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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 />Daily reservoir peak release rate information for Steamboat Lake indicates that between 250 cfs <br />and 280 cfs were released during June 151 and June 2nd. Based on results from the travel time <br />analysis, it appears that discharge from Steamboat Lake contributed to about 5% of the total <br />peak flow (5.370 cfs) at the Milner gage during the 1997 flood event. This flow amount is less <br />than the 400 cfs that the USGS determined had overflowed County Road 42 just upstream of <br />the Milner gage (Appendix A), <br /> <br />2.2.4 Other Watershed Factors <br /> <br />Other factors that may effect flow characteristics of the lower portion of the Elk River include <br />irrigation diversions, land use practices, the bridges at D,S. 40 and the Denver & Rio Grande <br />Western Railroad, backwater from the Yampa River. changes to tributaries that could modify <br />sediment transport characteristics, and local geology. A number of small lakes exist on several <br />of the tributaries, but would appear to have minor, if any, impact on flow characteristics of the <br />lower Elk River. <br /> <br />12 <br />