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Water Measures and Equivalents
1 acre-foot == 43,560 cubic feet == 325,900 gallons (an
acre-foot is the amount of water required to cover one acre one foot deep)
1 cubic foot == 62.4 lbs. water == 7.48 gallons
1 cubic foot per second (cfs) == 448.8 gallons/min
- 1 cfs for:
- 1 hour == 26,930 gallons == 0.083 acre-feet
- 1 day == 646,400 gallons == 1.983 acre-feet
- 30 days == 59.5 acre-feet
- 1 year == 724 acre-feet
1,000 gallons per minute (gpm) == 2.23 cfs == 4.43 acre-feet/day
1 million gallons (mg) == 3.07 acre-feet
1 million gallons per day (mgd) == 1.55 cfs == 1,120 acre-feet/yr
Typical water flows and storage capacity to help put these measures
into perspective:
- Average flow of the North Platte River at Fort Steele == 1,158
cfs
- Peak flow of the North Platte River at Fort Steele (1988) ==
6,160 cfs
- Average annual discharge of the North Platte River == 839,000
acre-feet
- Storage capacity of Alcova Reservoir == 184,000 acre-feet
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