Reclamation Issues Snowmelt Forecast for Bighorn River Basin
January 13, 2024
January 13, 2024
BILLINGS, Montana, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release:
Reclamation's January forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn River Basin is as follows:
* Bighorn Lake - Bighorn River April through July inflow to Bighorn Lake is forecast to be approximately 1,045,000 acre-feet (af), which is 83% of the 30-year average of 1,264,000 af. As of January 1, Bighorn Lake is 93% full.*
Reclamation's January forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn River Basin is as follows:
* Bighorn Lake - Bighorn River April through July inflow to Bighorn Lake is forecast to be approximately 1,045,000 acre-feet (af), which is 83% of the 30-year average of 1,264,000 af. As of January 1, Bighorn Lake is 93% full.*