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Creek has three main tributaries: Corral, Franceville, and East. Jimmy Camp Creek is typically sandy, flat, and wide. Above its confluence with Fountain Creek, just south of the City of Fountain, the drainage basin is approximately 66 square miles. The topography of the area is characterized by rolling hills and ridges which are generally steeper in the upper reaches of the watershed. A fourt~ stream, Mines Subtributary, has its confluence at Corral Tribu- tary. Kettle Creek, a left-bank tributary to Monument Creek, has its headwaters on the western slope of the Black Forest, northeast of Colorado Springs. A 2-mile segment of the lower reach is within the U.S. Air Force Academy boundaries. Typically, the creek cuts a narrow, deep canyon. It has a drainage area of approximately 17 square miles, and is subject to urban development throughout much of the basin. Monument Creek originates in northwestern EI Paso County, west of the community of Palmer Lake and flows 35.7 miles to join Fountain Creek in southwestern Colorado Springs. It has a drainage area of approximately 238 square miles. From its source, this perennial stream flows easterly for approximately 8 miles, descending from a 9,350-foot elevation through precipitous canyons and transitional foothills to emerge near Palmer Lake at the 7,lOO-foot elevation. It then turns south and parallels the mountains for the remaining distance to its confluence with Fountain Creek. Fountain Creek is generally entrenched, with an average slope of approximately 30 feet per mile. Within the City of Colorado Springs, Fountain Creek has been channelized for approximately 7,000 feet. West of the main stem of the creek, the rough and broken mountain terrain vege- tation ranges from mixed coniferous trees to hardy shrubs and typi- ca: mountain grasses. East of the main stem, the high plateau descends gradually to generally rolling land covered by grass with some shrubs and brushes. Both coniferous and deciduous trees grow along the creek banks. Monument Cree~ Tributary flows southerly into the upper reach of Monument Creek near the community of Palmer Lake. The terrain consists of transitional foothills with poorly drained soils, which are covered with vegetation ranging fro~ mixed coniferous trees to scrub oaks and grasses. The flood plains are generally :imited to na~row strips along eac~ side of the low-water channel and lake. There is li~ited development, with most residential and co~~e~~ial develop~ent locatec outside t~e limits of the flood p:ain (Refer- ence 3). The Peterson ~ield Drainage is a left-bank tributary of Sand Creek, entering Sand Creek approximately 0.25 ~ile from its confluence 6