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~ , 1 III III'111111111111 <br />CC 1/ 999 <br />\J) V <br />Doc Date:12I1112001 <br />2.04.8 <br />CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION <br />Site-specific data on the climate at the proposed mine site are not <br />available. However, precipitation data has been recorded for the Fort Lewis <br />Station. Temperature information and freeze data are also available for Fort <br />Lewis. The proposed mine site is located approximately 9.0 miles West of the <br />recording statiai. <br />Although the rugged topography in <br />tions in climate within short distances, <br />Lewis should be very close to that at the 1 <br />proposed mine site is approximately 7,500 <br />station at Fort Lewis is situated at an <br />level. <br />La Plata County causes large varia- <br />the climate data recorded for Fort <br />proposed mine site. Elevation at the <br />feet above sea level. Theiweather <br />elevation of 7,6]0 feet above sea <br />The normal precipitation and temperature normals, taken from <br />"Climatography of the United States No. 81-4, Decennial Census of U.S. <br />Climate," for Fort Lewis are given on the following page, The ten ~lyear-24 <br />precipitation event for the area is 2.25 inches. This figure was taken from <br />Volume III of the "Precipitation-Frequency Atlas of the Western United States," <br />a ]973 NCAA publication. <br />C~ <br />