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<br />Location <br /> <br />Slope <br />(feet per mi Ie) <br />8.5 <br />9.0 <br /> <br />7.5 <br />6.0 <br /> <br />6.0 <br /> <br /> <br />are a pamphlet, "Guidel ines for Reducing Flood Damages", and a <br />booklet, "Introduction to Flood Proofing". <br /> <br />Basin and Stream Characteristics <br />The South Platte River in Weld County flows in a general <br />northerly direction from the Adams-Weld County line to about <br />Milliken, Colorado where it turns and flows in a northeasterly <br />direction. It continues in this direction to about Kersey, <br />Colorado where It begins to flow in a general southeasterly <br />direction to the Weld-Morgan County line. Throughout this reach <br />the South Platte River flows in a relatively wel I defined channel. <br />This channel is typically braided and is situated in a broad <br />shallow val ley ranging in width from about 3,000 feet to about <br />9,000 feet and is flanked by rol ling plains. The streambed slope <br />of the South Platte River In Weld County Is relatively uniform, <br />slowly transitioning from about 9 feet per mile in the upstream <br />reaches to about 6 feet per mile downstream. Table I gives addi- <br />tional streambed slope information. <br /> <br />Table I <br />South Platte River <br />Streambed S lope <br />Weld County, Colorado <br /> <br />Adams-Weld County Line to Fort Lupton <br />PI attev i I Ie <br />La Sa I Ie <br />Kersey <br />Sublette <br /> <br />The drainage area of the South Platte River In Weld County varies <br />considerably from the Adams-Weld County line to the Weld-Morgan <br />County line due mainly to the number of relatively large tributaries <br /> <br />2 <br />