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<br />Th~ salls include Mo11isols at the highe~ elevations in the uppe~ <br />basin and Aridisols and Enti$Ols in the lowe~ part of the basin. Fluvents <br />a~", duninant adjacent to streaPl channels. The geologic formations include <br />the Tertiary G~een River, which contains oil shale dl.'pooits, and the <br /> <br /> <br />GOlhoU C. <br />S'", <br />L""',QO <br /> <br /> <br />Wasatch. <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />loll miles <br />1.36 <br />2.57 <br />'.16 <br />5.61 <br />1.99 <br />1.82 <br />3.16 <br />1.21 <br />6.01 <br />2m <br /> <br /> <br />COLOAAOO <br /> <br />The higher ridges have conife~ and aspen while lower a~eilS have <br />juniper and pinyon interspersed with sagebrush. Willows and cottOTMoods <br />grow a.l<.ll18 the streams. There is a oonside~able aIlOUnt of irrigated <br />c~opLand throoghoot the Larger tributary IoIatersheds. <br />The town of New Castle, at the IlOUth of Elk Creek, is the ooly <br />cCIU1llIlity in the study a~ea. There are scattered ~esidential am b.Jsiness <br />p~opel."ties along several of the t~ibutar1es. <br />Study Limits <br />The area of study includes the tributary flood plains fraIl the <br />Colorado River upstrean the Channel distances sho.ln in the following <br /> <br /> <br />[.. c,..~ <br /> <br /> <br />c,",?" <br />C,~H <br /> <br />\ (/ <br />..-..1.. <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />PorcuplneCr. <br />Beaver Cr. <br />M1mo Cr. <br />I.lry Hollow Cr. <br />Divide Cr <br />G<l.rfieldCr, <br />Alkali Cr. <br />So\Jth canyon Cr. <br />CanvonCr. <br />Elk" Cr. <br /> <br />. <br />< , <br />-," <br />'W _ <br />" , <br />, . <br />< . <br />. <br /> <br />\ O,J'dO <br />0" /c'"'~ <br />011"'" , <br />"\ <br />\ <br /> <br />G,. loo'~ <br />,~, <br /> <br />table, <br /> <br />Tributarv <br /> <br />StrelllllReach <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Mom," t,uk <br /> <br />[0", Di..",~ <br />\ t..~k <br />W~.. OJ,ide <br /> <br />DRAINAGE E'ASIN MAP <br />CQlORAOO RIVER TRISUTARIES <br />FLOOD PLAIN IIMNAGEMENT STUD'!' <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />t,~.\ <br /> <br />5 <br />