FLOOD10402

• County: Douglas
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Douglas County, Colorado Flood Warning Assessment - Project No. CI03-037
• Date: 9/1/2004
• Prepared For: Douglas County Public Works, CWCB, Parker Stormwater Utilities, Castle Rock Stor
• Prepared By: HDR
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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USGS 393109104464500 CHERRY CREEK NEAR PARKER, CO

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DRIES: 05/20/2004 to 05/27/2004 09:45

Provisional Data Subject to Revision

Figure 4: United States Geological Survey stream gage water
height on Cherry Creek near Parker, Colorado.

Urban Drainage and Flood Control District

The UDFCD owns and maintains four stream gages within the project area. The table
and figure below provides information on the gages.

The stream gages are part of a large network of gages owned and maintained by the
UDFCD that that operate in the NWS ALERT (Automated Local Evaluation in Real Time)
format, and is commonly referred to as an ALERT system.

The gages transmit their information to a UDFCD base computer via VHF radio. The
computer quickly compiles the information, displays the information and publishes the
information to the Internet. The gages are powered by 12-volt batteries, which are
recharged using small solar panels attached to the top or sides of the gages.

IAgency' Site ~umber I Site Name
IUDFCDI2820 'East Plum Creek near Sed alia
IUpFq[) 1281_0___uu__u un IPine Cliff Road and West Plum Creek
IUDFCDI2830.u ICastle Oaks Roadand CherryCreek
IUDFCD'2823 ISulpher Gulch (Major Tributary to Cherry Creek)
Table 5: Urban Drainage and Flood Control District stream gages in Douglas County.

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