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<br />SEITIIIFIVE <br /> <br />Rio Blanco Countv <br /> <br />Figure 5.1-3 <br />Piceance Creek Watershed <br />( ~ <br />~ <br /> <br />Figure 5.1-4 <br /> <br />White River Watershed <br /> <br />~ <br />? <br /> <br /> <br />...---------... <br /> <br /> <br />Hayd~ n <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />r---- <br />.,.-...... <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />Additional reports indicate that Yellow Creek was also affected by the heavy rains during the <br />period under investigation. <br /> <br />5.2 STORM EVENT DATA <br /> <br />The summer rainfall events investigated were typically of short duration and high-intensity. <br /> <br />5.2.1 Precipitation Data <br /> <br />During the investigation it was found that no precipitation data was available for specific storm <br />events in this area. <br /> <br />Figure 5.2-1 below illustrates precipitation-duration-frequency curves for several return periods <br />in Meeker, Colorado. <br /> <br />Figure 5.2-1 <br />Precipitation-Duration-Frequency Curves for Meeker, Colorado <br /> <br />Meeker <br /> <br />3.0 <br />_ 2.5 <br />c: <br />~ 2.0 <br />o <br />~ 1.5 <br />c. <br />.~ 1.0 <br />L. <br />c.. 0.5 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />--.. <br /> <br />-+- 2-year <br />----- 5-year <br />----.- 10-year <br />- - 25-year <br />~100- ear <br /> <br />0.0 <br />o <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />15 <br />Duration (hr) <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />30 <br /> <br />URS <br /> <br />T:\PROJ ECTS\6844888 _ CWCB _FLOOD_DOC _RPTS\SUB _00\6.0 _PROJ_DELlV\REPORT\FI NAL REPORT .2. D0020-MAR-021 \ 5 - 6 <br />