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<br />-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <br /> <br />TABLE L SUMMARY OF FLOOD FREQUENCY DATA FOR THE <br />ROARING FORK RIVER FROM PREVIOUS STUDIES <br /> <br /> Peak Discharge, cfs <br /> Drainage Area, <br /> square miles 10-year 50-year IOO'year 500-year STUDY <br />Location <br />At Mouth 1,460 13,700 19,000 21,200 28,000 1 <br />Between Sopris Creek and Garfield County 870 7,300 *9,800 * 10,800 14,700 3 <br />Between Sopris Creek and Fryingpan River 850 7,300 9,400 10,400 14,300 3 <br />Above Confluence with Crystal River N/A 7,000 10,750 12,600 18,750 1 <br />Upstream of Fryingpan River 510 6,100 *8,500 *9,400 12,200 3 <br />Pitkin and Eagle County Line 510 6,100 8,500 9,400 12,200 2 <br />At gage near Aspen 108 2,100 2,900 3,300 1,200 2 <br /> <br />NOTES <br />1. FIS, Garfield County, Unincorporated Areas (1986). Flood studies by Simons, Li and Associates. <br />2. FIS, Pitkin County and Incorporated Areas (1987). Flood studies by CaE, <br />3. Floodplain Information Report, Roaring Fork and Fryingpan Rivers, Eagle County (1978). Hydrologic Studies by COE. <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />These values were used in design of new Colorado State Highway 82 bridges. <br />