Fryingpan River
| Fryingpan River | ||
 Ruedi Reservoir |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 174854 | |
| location | Colorado (USA) | |
| River system | Colorado River | |
| Drain over | Roaring Fork River → Colorado River → Gulf of California | |
| source | in the Sawatch Range , Pitkin County, 39 ° 9 ′ 52 " N , 106 ° 31 ′ 40" W. |
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| muzzle | for basalt in the Roaring Fork River coordinates: 39 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ N , 107 ° 2 ′ 3 ″ W 39 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ N , 107 ° 2 ′ 3 ″ W |
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| Mouth height |
2009 m
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| length | 48 km | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Ruedi Reservoir | |
The Fryingpan River is a 30 miles long tributary of the Roaring Fork River in the US state of Colorado . The river has its source in the Sawatch Range in the White River National Forest in Pitkin County . It then flows along the county boundary of Pitkin Counties and Eagle Counties . Below Meredith it is dammed to the Ruedi Reservoir . At Basalt it flows into the Roaring Folk River.