FLOOD04309

• County: Eagle
• Community: Eagle County
• Stream Name: Stone Creek
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Title: Flood Hazard Identification Report - Stone Creek, Eagle County, Colorado
• Date: 9/1/1986
• Prepared For: Eagle County
• Prepared By: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION

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Drainage Basin Characteristics

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Stone Creek is located in Eagle County, approximately 2 miles
east-southeast of Avon. Its headwaters originate on the western slope of
the Continental Divide at an elevation of approximately 12,160 feet. The
creek then flows in a northerly and then northwesterly direction draining
into the Eagle River approximately 3 miles downstream of the confluence
of Gore Creek and the Eagle River. The lower reach portion of Stone
Creek (on the alluvial fan) was re-routed when the Eagle-Vail Subdivision
was built. The mouth of the re-routed Stone Creek is at elevation 7680
feet.

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The area
5.1 square miles
tributaries.

upstream from
(see BaSin Map,

the mouth encompasses a drainage area of
Plate 1). Stone Creek has no major

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Study Reach Description

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The portion of Stone Creek studied in this report has its
downstream limit approximately 300 feet upstream from its confluence with
the Eagle River and its upstream limit approximately 7200 feet upstream
from the confluence (near the White River National Forest Boundary). The
study reach is centered about the developed areas along Stone Creek. The
length of the study reach is approximately 1.3 miles.

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Development of this area has taken place on the
Stone Creek, where a half-mile wide valley exists.
re-routed along the study reach when the Eagle-Vail
built. Stone Creek currently flows through a series
created for aesthetic reasons. A golf course is adjacent
and the stream for the entire study reach.

alluvial fan of
Stone Creek was
Subdivision was
of small ponds
to these ponds

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