FLOOD00824

• County: Summit
• Community: Frisco
• Stream Name: Blue River Basin
• Title: Hydrology for Flood Insurance Study
• Date: 3/10/1992
• Prepared For: Frisco
• Prepared By: Muller Engineering Company, Inc.
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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feet at lake Dillon (Fig. 1). The study reaches within this basin are portions
of Tenmile Creek adjacent to and within the Town of Frisco (Fig. 2).

Meadow Creek Basin

The Meadow Creek bas i n dra i ns to the east from the Gore Range into Di 11 on
Reservoir at Frisco, just north of lower Tenmile Creek. The basin has a total
drainage area of 5.B square miles and a length of 4.5 miles. The width of the
basin varies from 1.0 to 1.5 miles. The channel slope averages 1.7% for the
study reach near Frisco while steeper slopes of 10.7% exist above Frisco in the
Gore Range. The elevations in the basin range from 12,700 feet to 9,000 feet at
Dillon Reservoir (Fig. 1). The study reaches within this basin are portions of
Meadow Creek adjacent to the Town of Frisco, with some segments located within
the Town's corporate limits (Fig. 2).

Miners Creek Basin

Miners Creek Basin is located to the east of Tenmile range, with the ridge to the

east of Peak 4 bei ng the southern boundary of the bas in. The basi n has a

drainage area of 6.B square miles which drains east into Miners Creek, then north

to Dillon Reservoir. Jug Creek and No Name Creek are tributaries of Miners

Creek. The study reaches within the basin are two segments along Miners Creek

(Fig. 2).

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