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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which coincides with the White River watershed boundary. The ground cover is

primarily sage and oak brush with some juniper, aspen and pinon at higher

elevations. There is also some crop and grazing land in the valleys. Sulphur

Creek has one major tributary, Fourmile Gulch, which drains about one-fourth

of the basin.

Runoff from the Sanderson Heights area originates in a steep ravine which

flows into wider valley with a milder slope before descending into Meeker. From

the north limits of Meeker, the Sanderson Heights Drainageway rises from an

elevation of 6.360 feet to a maximum of 7,600 feet with slopes from 6% in the valley

to 20% in the mountain ravine. The area of this sub-basin is less than 0.5 square

miles. Ground cover in Sanderson Heights is principally sage with scrub oak and

pinion at the higher elevations. The area is subject to development in the future

which could change the runoff patterns and quantities in the lower areas of the

basin just north of Meeker.

Climate and Precipitation

The average annual precipitation of Meeker is 16.5 inches. Eight to ten

inches of this normally fall during the period of October through April, largely

in the form of snowfall. Six to eight inches of rain fall during the late spring and

summer months. The mean annual temperature at Meeker is about 44 degrees F. .

with extremes to -43 degrees F. , and 103 degrees F.

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