Wetland Profile for Routt County

  • The wetland profile below describes general geography of Routt County, the extent of wetland mapping, and the acreage of various wetland classes mapped by National Wetland Inventory.
  • To view this area in the Colorado Wetlands Inventory Mapping Tool, Click Here

  • River Basin Geography

  • Total Area: 1,515,909 acres (6,135 square kilometers)
  • Elevation Range
    • Max: 3,716 meters
    • Min: 1,895 meters
    • Average: 2,495 meters
  • Ecoregions
    • 18: Wyoming Basin: 7%
      • 18a: Rolling Sagebrush Steppe: 7%
    • 21: Southern Rockies: 93%
      • 21a: Alpine Zone: < 1%
      • 21b: Crystalline Subalpine Forests: 20%
      • 21c: Crystalline Mid-Elevation Forests: 5%
      • 21d: Foothill Shrublands: 23%
      • 21e: Sedimentary Subalpine Forests: 17%
      • 21f: Sedimentary Mid-Elevation Forests: 25%
  • Land Ownership
    • Total Federal Land: 44%
      • Bureau of Land Management: 5%
      • Federal Land, Misc: < 1%
      • Total U.S. Forest Service Lands 39%
        • Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest: 38%
        • White River National Forest: < 1%
    • Total State Lands 4%
      • Colorado Division of Wildlife: < 1%
      • Colorado State Land Board: 4%
      • Colorado State Parks: < 1%
    • City, County, and Other Local Government Lands: < 1%
    • Land Trusts and Non-Governmental Organizations: < 1%
    • Tribal Lands: None
    • Private Lands: 51%

  • Wetland Extent and Classification

  • Extent of basin mapped by wetland/riparian mapping projects
    • Digital NWI Mapping: 97% of unit
    • CPW Riparian Mapping: 53% of unit
    • Potential Fen Mapping: None of unit
  • Total area of NWI mapped wetlands: 55,701 acres
  • Percentage of basin mapped as NWI wetland: 4%
  • Wetland area by NWI System and Class
    • Palustrine Emergent: 27,394 acres
    • Palustrine Scrub-Shrub: 13,093 acres
    • Palustrine Forested: 840 acres
    • Palustrine Aquatic Bed: 233 acres
    • Palustrine Unconsolodated Shore/Bottom: 4,388 acres
    • All Lacustrine: 2,575 acres
    • All Riverine: 7,177 acres
  • Extent of wetland acres with NWI special modifiers
    • Percent excavated: 2%
    • Percent dammed: 7%
    • Percent ditched/drained: None
    • Percent farmed: None
    • Percent modified by beaver: 7%
  • Wetland landscape integrity
    • Percent of unit in No Discernable Stress: 8%
    • Percent of basin in Low Stress: 29%
    • Percent of basin in Moderate Stress: 20%
    • Percent of basin in High Stress: 25%
    • Percent of basin in Severe Stress: 18%
  • Disclaimer: Basin, subbasin, and county wetland profiles are calculated for the area mapped by National Wetland Inventory (NWI). All percentages and acreage estimates are only for the area mapped. If the entire area of interest is mapped by NWI, these estimates reflect the entire area of interest. If only a portion is mapped, these estimates do not reflect the entire area. For more information about NWI’s Cowardin classification system, click here. For information about NWI mapping standards, click here.