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Precipitation runoff from the mountain's west slope drains to the Roaring Fork River via Cooper Creek and Castle Creek, whereas the east slope drains into the headwaters of the Taylor River. Topographic relief is modest as the summit rises over 2,430 feet (741 m) above Taylor River in one mile (1.6 km).
Smith Fork is a tributary of the Gunnison River that flows in Gunnison and Delta counties in western Colorado. The river is signed as "Smith Fork Creek" where it goes under Colorado State Highway 92 in Crawford, Colorado. The river begins at the confluence of the North Smith Fork Gunnison River and South Smith Fork in the West Elk Mountains.
The Black Canyon of the Gunnison was established as a national monument on March 2, 1933. It was redesignated a national park on October 21, 1999, [27] and incorporated 4,000 acres owned by the Bureau of Land Management. [28] The Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area was created at the same time.
Locations spanning from the northern suburbs of Denver all the way to Cincinnati, Ohio, are projected to pick up at least 1-2 inches of rain, with a heavier swath of up to 2-4 inches possible from ...
As is often the case during a drenching rain event, too much rain may pour down too fast for the ground or storm drainage systems to handle. Motorists venturing along Interstates 25, 29, 70 and 80 ...
Part of the Uncompahgre Project located on the western slope of central Colorado, the Taylor Park Dam was engineered by the Bureau of Reclamation. It is located on the Taylor River, a tributary of the Gunnison River, and the dam is used to create the Taylor Park Reservoir in Gunnison County, Colorado. The dam has National Inventory of Dams ID ...
Fairview Peak's climate is classified as a tundra climate (ET) in the Köppen system and more specifically as an alpine climate, with cold, snowy winters and cool summers. It receives precipitation as snow in winter and as thunderstorms in summer, with June typically being a drier month. [7] [8] [9]
Carson Peak ranks as the 23rd-highest peak in Hinsdale County and the 167th-highest in Colorado. [1] Precipitation runoff from the mountain's south slope drains into headwaters of Lost Trail Creek which is a tributary of the Rio Grande, whereas the north slope drains to the Lake Fork Gunnison River.