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<br />HYDROLOGY FOR TilE STEAHEOAT SPRINGS FPI
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<br />Steamboat Springs is located i,n Northern Colorado about 200 miles
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<br />northwest of Denver. The streams which this study is concerned with
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<br />include the Yampa River, Soda Creek, Butcherknife Creek, Fish Creek,
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<br />,Burgess Creek, Spring Creek and Walton Creek. The Yampa River drainage
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<br />basin is bounded on the east by the' Park Range and on the west and south
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<br />by the White River Plateau. Peaks on the Park Range are over 10,000
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<br />feet while those on the White River Plateau range up to 12,500 feet.
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<br />The Park Range is composed mainly of granite while' the j,niLe River
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<br />Plateau is composed of shale and sandstone. Above 10,000 feet much of
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<br />Soils in the upper portions of the Yampa River are: of a loamy
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<br />and glaciofluvial deposits.
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<br />character and often contain bits and pieces of rocks. These soils are
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<br />generally of a moderate permiability. In the lower half of the basin
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<br />organic matter than the preceeding soils. This soil varies in
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<br />penniability from rapid on the Park Range to slow in: the Yampa River
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<br />Valley. Much of this soil is also mixed with rock fragments.
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<br />Vegctiltion cove,,, varies throughout the basin. Much of the land
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