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SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN FLOOD <br />CONTROL INVESTIGATION <br />Priority 1 Hydrologic studies currently under active investigation. <br />(Priority 1 has been given to Denver region.) <br />1. Hydrology. Item - Discharge probability analysis. <br />a. Status - Complete <br />Locations: <br />General - all USGS gaging stations in South Platte basin <br />pertinent to flood control investigation <br />Specific locations in Denver region priority 1 status: <br />1. Waterton gage. <br />2. Littleton gage. <br />3. Denver gage @ 19th Street. <br />4. Henderson gage. <br />5. Ft. Lupton gage. <br />6. Bear Creek - gage at mouth near Sheridan. <br />b. Status - Expected to be completed by July 1959 (Priority 1) <br />Locations: <br />(1) Clear Creek, at W. 44th Ave. bridge, Wheatridge. <br />(2 ) Little Dry Creek @ Broadway St. crossing just south of <br />Hampden Avenue in Englewood. <br />(3) Tollgate Creek: <br />a. At mouth ( confluence with Sand Creek). <br />b. At Colfax Ave. crossing, southeast of Fitzsimons. <br />Hosp. <br />(4) Sand Creek: <br />a. At mouth <br />b. At Commerce Town - Brighton Blvd. crossing. <br />c. Near Morris Bros. housing development north of <br />Fitzsimmons Hosp. <br />Note: Balance of discharge probability analyses in basin <br />under priorities 2, 3, 4 & 5 to be accomplished at <br />later date (32 locations). <br />2. Hydraulics. <br />Items under study under priority one: Channel capacities; <br />restrictive effect of structures; overbank flooding con- <br />ditions. <br />- 1 - <br />