Fryingpan River

Fryingpan River
Fryingpan River below Ruedi Dam
Map of Roaring Fork drainage basin, including the Fryingpan River
Location
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountiesEagle and Pitkin
Physical characteristics
SourceNear Mount Massive
 • locationHunter-Fryingpan Wilderness, Pitkin County
 • coordinates39°09′52″N 106°31′40″W / 39.16444°N 106.52778°W / 39.16444; -106.52778[1]
 • elevation12,083 ft (3,683 m)
MouthRoaring Fork River
 • location
Basalt, Eagle County
 • coordinates
39°22′00″N 107°02′03″W / 39.36667°N 107.03417°W / 39.36667; -107.03417[1]
 • elevation
6,591 ft (2,009 m)
Length42 mi (68 km)[2]
Basin size237 sq mi (610 km2)[3]
Discharge 
 • locationNear Ruedi[3]
 • average176 cu ft/s (5.0 m3/s)[3]
 • minimum28 cu ft/s (0.79 m3/s)
 • maximum2,690 cu ft/s (76 m3/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftMarten Creek, South Fork Fryingpan River, Rocky Fork Creek
 • rightIvanhoe 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.

  1. ^ a b "Fryingpan River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 18, 2011
  3. ^ a b c "USGS Gage #09080400 on the Fryingpan River near Ruedi, CO" (PDF). National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. 1969–2013. Retrieved 2016-06-01.