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<br />south, and the City and County of Denver to the east. Edgewater is immediately west of <br />Sloans Lake, a park in the City of Denver. <br /> <br />The City of Edgewater is fully developed with the exception of a few areas of vacant land. <br />The estimated population in 1998 was 4,508 (Reference 26). <br /> <br />Elevations in Edgewater range from approximately 5,200 feet to approximately 5,500 feet. <br /> <br />The City of Lakewood is located in Jefferson County, sprawling between Denver and the <br />foothills of the Rocky Mountains. On August 28, 1969, Lakewood was transformed from the <br />most populated unincorporated area in the United States to Colorado's fourth largest city. <br />The estimated population in 1998 was 136,883 (Reference 26). <br /> <br />Lakewood lies in the drainage of Lena Gulch, Dry Gulch, Lakewood Gulch, South Lakewood <br />Gulch, McIntyre Gulch, Weir Gulch, Sanderson Gulch, North Sanderson Gulch, Bear Creek <br />and several unnamed streams. These streams all flow in a westerly to easterly direction and <br />are left-bank tributaries of the South Platte River. <br /> <br />The Town of Morrison is located at the base of the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky <br />Mountains. It is approximately 12 miles southwest of the State Capitol building and lies in <br />the center of Jefferson County. The estimated population in 1998 was 459 (Reference 26). <br />The town has an area of approximately 0.25 square mile. <br /> <br />Morrison is situated at the point where Bear Creek Canyon opens onto the plains. Bear <br />Creek, which drains an eastern slope of the Front Range, emerges from the foothills and flows <br />through the center of town. Mount Vernon Creek, a much smaller stream and a left-bank <br />tributary to Bear Creek, has its junction with Bear Creek in the center of town. <br /> <br />Bear Creek is subject to cloudburst-type floods, and it is possible that a peak from both Bear <br />Creek and Mount Veroon Creek could reach Morrison at approximately the same time, <br />causing very high flood levels in the town, perhaps as high as 10 to 15 feet. From the <br />foothills near Morrison, Bear Creek flows through a valley for a distance of 10 miles to its <br />junction with the South Platte River. It drains an area of approximately 165 square miles <br />above the Morrison gage, which is near the State Highway 8 bridge over Bear Creek. <br /> <br />Mount Vernon Creek drains an area of approximately 10 square miles beginning near <br />Genesee Park along Interstate Highway 70 at its upper end and empties into Bear Creek at <br />Morrison. Another left-bank tributary to Bear Creek, called Bear Creek Tributary No.1, <br />drains an area of 0.65 square mile and also has its junction with Bear Creek near the center of <br />town. <br /> <br />The City of Westminster is located on the east slope of the Rocky Mountains, about 8 miles <br />northwest of the State Capitol building in Denver. In 1998, the population of Westminster <br />was estimated at 95,691 (Reference 26). <br /> <br />Big Dry Creek has its source in the Rocky Flats area southwest of the City of Boulder, and is <br />a tributary to Standley Lake. Walnut Creek begins near the Rocky Flats Plant of the Atomic <br />Energy Commission, and is a tributary to the Great Western Reservoir. Little Dry Creek <br />originates just southwest of Standley Lake, passing through Arvada and Westminster to Clear <br />Creek. Airport Creek has its source in the Jeffeo Airport area. <br /> <br />12 <br />