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<br />...~..;.;~JliI ,'Ilr~~-'~~~~'''--:..o '~:;"'''"",,'~ ';"iO'~i.::' ",. ,~,,_";; .,~ ..;.;;:-..,-,~ '~-:.d;,-'~""..... -,;", l\:'::" P;~~"r'r-"'JM'IUI'""'O; "f"'=i_~.~ci'~-' i:1...i;..;,~~r-~ 'ili~1~ '.- . "'...=".. IIiIiItA '-\~~~\'lb~"..-....",....._ ..~~ <br /> <br />*" <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />-, <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />? <br /> <br />the fairgrounds, the channel is natural, with heavy growths of sage in and adjacent to the <br />channel. In two places, small dams have been constructed across the channel to form <br />ponds. Four culverts presently are in place on Sulphur Creek, which severely restrict thl! <br />channel capacity. <br /> <br />HISTORIC FLOODING <br />The Town of Meeker and adjacent areas included in this study are subject to <br />periodic flooding from the White River and Sulphur Creek, and from runoff from the <br />Sanderson Heights area. The differing nature of the watersheds and streams subjects thl! <br />area to floods of three basic types: snowmelt, ice jams and convective thunderstorms. In <br />the past, spring runoff due to melting snow in the high mountain watershed above Meeker <br />has caused the highest water levels in the White River for the longest periods of time. ICI! <br />jams, caused by Chinook winds melting snow at higher elevations and temperature <br />inversions freezing the water at obstacles in the river, have also occurred in the Whit4e <br />River in and near Meeker. Periodic floods on Sulphur Creek occur from melting snow, but <br />convective thunderstorms also cause frequent and high runoff flows of short duration. <br />A gaging station has been recording stream flows "at" or "near" Meeker from 1901 <br />through 1906 and from 1910 to the present. To be exact, the records indicate the station <br />was located "at" Meeker from May 1901 to October 1906 (6 years) and from May 1910 to <br />October 1913 (4 years). The station was moved to a point "near" Meeker on October 20, <br />1913. The present location "near" Meeker is approximately 2-1/2 miles upstream from the <br />original site. <br />The total period of record is 73 years through water year 1977. Continuous records <br />began August 14, 1910. Peak flows for water years 1901 through 1906 are partial records <br />since only daily averages were apparently read and recorded for the months of April <br />through October. The records show that the largest yearly peaks occur in the late Spring <br />and early Summer with periods of high runoff from melting snow lasting from 2 to 3 <br /> <br />-4- <br />