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Fountain Creek at the upsteam ~:~rporate limit (undisturbed by Highway 24), at an elevation of 6,400 feet, has a channel width of 10 feet. Pea-size gravel deposi.ts, tree scaring, and grass covered banks, indicate recent flows have not exceeded 3 feet. Therefore recent strzamflow of 300 cubic f.eet per second is indicated. At an elevation of 6,700 feet, on the~right bank o~ Fountain Creek, is a 5-foot deep and 30-foot long gravel flood bar that was ~eposited in the last 100 year•s. Thz flood bar contains boulders of up to 2 feet in diameter. Because of the highway is is unknown how wide the channel was during the deposition of the flood bar. The recent channel hae the same dimensions as at the previous location. waldo Canyon ~oins Fountain Creek at an ?levation~ of 6,760 feet and has an approximate drairiage area of 2 square miles. A private road is located in the canyori (~wners were not at home and upstream i"4i'vestigations on private property were not made). However, channel dimen~ions by Highway 24 are: w;dth is 5 2eet and the depth is 2 feet. The peak discharge for recent F1oWS would be about 100 cubic feet per ~econd. • French Creek ~oins Fount~in Creek at an elevation of 7,220 feet and has a drainage area estimated to be about 5 square miles. There are no significant fl~od depo:~its in the channel. The chan.nel width is 4 feet and the banks are gra5s and moss covered to about 2 feet above the streambed. There is no flood debris above this ~e~th. This would indicate that recent peak discharges have not excee~ed 100 to '?00 cubic teet per second. This- lack o* flood evidence indicates that flow~ have not exceeded the erosion threshold discharge of 200 to 300 cubic feet per second for 1t~0 years or more. Jus± downst.ream from French Creek, Fountain Creek channel dimznsione are 10 feet wide and 2 feet deep. The peak discharge of recent flows is estimated to be 200 cubic zeet ~ei second. C~s~ade Creek ~oins Fountain Creek at Cascade at an eltvation of 7,360 feet and has an estimated drainage area of 9 square miles. There are no rlood deposits :in the channel. The channel width is 4 fzzt and moss and lichen completely cover channel bould~rs to the water surface about 1 foot above the streambed. This channe]. suggests that recent peak discharges are less than 40 cubic feet per second. This lack of flood evidence indicates that flows have not exceeded the erosion threshold discharge of 200 to 300 cubic feet per ssecond for 100 years or more. The unnamed left bank tributary to Fountain Cr~ek at Cascade at an elevation of '7,360 feet has an estimated ~rainage area oi 1 square mile. The channel is a 3-foot wide swale and is complet:ely grass filled showing no evidence of flood deposits.• This channel suggests recent streamflow has been less than 30 cubic feet per secc~nd. This lack of flood evidence indicates that flows have not exaeeded the eiosion threshold discharge of 200 to 300 cubic feet per ~econd for 100 years or more. The channel dimensions of Fountain Creek at Cascade are: width is 8 feet and depth is 2 feet. There are no significant flood deposits and the banks are well vegetated with grass, brush, and moss. The ~O