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<br />, <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />Stu6y Reach Description <br />This floodpl"in studyencOfilpas5c, about 17 milc5 of the Roaring Fork <br />River beginning ~t a point approximately 4.000 fcct upstream above the <br />confluence with Haroon Creek. The study extends to the E,,","a Bridge thilC <br />crOsoc, the .~na r i 09 Fork R i vo r at 8..,,, T t, In ddd I t lon, Ih i 5 report Cove rs <br />Ma roan C reek from i 15 conf I uence wi th the Roar 1 ng For~ up, t ream for "bou ~ <br />2,5 miles, The Roaring Fork River in the Hudy re"ch averages about 70 to <br />80 feet wide, having a grade of approximately 0.012 feet per fool. The <br />streaCleha"ne; is generally st,)blcand arrr>oredwith round boulders ranging <br />in the6.inch to 15-inch diamelcr ,i>:e, Therc i1rc many riffles and rapids <br />with many shal\owpools along ;tscourse, Several dozen irrigation ditches <br />divert fro," the Roaring Fork in thi s reach, Th~re are no across-the-r iver <br /> <br />divcrsion structures. <br /> <br />In mOot dredS, the river banks are well defined. The <br /> <br /> <br />bank, are often steep (over 45 degr",,,s) ~nd there is Ii tt Ie or no vegetat ion <br />below the ~an annual high water mark, <br />To date only limited development has occurred In the floodplain ~rea5, <br />In the lowe; study ~r"~ some. ranch homes and structures hav~ been bui I t ddja- <br />cent tnor in shallow floodinq area5, <br />Lazy Glen Trailer Court. located up.treamof the lIighw"y82 bridge, is <br />on .. hi stori c f i ""dp I a in, Fill and ~n'" I I d 1 ke5 have been p I aced to con tro I <br />fkodi"9' Oetai led "n"ly~i. .hows th"t the sm~ller floods such J. the 5 nr <br />IO-yc~r flood. wouid not fiood any vurti"o of Ld~y GI~" b~t ,h~ iOO-year <br />flood would overflow into the area at two point.. <br />As de.crlbcd above, the reM~i"ing upstream reach of the study ~rea <br />i ~ l~rg~1 y cunfined wi thin wei I-defined natura I bank:;. On Iy one ranch <br />bui Id ing occupies the floodpl ai ~ i~ the re~ch above the Lazy Glen Tra i ier <br />Court, At a few locat ion~, the valley h<1t tom wi dens out and \, used for <br />agrlCuitural purpo.es. There is a gravel pit operation mid<<ay up the <br />IIalleyiocatedadjacent totheri..er, <br />The following picture. show the Roaring F()rk stre"mCharacter at <br />>everai points. <br /> <br />Emma Bridge at Sta. 0 + 00 <br /> <br /> <br />Roaring Fork River upstream at Sta. 60 + 00 <br />