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<br />I <br />I <br />. <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 />within the state of Colorado and crosses into ten different counties. Upstream watersheds <br />are the Blue and Eagle with the only downstream watershed being the nearby Colorado <br />Headwaters-Plateau watershed. Next to the Headwaters watershed is the Roaring Fork <br />watershed. This watershed's area lies within seven different counties all within Colorado. It <br />also drains into the Colorado Headwaters-Plateau watershed but has no upstream <br />watersheds. <br /> <br />Glenwood Springs <br /> <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />co <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Figure 5.5 - Roaring Fork Watershed and Location <br />Obtained from the Environmental Protection Agency's "Surf Your Watershed'" webslte. <br /> <br />Storm Characteristics and Information <br /> <br />Obtaining rainfall information and storm characteristics for the event in Glenwood Springs <br />was difficult. Since the storm occurred right between various seasonal storms, most <br />contacts could not separate defming traits of this specific storm. In addition, since this <br />storm was minor and did not cause significant damage to the town or any injuries, no <br />federal flood mitigation was necessary. <br /> <br />The Glenwood Springs Post Independent, a local newspaper, published an article after the <br />storm in which the various rainfall amounts were summarized. According to the author, <br />Heather McGregor, several rain gages in the area reported varying amounts of rainfall for <br />this storm. The recorded rainfall amounts were: "...0.3 inch(es) at the mouth of Mitchell <br />Creek and at the Bowles Ranch on lower Mitchell Creek, 0.48 inch(es) at the Glenwood <br />Springs Fish Hatchery, 0.28 inch(es) on the rim of Mitchell Creek basin at 9,000 feet," and <br />"...across the Colorado River and to the west the storm dropped 0.67 inch(es) near the head <br />of SOB basin near South Canyon" (McGregor, 1). It is unknown how the author obtained <br />this information, but it is believed she used various sources including local rain gages <br />installed by the federal government's BAER (Burned Area Emergency Response) Team <br />and monitored by the local city and county governments. <br /> <br />One other source was able to give a rainfall amount that was similar to the amounts <br />reported in the Post Independent. The Rocky Mountain News reported approximately 0.3 <br />inches of rain fell in 20 minutes (Wallace, 1). Again, it is not known how the author <br />obtained this information, although it is likely she received the information from the <br />National Weather Service's regional office in Grand Junction. <br /> <br />ICON Engineering, Inc <br /> <br />41 <br /> <br />January 2003 <br />