7401

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7401
• Author: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
• Title: Ruedi Reservoir, Colorado Round II Water Marketing Program, Final Supplement to the Environmental Statement, Fryingpan - Arkansas Projects, Colorado.
• USFW Year: 1989.
• USFW - Doc Type: Billings, Montana.
• Copyright Material: NO

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Table 3.6. Summary of Habitat Features in the Fryingpan River Using Binns'
(1982) Criteria.
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Attribute Characteristics Rating
Annual stream flow
variation (annual peak 296/79 = 3.7 4
flow/annual low flow)
Temperature 43'F - 50'F 4 - < 70'F
Nitrate nitrogen 0.015 - 0.18 1 = 0.01 - 0.04
4 = 0.15 = 0.18
Water velocity (average) 1.0 - 3.8 ft/sec 3 = 1.0 - 1.49 ft/sec
4 = 1.5 - 2.49 ft/sec
2 2
Fish food 1769-4035 organisms/m 2 = 1000-2490 organisms/m2
3 = 2500-5000 organisms/m
Cover
Range 9.9% - 91.1% 3 = 41 - 549
Most sections 46%
Stream width 45 - 100 ft 1 = 75 - 149 ft
2=50-74 ft
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Binn's Criteria Rating is a system describing the value of attributes on
trout fishery: 0 = poor, 1 = fair, 2 = moderate, 3 = good, 4 = excellent.