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<br />-3- <br /> <br />Nearly all of the sub-basins on t~2 north side of the drainage <br /> <br />contain small natural lakes at elev~tiolS near timberline. These lakes <br /> <br />cr ponds are typically located within small ~lacier formed cirques or <br /> <br />cepressions. Some of '~he lakes havf' filled throu,gh nil~ural sediment <br /> <br />trapping and eutrophication processes ald currently are bogs which are <br /> <br />tighly efficient at detaining runoff. <br /> <br />r'lanyof the ponds lie in the lCll'lel^ ITeado~/s in the valley, some being <br /> <br />ratural ponds and bogs and a few s~lll ~Jnds have been created or reshaped <br /> <br />vithin the Van Golf Course. <br /> <br />The water supply for Vail is deriv2d from Gore Creek, which receives <br /> <br />the majority of its water in the foy''ll of snowfall. <br /> <br />Elevations in the watershed range from 7,700 to 13,100 feet, with <br /> <br />the elevations at the Town of Vail and ~ail ?ass being 8,200 and 10,600 <br /> <br />feet, respectively, <br /> <br />The 102 square mile Gore Creek wat2rshed is divided into many <br /> <br />smaller drainages, fifteen having been lamed on the U.S,G.S. mapping: <br /> <br />Northside Basins <br /> <br />Southside Basins <br /> <br />Upper Gore Creek <br /> <br />31ack Gore Creek <br /> <br />Deluge Creek <br /> <br />')o"lk Creek <br /> <br />Main Gore Creek <br /> <br />I~i 11 ('r Creek <br /> <br />Bighorn Creek <br /> <br />Timber Creek <br /> <br />Pitkin Creek <br /> <br />l'~rl.l Creek <br /> <br />Booth Creek <br /> <br />Spraddle Creek <br /> <br />Middle Creek <br /> <br />Park Creek <br /> <br />Red Sandstone Creek and <br />Tributary Indian Creek <br /> <br />Buffer Creek <br />