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<br />) <br /> <br />were installed and are maintained and operated by the USGS in cooperation with Clear Creek <br />County. The locations of the gages along with the annual peaks for 1995, 1996, and 1997 are as <br />follows: <br /> <br /> <br />Clear Creek Watershed Stream Gage Network <br /> <br />Clear Creek nr. Loveland Pass 5.9 314 104 N/A <br />South Clear Creek above lower Cabin 11.8 125 42 59 <br />Creek Res. <br />South Clear Creek above Leavenworth 16.0 215 64 127 <br />Creek <br />Leavenworth Creek at mouth 12.0 168 100 124 <br />Clear Creek above West Fork Clear 86.1 1030 650 736 <br />Creek <br />West Fork Clear Creek at mouth 57.6 774 560 752 <br />Clear Creek near Lawson 145.0 1580 1160 1390 <br />Chicago Creek below Devil' s Canyon 43.7 325 70 175 <br />Clear Creek above Johnson Gulch 267.0 2250 1470 1690 <br />North Clear Creek at mouth 59.4 759 128 512 <br />Clear Creek at Golden 400.0 2500 1370 1860 <br /> <br />The flow data collected from this new stream gage network over the next several years will be <br />extremely valuable. It is anticipated that a better knowledge and understanding of the hydrologic <br />characteristics of upper Clear Creek and its tributaries will be gained once a sufficient period of <br />record is obtained from the gages. Any future re-studies of the Clear Creek County hydrology <br />should certainly make use of the gage data. <br /> <br />III. HYDROLOGIC ANALYSIS <br /> <br />Methodologv For CWCB Analysis <br />Flood discharge-frequency relationships for Clear Creek, South Clear Creek, West Fork, Fall <br />River, and Chicago Creek were based on regional regression equations for Colorado. The <br />regression equations are published in the USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report <br />"Analysis of the Magnitude and Frequency of Floods in Colorado" dated 1996 and prepared by <br />J.E. Vaill in cooperation with the Colorado Department of Transportation and the Bureau of <br />Land Management. <br /> <br />The regional regression equations are based on flood frequency analyses of streamflow data from <br />USGS gaging stations located within Colorado and adjacent states. The regional regression <br />equations relate flood magnitude (the dependent variable) to drainage basin and climatic <br />characteristics (the independent "explanatory" variables). Colorado was divided into five distinct <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />4 <br />