Fryingpan River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
Counties | Eagle and Pitkin |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Near Mount Massive |
• location | Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness, Pitkin County |
• coordinates | 39°09′52″N 106°31′40″W / 39.16444°N 106.52778°W[1] |
• elevation | 12,083 ft (3,683 m) |
Mouth | Roaring Fork River |
• location | Basalt, Eagle County |
• coordinates | 39°22′00″N 107°02′03″W / 39.36667°N 107.03417°W[1] |
• elevation | 6,591 ft (2,009 m) |
Length | 42 mi (68 km)[2] |
Basin size | 237 sq mi (610 km2)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | Near Ruedi[3] |
• average | 176 cu ft/s (5.0 m3/s)[3] |
• minimum | 28 cu ft/s (0.79 m3/s) |
• maximum | 2,690 cu ft/s (76 m3/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Marten Creek, South Fork Fryingpan River, Rocky Fork Creek |
• right | Ivanhoe Creek, North Fork Fryingpan River, Lime Creek |
The Fryingpan River is a tributary of the Roaring Fork River, approximately 42 miles (68 km) long,[2] in Eagle and Pitkin counties in Colorado, United States.