevation, no storage or contents record is computed. Records good. Water year 2023; water surface elevation did not exceed the orifice elevation, no storage or contents record is computed. Records good. Reservoir is formed by an earthfill dam completed around 1908. All figures represent total contents from area-capacity table effective Oct. 1, 2006, and based on a 2006 survey. Total capacity, 2,374 acre-feet at elevation of about 5494 feet. Capacity at spillway crest (since 1996), 1,140 acre-feet at elevation of about 5,476 feet. Capacity at uncontrolled tower outlet invert, 1,707 acre-feet at elevation of about 5,480 feet. Elevation of no contents, about 5,454.5 feet. Dead storage unknown. There is a controlled outlet from reservoir; however, considerable leakage occurs along the dam margins. Reservoir is used by the Fort Carson Military Reservation for recreation and for amphibious training.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents, 2,210 acre-ft, June 21, 1980, elevation, 90.15 ft, from capacity curve extended above 88 ft (datum then in use). Minimum contents, no contents at times many years.