FLOOD04007

• County: Rio Blanco
• Community: Meeker
• Stream Name: White River, Sulphur Creek
• Basin: Yampa/White
• Title: Floodplain Information Report
• Date: 6/1/1977
• Prepared For: Meeker
• Prepared By: Merrick & Company
• Contract/PO #: &&
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION

Drainage Basin Characteristics

The area of analysis included in this report consists of the White River

watershed above a point two miles west of Meeker where Colorado-Ute's 138 KV

electrical transmission line crosses the White River. see General Map, Drawing 1-2.

Further analysis has been made on the Sulphur Creek drainage basin and on

the Sanderson Heights basin, both of which are sub-basins within the White River

Watershed and drain through Meeker.

The White River watershed above Meeker extends approximately 50 miles

east of town. averages 24 miles in width. and is approximately 872 square miles

in area. It rises from an elevation of 6,100 feet at the west boundary of the study

area to elevations near 12,000 feet with the mean elevation being about 8,800

feet. The White River basin borders the Yampa River basin on the north and the

Colorado River basin on the south. Above Buford. the river has two major

stems. the North Fork and South Fork. Both originate in the White River Plateau.

which is a high mesa with a mean elevation of 10.000 feet. The ground cover

within the watershed is widely varied, but consists primarily of sage and brush

at lower elevations and forests of aspen. pine, juniper and scrub oak at higher

elevations. The river valley is used for farming and grazing.

The Sulphur Creek basin extends about 10 miles to the north of Meeker.

averages 3 miles in width and is 22.2 square miles in area. It rises from 6.800

feet at the north city limits to elevations above 8,000 feet at the north boundary .

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