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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />The ground cover within the watershed is widely varied, but consists primarily of <br /> <br />sage and brush at lower elevations and forests of aspen, pine, juniper and scrub oak <br /> <br />at h~gher elevations. The river valley is used for farming and grazing. <br /> <br />Within the White River basin are the Sulphur Creek and Sanderson Heights <br /> <br />basins which drain into the White River through the Town of Meeker. The Sulphur <br /> <br />Creek basin extends about 10 miles to the north of Meeker, averages 3 miles in width <br /> <br />and is 22.2 square miles in area. It rises from 6800 feet at the north city limits to <br />" <br /> <br />elevations above 8000 feet at the north boundary, which coincides with the White <br /> <br />River watershed boundary. The ground cover is primarily sage and oak brush with <br /> <br />some juniper, aspen and pinon at higher elevations. There is also some crop and <br /> <br />grazing land in the valleys. Sulphur Creek has one major tributary, Fourmile <br /> <br />Gulch, which drains about one-fourth of the basin. <br /> <br />14..~~ I'"\tt- ~ <br />cifl" ~ <br />Runoff from the Sanderson Heights area originates in a steep ravine which <br /> <br />,;.1} 0 ... <br />flows into wider valley with a milder slope before descending into Meeker, From the <br /> <br />north limits of Meeker, "Sanderson Heights Gulch" rises from an elevation of 6360 <br />~o"\oo~,", <br />feet to a maximum of 7600 feet with slopes from 6% in the valley to 20% in the mountain <br /> <br />ravine. Ground cover in Sanderson Heights is principally sage with scrub oak and <br /> <br />pinon at the higher elevations. The area is subject to development in the future which <br /> <br />could change the runoff patterns and quantities in the lower areas of the basin just <br /> <br />north of Meeker. <br /> <br />The limits of the study area and the Sanderson Heights basin are shown on <br /> <br />figure 2. The White River Watershed and the Sulphur Creek basin is shown on <br /> <br />figure 3. <br /> <br />2 <br />