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<br />I <br />I 0 <br /> i~ <br />I w <br />...... <br />w <br /> ~ <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />NIDDLE PARK SUBBASIN <br /> <br />Location and Description <br />The KiddIe Park Subbasin includes the watershed of <br />the Colorado River from Glenwood Springs tc the Continental <br />Divide with the exception of the drainage basin uf Eagle <br /> <br />River above Dotsero. The principal tributary streaRS are the <br /> <br />main river above Granby, \rillow Creek, Fraser River, ~lilliani <br /> <br />Fork River and Blue River. Over 97% of the watershed area is <br /> <br />above an elevation of 7000 feet with several watershed peaks <br />extending to elevations in excess of 14,000 feet. <br /> <br />The subbasin includes all or parts of the 1'i ve ,18S- <br /> <br />tern C~'lcradc: Counties of Grand, Sumrdt, Eagle, Routt and Gar- <br />field. The subbasin \laterslled area comprises 35.3% of the <br />river basin and produced 44.3% of the historic runoff. <br />\'la tershed Runoff <br /> <br />The average annual historic runoff of the subbasin <br />at Glenwood Springs f"r the 18 year study period of 1943-1960 <br />was 1,263,500 acre feet. The following table gives the run- <br /> <br />off for each year of the study period: <br /> <br /> <br />Historic Runeff r~iddle Fark Subbasin - Units 1000 Acre Feet <br /> <br />Year Runoff Year Runoff <br />1943 1,353.3 1953 1,183.5 <br />1944 1,132.7 1954 662.2 <br />1945 1,294.8 1955 731.1 <br />1946 1,164.7 1956 1,074.8 <br />1947 1,710.6 1957 1,783.5 <br />1948 1,460.7 1958 1,290.2 <br />1949 1,585.2 1959 927.3 <br />1950 1,077.1 1960 1,090.5 <br />1951 1,381.2 <br />1952 1,857.7 Average 1,263.5 <br /> 8 <br /> <br />, <br />