BOARD01466

• Board Meeting Date: 11/20/2000
• Description: ISF Section - Instream Flow Recommendations
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction............................................................................................... .1
Obj ective ....................................................................................................1
Study Area

A. Description ..... .............. ...................... ................... ................... ............1
B. Recreation and other land uses ..............................................................5

C. Hydrology. ..................... ........... ....... ................................................... ..5
D. Geology..... ... ...................................... .............................. ........ ............6
Methods............... ......................... ......... ........ ...... .............................. .........8
Results.. ........... ... ....... ......... .................... ........... ...... ....... ........ ............... .....8
Discussion ...... ..... .............. ......... ........................... ....... ... ........................ ...14
References................................................................................................. .14
Appendix ... ....... .................. ........ ........................ ............ ........................ ....16
A. Letter from the Regional Forester to the CWCB ...................................17
B. Wildlife/ ecology ..................................................................................18
C. Notes from Forest Ecologist..................................................................19
D. Potential RNA report excerpt................................................................20
E. Hanging Lake Recreation History .........................................................23

F. Visitor Comments ...... ...................... ............. ........ .............. ................. .25
G. Hanging Lake Trail Guide ..........,.........................................................28
H. Geologic Services Report......... ..., ......... ..... ...... ... ... ......... ............ ...... ....30
I. Dead Horse Creek Discharge Stations ....................................................38
J. Dead Horse Creek Flow Data.................................................................4l
K. Preliminary and Final Notice: CWCB...................................................42

LIST OF FIGURES

I. Vicinity Map: Dead Horse Creek Watershed, Colorado.....................................2
2. Dead Horse Creek Watershed............................................................................3
3. Dead Horse Creek-- Riparian Zones..................................................................4
4. Geology Map of the Dead Horse Creek Watershed............................................7
S. Dead Horse Creek-- Discharge Stations.............................................................9
6. Dead Horse Creek: Flows by Date.....................................................................11
7. Dead Horse Creek: Flows by Elevation .............................................................11
8. Maxirnum Flows! Longitudinal Profile..............................................................12
9. Percentage of Flow Lost @ confluence of East and West Dead Horse Creeks ..13

LIST OF TABLES

I. East Dead Horse/ Dead Hose Creek: Discharge Stations and Data Summary .....I 0

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