FLOOD08946

• County: Eagle
• Community: Vail
• Stream Name: Gore Creek
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Title: Gore Creek Floodplain Information
• Date: 6/1/1975
• Prepared For: Vail
• Prepared By: HYDRO-TRIAD, LTD.
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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II. GORE CREEK BASIN DESCRIPTION

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PnySioqr!pnic Fe!tures
Two slT\dll dams, some ~n-m!de pOllds and numerous Mtural ponds lie

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within the basin. The Bhck Lake Dams are just below the Vafl Pass

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summit all Black Gore and as such have a minimal drainage area. The

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area tributary to the Upper Black Lake is 0.6 square miles. The Lower
Black Lake (No.2) has a direct draInage of 1.2 square miles, plus any
discharge from the upper lake. These dra1nages w111 be affected slightly
by the complet10n of Interstate 70 through th1s section.

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Nearly all of the sub-basins 011 the north side of the drainage
contain small natural lakes at elevations near timberline. These lakes

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or ponds are typically located within small glacier-formed cirques or
depressions. Some of the lakes have filled through natural sediment
trappillg and eutrophication processes and are currently bogs which
are highly efficient at detaining runoff.

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~ny of the pondS lie in the lower meadows in the valley, some
being natural ponds and bogs and a few small ponds have been created

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or reshaped within the Vall Golf Course_
Elevations in tl\e watershed ranqe frOl1l 7,700 to 13,100 feet, with
the elevations at the Town of Vail and Vail Pass being 8,200 and 10,600

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feet, respectively.

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The t02 square mile Gore Creek watershed is divided into many

slnallerdrdina<}f!S, tifteen hdving been named on theU.S.G.S. mdppi ng:

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