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<br />, <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />i' <br />,~ <br />. <br />:~: <br /> <br />7, Climate <br /> <br />The climate of the study area is characterized by <br />warm summers and cold winters. Temperatures have a <br />wide seasonal variation with monthly averages from <br />less than 200F in January to 650F or more in August, <br />At the higher elevations (above 10,000 feet) frost <br />can occur during any month. Weather conditions can <br />change dramatically with the movement of weather <br />systems. For example, warm, sunny weather can <br />change to cold, rainy, or snowy conditions with high <br />winds in a few hours. Annual precipitation varies <br />and is influenced by topographic features. The <br />average annual precipitation varies from about 30 to <br />40 inches at the higher elevations to 18 to 26 <br />inches at lower elevations. Over 70 percent of the <br />annual precipitation is received as snowfall. <br /> <br />\ <br />'. <br />;'t <br />;C" <br />t';7\ <br />~'" <br /> <br />,,' <br />['to' <br />" <br />:',$ <br /> <br />~l' <br /> <br />8. Air Quality <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Air quality is considered to be excellent over the <br />WSA. The WSA is designated as a Class II area under <br />Section 126(b) of the Clean'Air Act. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />~~': <br />:..'~ <br />'x:" <br />:'1;' <br /> <br />9. <br /> <br />Hydrology and Water Quality <br /> <br />h <br />if::; <br />0,' <br /> <br />The Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Study Area encompasses <br />portions of six watersheds. They are Twobit Gulch, <br />Low Pass Gulch, Rive'rside, Fourmile Creek, South <br />Fork of the South Platte River, and Buffalo Creek. <br />Buffalo Creek and the South Fork of the South Platte <br />River are within the South Platte River watershed. <br />The other four watersheds are tributaries of the <br />Arkansas River. <br /> <br />:~~:, <br /> <br />f{.~. <br /> <br />~-:,',; <br />".- <br />':..' <br /> <br />";', <br />:;;,; <br />;;'f-:l <br />>";~.~ <br />?1i <br />:". <br />" <br /> <br />Stream types in this <br />and are favorable for <br />of fish. The streams <br />the state as Class 1 <br />water aquatic life, <br />agricultural water. <br />that water quality <br />by the state. <br /> <br />area provide riparian habitat <br />sustaining natural populations <br />in the WSA are classified by <br />recreation water, Class 1 cold <br />municipal water supplies, and <br />Water quality data indicates <br />is above the limits established <br /> <br />:.~.{: <br />Wfj <br />:.~!f <br /> <br />t( <br />~ <br />~',~ <br />~ <br />?:: <br /> <br />:0: <br /> <br /> <br />29 <br /> <br />(' r) 8 '? ~. <br />I, ,'.::. ..d <br />