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3.1 Stream Gaging_~tation~ 002714 There have been at least ten stream gaging stations operating in the Gore Creek basin from time to time since 1944. Seven stations are in operation at the present. A gaging station located on Gore Creek near its mouth was operational from 1944 to 1956. Two stations with fairly good records and a combined drainage area of 26.1 square miles are located in the headwaters ("Gore Creek at Upper Station near Minturn" and "Black Gore Creek near Minturn"). Seven stream gaging stations are known to have been operational in the Eagle River basin above Dowds Junction. A gage on the Eagle River at Redcliff, drainage area of 70.0 square miles, has been operational from 1911 to 1925 and from 1945 to the present. 3.2 Flood History. A study of gage than average flows following dates: records in the Gore Creek basin indicated higher on Gore Creek at Dowds Junction have occurred on the June 18, 1951 June 7,1952 June 25, 1983 May 25, 1984 The highest measured discharge on Gore Creek per second in 1952. While no measurements are 1984, it is estimated a peak discharge of about 1300 Gore Creek during the 1983 runoff. was 1780 available cfs was cubic feet for 1983 or reached on Higher than average flows in the Eagle River above Dowds Junction have occurred on the following dates: June June June May 7, 5-26, 21, 26, 1957 1969 1983 1984 The 1957 flood was caused by a combination of snowmelt and rainfall runoff and was estimated to have had a discharge of 1500 cfs. The 1969 flood was caused by snowmelt and was estimated to peak at about 800 cfs. The 1983 runoff above Dowds Junction is estimated to have peaked at about 1300 cfs. The peak discharge downstream of Dowds estimated to have been about 2450 cfs on reconstructed from an analysis of upstream gage in Figure 2. Junction during 1983 is June 25, 1983. Hydrographs data for 1983 are shown J)