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<br />(I) near the mouth, 5trea~ crossings of, Santa Fe Drive, the Denver
<br />Md Rio Grande 'ill1stGrn Rallrood, and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
<br />Railway; <21 abou'ta half mile turther uDstre,1m, CityDltch:rosses
<br />on a flume; and 01 just abeve ~llevTe" Avenue the ,Vapahoe County
<br />Fairground~ 5.~ruddles the stream. Atcve Clarkson Street, the crefj~
<br />contln~e& through tre no~ly developed areas of Greenwood and ea5t~rn
<br />Littleton, and is crossed by the HI9hllne Canal at Sowth University
<br />Boulevard. The Green'~ developNent are~ ~as grown r~pidly ~nd Is
<br />""pected to hav" conslderahle future growth. Urban d,welopments ~r8
<br />al~o extendirnJ in the direction 01 southeastern Littloton. Initial
<br />development In this dlr&Ction hJS oc~n on tho higher groun~ oorderlng
<br />the flood ~Ialn, ovt It continueJ, wovld progress onto me relatively
<br />flat low ar~as along the stream, From about a half mile upstroam of
<br />Mapal\oe ROJd to the upper end of the study reach, the valley t~
<br />u1developecJnJ isutilizedforagrlcul+ural purposes.
<br />In tho Little Dry Creek stucy reach from South 8annock
<br />Street to 5o"th CI~rkS01 S~reet the flood plain an~ adjacent areaS
<br />are entirely urb"ni led. Tho Inwer elev~tlon<l enntain ,1 "~jor shoppl nG
<br />Genter and other" c;orynerciJ I "nd i ntu5tri~ I ceveIO:Jments. ResijentiC}1
<br />deve I op"1ents are I OCJt()~ on t~e adjaCent I> I Sho,- benche5. Oehleen
<br />South Clar~son Stroot Jnd Sowto Universl ty ,Xx. l"v,lrJ, tr.e vallev
<br />v~rias from dn uDen or unJeve 10p"J ~t"tu~, ,,1 th res identla I Jev" iep-
<br />nent conflne~ to the hl9~er elevations, to tho scattered residential
<br />developr>sntatCherryHlllsVlllage Intersoersedwithcr'opplng. Just
<br />u:Jstr~a~ trom South Clarkson STree~, City Oitch - ~ WJter supply fea-
<br />tJrc - cro""ss the stn,am throus;h an invnrt"j siphon. ^t South
<br />iJnivor5i ty Bo"J Icvdrd, HiJh I i n" Cana I - ~n irrigJtio~ structure -
<br />cros~,,~ t.he str,,~," in ,jn i"vert'lJ 5ipho~. Throv~hcut th", I~tter t"o
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<br />Dry Creek (Ar~p~hoe County)
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<br />DevelcpolOnts i r: the flood P I~ i "">
<br />"rOO1 the mOuth at the nort~ ndO'" of Lfttletoo up5tre~"
<br />to So~th CI~rkSQn Street, GI~ Dry C~cek lie" betw0eo tho c~"unltles
<br />of li ttleton ~nd E"Gle~'oo<f. The VJ Iloy Is bordered on IIOth s ic(>s by
<br />rcsidenti,,1 ~r'J<l5, out ()ev<<I'-'[}m!Jnt in tlw valley bettum I\d" been
<br />I iMlted to sca~ter&d cetrt'l{)rcia I I'Hlldl nJs, recrea~ ion ~roas, aod 50"1'"
<br />tr i "9~ res I dcnt I J I cnve lopr:-.e.ot. l.taJor "1<l~-t"<ld(' f0Jtur,.,~ I nC I.Jcc:
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<br />Up ~troam ot SO'Jth Univc~'; I ty Bou 18V:lrd, the :>asl n is toi nJ crepoGJ.
<br />.he little Yy Cr~e~ !Ioou pldin down~trcil:n of the 5tu~y
<br />~e'lch, t>et"een the routh dOJ South Ganrmck StreC't, is ~ l.-.ost enti relv
<br />uroar,IZOd. e. re5idontl~1 ~157rlct ~nd a multit.."tc d cQ/""tl\<Crcl~1 and
<br />i ndlJ~tr i (} I be I I d I n~5 ~re loca+"J '" the flOOd pl.,; n.
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