| Fryingpan River | |
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 Fryingpan River below Ruedi Dam | |
 Map of Roaring Fork drainage basin, including the Fryingpan River | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| Counties | Eagle andPitkin |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | NearMount Massive |
| • location | Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness,Pitkin County |
| • coordinates | 39°09′52″N106°31′40″W / 39.16444°N 106.52778°W /39.16444; -106.52778[1] |
| • elevation | 12,083 ft (3,683 m) |
| Mouth | Roaring Fork River |
• location | Basalt,Eagle County |
• coordinates | 39°22′00″N107°02′03″W / 39.36667°N 107.03417°W /39.36667; -107.03417[1] |
• elevation | 6,591 ft (2,009 m) |
| Length | 42 mi (68 km)[2] |
| Basin size | 237 sq mi (610 km2)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | NearRuedi[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 |
TheFryingpan River is a tributary of theRoaring Fork River, approximately 42 miles (68 km) long,[2] inEagle andPitkin counties inColorado, United States.
The name originated when all but two of a group of trappers were killed byUtes; one survivor was injured and stayed in a cave while the other went to summon help after hanging afrying pan in a tree so he could find the cave again.[1][4][5]
It rises in northeasternPitkin County, in theWhite River National Forest in theSawatch Mountains along the western side of thecontinental divide. It flows westward along the county line between Pitkin andEagle County. BelowMeredith, it is dammed to form theRuedi Reservoir. It joins the Roaring Fork belowBasalt. A portion of the river's water is diverted to the east side of the continental divide for irrigation and drinking water via theFryingpan-Arkansas Project.
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