Colorado

OF 2004–1085: Colorado

Fire Name: Buffalo Creek

Location: Buffalo Creek

Date: 1996

Drainage Basin Name	Basin Area (km²)	Relief Ratio (%)	% Burn	Discharge (m³/s) and/or Volume of Deposits (m³)	Reported Rainfall Conditions	Reported Flow Process
Spring Creek	**26.8	**5	**79	**510 m³/s	Date: July 12, 1996 Total: 90 mm Duration: ±1hr Peak 30 min. intensity: 90mm/hr	Flood
Buffalo Creek	**122.4	**2	**21	**450 m³/s	Date: July 12, 1996 Total: 80 mm Duration: ±1hr Peak 30 min. intensity: 80 mm/hr	Flood

Drainage Basin Name

Basin

Area (km²)

Relief Ratio (%)

% Burn

Discharge (m³/s) and/or Volume of Deposits (m³)

Reported Rainfall Conditions

Reported Flow Process

Spring Creek

**26.8

**5

**79

**510 m³/s

*Date: July 12, 1996

*Total: 90 mm

*Duration: ±1hr

*Peak 30 min. intensity: 90mm/hr

Flood

Buffalo Creek

**122.4

**2

**21

**450 m³/s

*Date: July 12, 1996

*Total: 80 mm

*Duration: ±1hr

*Peak 30 min. intensity: 80 mm/hr

Flood

References: *Robert D. Jarrett, oral communication (2001); **Moody and Martin (2001a)

Fire Name: Coal Seam

Location: Glenwood Springs

Date: 2002

Drainage Basin Name	Basin Area (km²)	Relief Ratio (%)	% Burn	Discharge (m³/s) and/or Volume of Deposits (m³)	Reported Rainfall Conditions	Reported Flow Process
Drainage A	2.06	24	100	14 m³/s	Date: Aug. 5, 2002 Total: 7 mm Duration: 46 min. Intensity: 9 mm/hr Peak 10 min. intensity: 37 mm/hr	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Drainage B	.52	33	84	22 m³/s	Date: Aug. 5, 2002 Total: 10 mm Duration: 50 min. Intensity: 12 mm/hr Peak 10 min. intensity: 53 mm/hr	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Drainage C	0.14	40	100	9 m³/s	Date: Aug. 5, 2002 Total: 9 mm Duration: 47 min. Intensity: 11 mm/hr Peak 10 min. intensity: 49 mm/hr	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Drainage D	0.05	39	98	11 m³/s	Date: Aug. 5, 2002 Total: 10 mm Duration: 50 min. Intensity: 12 mm/hr Peak 10 min. intensity: 53 mm/hr	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Drainage F	0.06	64	100	18 m³/s	Date: Aug. 5, 2002 Total: 12 mm Duration: 1 hr Intensity: 12 mm/hr Peak 10 min. Intensity: 58 mm/hr	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Drainage G	0.04	67	100	11 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Drainage H	0.03	65	100	7 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Drainage M	0.16	63	94	10 m³/s	Date: Aug. 5, 2002 Total: 17 mm Duration: 1 hr Intensity: 17 mm/hr Peak 10 min. intensity: 46 mm/hr	Runoff-initiated debris flow

Reference: Cannon and others (2003)

Fire Name: Missionary Ridge

Location: Durango

Date: 2002

Drainage Basin Name	Basin Area (km²)	Relief Ratio (%)	% Burn	Discharge (m³/s) and/or Volume of Deposits (m³)	Reported Rainfall Conditions	Reported Flow Process
Unnamed 1	1.47	21	100	26 m³/s	Date: Aug. 5, 2002 Total: 6 mm Duration: 33 min. Intensity: 11 mm/hr Peak 10 min. Intensity: 27 mm/hr	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Root	1.89	17	100	43 m³/s	Date: Aug. 8, 2002 Total: 5 mm Duration: 21 min. Intensity: 15 mm/hr Peak 10 min. intensity: 23 mm/hr	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Unnamed 2	0.62	25	100	21 m³/s	Same as above	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Unnamed 3	0.85	24	100	38 m³/s	Date: Aug. 8, 2002 Total: 5 mm Duration: 18 min. Intensity: 16 mm/hr Peak 10 min. intensity: 21 mm/hr	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Root	1.89	17	100	50 m³/s	Date: Aug. 21, 2002 Total: 1 mm Duration: 12 min. Intensity: 5 mm/hr Peak 10 min. Intensity: 5 mm/hr	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Haflin	4.14	23	96	8 m³/s	Date Aug. 29, 2002 Total: 2 mm Duration: 43 min. Intensity: 3 mm/hr Peak 10 min. intensity: 6 mm/hr	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Kroeger	3.13	25	99	21 m³/s	Date: Aug. 29, 2002 Total: 6 mm Duration: 48 min. Intensity: 8 mm/hr Peak 10 min. intensity: 23 mm/hr	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Unnamed 1	1.47	21	100	25 m³/s	Date: Sept. 5, 2002 Comments: Localized storm, gages reported no rainfall	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Freed	5.65	18	99	149 m³/s	Date: Sept. 7, 2002 Total: 15 mm Duration: 2 hrs, 50 min. Intensity: 5 mm/hr Peak 10 min. Intensity: 28 mm/hr	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Coon	20.82	16	96	42 m³/s	Date: Sept. 7, 2002 Total: 17 mm Duration: 2 hrs, 53 min. Intensity: 6 mm/hr Peak 10 min. intensity: 40 mm/hr	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Stevens	15.75	14	98	158 m³/s	Date: Sept. 7, 2002 Total: 15 mm Duration: 2 hrs, 50 min. Intensity: 5 mm/hr Peak 10 min. Intensity: 28 mm/hr	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Woodard	2.38	30	92	42 m³/s	Storm Date: Sept. 7, 2002 Duration: 18 min. Total: 4 mm Intensity: 13 mm/hr Peak 10 min. intensity: 15 mm/hr	Runoff-initiated debris flow
Unnamed 1	1.47	21	100	17 m³/s	Date: Sept. 10-12, 2002 Total: 6 mm Duration: 1 hr, 11 min. Intensity: 4 mm/hr Peak 10 min. intensity: 18 mm/hr	Runoff-initiated debris flow

Reference: Cannon and others (2003)

Fire Name: South Canyon

Location: Glenwood Springs

Date: 1994

Drainage Basin Name	Basin Area (km²)	Relief Ratio (%)	% Burn	Discharge (m³/s) and/or Volume of Deposits (m³)	Reported Rainfall Conditions	Reported Flow Process
Drainage B	2.25	26	92	21,000 m³	Date: Sept. 1, 1994 Total: 17 mm Duration: 4 hrs	Runoff and small landslide-initiated debris flow
Drainage C + D	3.23	29	97	39,600 m³	Same as above	Runoff and small landslide-initiated debris flow
Drainage E	0.54	33	57	1,400 m³	Same as above	Runoff and small landslide-initiated debris flow
Drainage F	2.01	28	58	4,300 m³	Same as above	Runoff and small landslide-initiated debris flow
Drainage G	0.33	33	80	1,000 m³	Same as above	Runoff and small landslide-initiated debris flow

Reference: Cannon and others (1998)

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