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Statewide Framework Plan Updated Data Tables
Updated Table

Table 4-1 Total Annual Flow1,2,3
Basin Area Ratio Based on
Normal
Conditions
Yield
Wet Normal Dry
acres4 ac-ft/ac ac-ft ac-ft ac-ft
GREAT BASIN
  Bear River   960,000   0.55   888,000   526,000   234,000 
COLORADO RIVER
  Green River  13,440,000   0.19   3,746,000   2,617,000   1,543,000 
MISSOURI RIVER
  Northeast Wyoming  7,680,000   0.03   407,000   240,500   138,000 
  Powder/Tongue River   7,232,000   0.14   1,418,000   982,600   694,000 
  Platte River  15,424,000   0.08   2,249,000   1,307,000   1,105,000 
  Wind/Bighorn River   12,928,000   0.36   5,856,000   4,629,000   3,514,000 
  Yellowstone River  1,792,000   1.76   3,623,000   3,150,000   2,374,000 
COLUMBIA RIVER
  Snake/Salt River  3,264,000   1.08   5,047,000   3,540,000   2,179,000 
Total  62,720,000   0.27   23,234,000   16,992,100   11,781,000 
 1  Estimates are based on outflow plus depletions from the current river basin plans.
 2  Depletion estimates are from the current river basin plans.
 3  Depleted flows are based on outflow estimates from the current river basin plans.
 4  Wyoming's Share of Green River Basin flows under the Colorado River Compact were not prepared in basin plan.
 5  Excludes the flows for the Little Missouri and Niobrara Rivers.
 6  The Platte River system is fully appropriated. Estimates exclude the flows and depletions from the Horse Creek and South Platte Drainages.
 7  Drainage area is within Yellowstone National Park and includes estimates for the Madison, Gibbon, Firehole, and Gallatin Rivers.
 8  Excludes the flows for the Henrys Fork and Teton Rivers.

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