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<br />The P, k, <br />miles n, <br />Tennel <br />areas 0 <br />NatioJ 11 <br />of 14 <br />throul ' <br />the p: if <br />River ., <br />report <br />study a1 <br />and m ,.. <br /> <br />Complete documentation of literature search is four <br />Appendix of this report (see "Record of Literature Sear <br /> <br />As a result of this literature search several hydrologil <br />were found covering the study streams. Several <br />conducted by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1967 (refer tl <br />of this report) as part of their work on the Arkansas <br />Project included frequency studies of Lake Creek and th <br />River in or near the study area. Due to 13 years of , <br />gage records, the frequency analyses were recalculated <br />report. <br /> <br />Arkanl <br /> <br />Major tl <br />Bas in a, <br />descr: <br />Bous t( <br />water E1 <br />reser' .. <br /> <br />In addition the U. S. Forest Service has operated a prel <br />- runoff network within the Lake Creek basin from 196 <br />This network included monotoring of precipitation a <br />flows at five locat'ions in the upper Lake Creek Basin w <br />gages on the North and South Forks, Lake Creek, a <br />Gulch. Since this information has never been published <br />relatively short period of record and covers only the ~ <br />of the watershed much farther upstream of the study sit <br />not useful in this study. Refer to the Appendix of tl <br />for information supplied by the Forest Service. A mf <br />the gage locations is included in the Appendix of this : <br /> <br />The li 0' <br />Ditch In <br />transl <br />the AI ~a <br /> <br />DRAINAGE BASIN CHARACTERISTICS <br /> <br />Lake Creek <br /> <br />Evans <br /> <br />Evans G <br />origil .f, <br />The h <br />Evans 'e <br />flows ir <br />Fork <br />Colorl lU <br />extint <br />downs1 <br />six b <br />Mininl D <br /> <br />Lake Creek originates in Everett, Colorado, at the conl <br />the North and South Forks of Lake Creek. The headw <br />located in San Isabel National Forest at elevations in <br />13,500 feet. Lake Creek flows from its origin 7.5 milE <br />Lakes Reservoir and then to its confluence with the <br />River at Balltown, Colorado. The drainage basin is <br />Figure 2. <br /> <br />Lake Creek being part of the Arkansas-Fryingpan Pro <br />description in Appendix) includes a major flow diversiol <br />watershed from the Colorado River Basin through the '1 <br />Reservoir and Canal Company Tunnel Number 1. This di, <br />located in the headwater areas of Lake Creek approxiu <br />miles upstream of the study site. A USGS/State of <br />streamgage (07084500) on Lake Creek upstream of T' <br />Reservoir and located approximately 3.0 miles downstre <br />study site has been operational since 1941. Tunnel j <br />been monitored by the State of Colorado since 1935. In <br />a snowfence monitoring study conducted by the U.S <br />Service (Refer to previous section) was conducted frl <br />1977 . <br /> <br />The ] <br />downs 1 :e <br />exten( <br />mined <br />Hydro: ~ <br />Peak <br />recur] m <br />and t] ~ <br />altit, <br /> <br />-2- <br />