Water Resources

Pitkin County is actively involved in the development of the Roaring Fork River Watershed Plan. For more information on this planning effort, please go to: www.roaringfork.org/watershed

• Drainage and Erosion Control Plan
• Endangered Species
• Springs and Ponds
• State Stormwater Management
• Transmountain Diversions
• Water FAQs
• Water Quantity & Quality information
• Water Savings
• Wells
  • Taking Care of your Groundwater – Montana State University videos
• Wetlands, Riparian & Section 404 Permits
  

Flood Plain Information

 

• Phase 3 Final Report
  
• Flood Plain Permit Application
• Flood Plain Permit Checklist
  
• Elevation Certificate & instructions
  
• FEMA Regulations
• Army Corps Of Engineers
• Flood insurance rate maps

The maps issued by FEMA that identify areas of 100 year flood hazard in a community are based on detailed or approximate analyses. These maps include actuarial insurance rate zones.

Hydrologic Systems Analysis Studies Upper & Middle Roaring Fork Valley

 

• Beginning of Report Section 3.0
• Sections 4.0 - 7.0
• Appendices
• Full HSA Report
• Summary Handout - Upper & Middle Roaring Fork Valley

Capitol Creek & Snowmass Creek

• Beginning of Report Section 2.0
• Sections 3.0 - 4.0
• Sections 5.0- 7.0
  
• Appendices
• Full HSA Report
• Summary Handout - Capitol Creek & Snowmass Creek

Crystal River & West Sopris Creek

• Table of Contents
• Section 1 - Introduction
• Section 2 - Development of Conceptual Models of the Crystal River and West Sopris Creek
  
• Section 3 - GIS Map, Layers, and Data Sources
• Section 4 - Ground Water Resources Evaluation Procedure
• Section 5 - Case History Examples
• Section 6 - Conclusions and Recommendations
• Section 7 - References & Appendices
• Summary Handout - Crystal River & West Sopris

Grand River Consulting Corporation

• Streamflow Assessment of the Roaring Fork River upstream of Aspen