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 3.7. Summary of Habitat Features in the Roaring Fork River
Using Binn's (1982) Criteria.
1
Attribute Characteristics Rating
Annual streamflow
variation (annual peak
USGS 1981
Temperature (USGS 1981)
Nitrate nitrogen
7170/486 = 14.8
50' - 70'F
0.018 - 0.187
4 (flow/annual low flow)
3
Water velocity (average) 1.0 - 6.0 ft/sec
2
Fish food 2058-3340 organisms/m
Cover Range 14.8% - 56.2%
Average: 30.6%
1 = 0.01 - 0.04
4 = 0.15 - 0.25
3 = 1.0 - 1.49 ft/sec
4 = 1.5 - 2.49 ft/sec
2
2 = 1000-2490 organisms/m2
3 = 2500-5000 organisms/m
2=26-40%
Stream width 50-200 ft 1 = 75 - 149 ft
2 = 50 - 74 ft
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.