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<br />LIST OF TABLES <br /> <br />GORE CREEK FLOODPLAIN INFORMATION REPORT <br /> <br />TABLE 1-1 <br /> <br />Gore Creek Sub-Basin Characteristics <br /> <br />LIST OF PLATES <br /> <br />I. GORE CREEK AREA HISTORY AND BACKGROUND <br />Location <br />Gore Creek is located west of the Continental Divide in Colorado <br />and is bounded on the north and south by the 39043' and the 39031' <br />latitude,respectively. Gore Creek lies in the upper Colorado R1ver <br />basin and contributes directly to the Eagle River at Dowds Junction. <br />The Gore Creek basin area at the confluence with the Eagle River <br />totals 102 square miles. The Eagle River then flows into the Colorado <br />River at Dotsero, Colorado. <br />Settlement and Economic History <br />Populated areas along Gore Creek are West Vail, the Town of Vail <br />and the Bighorn area (2.5, 5 and g miles from the mouth, respectively). <br />Recent annexation has enlarged the town limits to inclUde part of <br />West Vail and the Bighorn ar~a. <br />Settlement in the Upper Eagle and Gore Valleys began late in the <br />nineteenth century as mining and sheep ranching developed on the <br />western Colorado slope. The small communities that developed became <br />more economically sound with the completion of the Denver and Rio-Grande <br />Railroad, which was routed through Tennessee Pass, down the Eagle and <br />Colorado Rivers to Grand Junction. The Gore Valley remained much the <br />same frOm the early 1900's until the Vail ski resortdevelopment...as <br />initiatedintheearlyiYbO's. The Vail area has since grown to an <br />internationallyrecognizedskidndfOl.lr-seasonrecreationarea. <br /> <br />TABLEIII-1 <br />TA8LEIII-2 <br /> <br />S.C.S. Snowpack Records <br />Gore Creek Discharges <br /> <br />PLATE 1 <br />PLATES 2-19 <br />PLATES 20-24 <br />PLATE 25 <br /> <br />Sub-basins and Index to Maps <br />Flooded Area Maps for 100 Year Flood <br />Flood Profiles for 10 Year and 100 Year Floods <br />Cross-Section for Typical Channel Sections <br />