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<br />LAKE',\'(',GO:;ULCH, S007,'1 U,T<fJOJ Gl1~CH, ,~ND 'r;I',TYR[ 8'JLCH
<br />Croup 2
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<br />d~o~t elevation 1i.2j~ foot, ~O<lC S'~G I~\lel, aoJ flo','~ oo~'I)(,~st~'~~:
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<br />,,".J B~"t~~rJ t~rO~':j" [dgQF:O~~ "od the IJrJO' ere.'s of L~l;ewood a-d
<br />C;or:v8r ~o i, ":l{l" 1'-'''''1;t; '~i~h t.,,, Sodh P!oH" ?Iv"r, ,w~t~""," 'ro~
<br />',','ust ::::ol/.'iX \v~rue, i}'t ilbo~t cl.~v~tlo' 5,258 feet, ","~n $"iJ '"vel.
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<br />Strc,","'or.dl1eslnCharacterlsties
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<br />IJear thl! '" I d~o I nt of it., GOU rse throuq~ Denv"r, tre Sou t~
<br />Platte River is joine~ fr~. the wo~t by Woir Gulch, a left b~nk t~ibu-
<br />tary. Typi~al of the ~inor South Pla~te trlbutarios In t~e C~nver
<br />ar<'la, tho 'i'ieir Gulch 'ilslnof 7.7 $quare"'il% is rel"tivelv Ion,] er1
<br />s! erder, bo i "'J about e. 4 '" i I,.,s 10"9 <:lna averag i "9 a I i tt I(J 'ess t~a~
<br />a cd Ie In width. Tho "Iilin channel originates i~ t,.,o Sre,,~ :budai"
<br />area I~ Jefferson County, Colo~edo, and crains northea5~erly through
<br />the KencrlCk L~ke5 r~glon to its co~fl"0nce with the South Platto
<br />Rlvcr ath'est 9th Avenue. Topogril:lhlcallvthoupperbasln lies i,
<br />the ste<'lo, rough terrain of G~ccn "buntain, the ",lddle b~~in is
<br />cha r ~cte r i "cd by steep to rr) i I I n~J hi' Is, a nd the lower bas i n lies or
<br />tho f I "t South PI attc River p I a in. T~e 'Iill lev is rilther brOild <'lr~
<br />undd i ~e1 I n the Jppcr ~asi n. Relo'~ GarrTson Stroot, the va Iley
<br />is 1eeper, better dCf i nee., arc.' rarrO'>i, ~vo"'ag i'9 only 0 c:u"r+"r r1i Ie
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<br />Tipic<11 0; en", ..,iocr SouH. Plo+to tribJtaries, hp. v~IIBY is n"r.-()'"
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<br />r'-,ro~':j',,,,-,t, "v'Yi"ji"'j db"u~ d qu~rter "ile in ,,'idfl, io ",[) lowor
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<br />roaCles ~,<I le5s "psrro~". St~e", e,lop('s arc- s~,"(}pest i" th" ',ppor
<br />~as i c. avnra~ i "'3 4QJ feet pEr !Oi Ie "pstr')ij," frolO ,ieo,t fth ,\V0,'LJf\.
<br />8ro<l i ",n.-., re<l~ce soarp I y i n T'1~ d'rwnstre'J'n ro,,(~cs evcra'] i "''; or I y
<br />"bOut n 'Got perd:o Jo,,"ostreaC1 fro.., llest [,th ,'.VGnce.
<br />South Lu:{!'.'ooc .c;u IcI1 is a 5'",,1' ri3~t ba,k +ri~utlry ,!,
<br />~~ko'''ood GJlc~. Tho ~d~ln, crls-iNtioo in T1e fo,'J~~ills of ']rOGn
<br />\'lQuntain, clrJin5 about 2 squ"re mi les ~"d 'n., a'7 ,'pprOXi'1"Te Ip.n"t'l
<br />ot 4 ."lles d~d an dVord'je widtll of " hdlf ",i Ie. The strea.r:l h""<ls
<br />near tho Conyer Fa~oral C",.1t"r Jnd flo", in e no-t-h"dsterl,! diredioo
<br />dboot 2.6 r'i les t..,rOJgh Lak,,'~ood to its c01fluonce '~ith L"k"'>iood ,C Id
<br />at Harl~n St~e(!t a"O'Jt 2.5 mi los "pstr",,," fror> the S"ut., PI ~t+9 'ii ver.
<br />Its valle,! is n~r"O'" M,d typie:,1 of minor S"ut~ PI~T~G !li,,~r -rrihut~ries.
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<br /><lr I"ss Ir, width. ~ike thp. otner I'ri:,u~"ri",~ ir' ~'''' ~'..nv~e "re~,
<br />strOJ"1 s!oP()~ on ".'0ir GuIC'1 ~n, cO"'''C1ra~ivclv st~c". aver'~gi09 201)
<br />+"ct ~",r ."i Ie lJrstr('<',,,, oi G~rr'~o" S+rei:'t dC'J "0 +0'" ,,.,r ".i ,{! dc'''~-
<br />stnMII. T!,,, d,,,nnlll c~p~cjt\' is '>'1all, wjth furt'ler resTrictiQ~s
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<br />"oCln7v~e GulCh, ",',ie,o is t~c lor,yost ri~nt banK ~ri~"terv
<br />oi L~K.i:'~""d GIJld, dr~ins alm~t ':.'; ~q'R~,,''''i 105 ~f dBVO!Or',.j ~rCJ.
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<br />Si",i I;;r ~.-, Lokc'"ooc ';'"lc'1, j'h>> dr~i",,~.. ",r,,~ of this S~-..i;" ",,~cjs ,~
<br />8roen i"~(j"nf"ln ;n J"ff,,"so., County. nw I(",,~r "alf of th<, '"dl~r,h",1
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<br />:",~CSDJ ~, 'TIJ,"" c^T~c"":':'i :.;;.,~ cu:..."rT~. ihe~" ~r(: "ft..,;. ~hO~0J ~:~h
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<br />!~ ~::~T:V::,! ~'l"~:\", co,"'~~"o~ '...:,~ t~c cr~~" c.~!'. ,~: "~~or ;J~~T!O"
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<br />1eDri s a~d zi It.
<br />Just downstr<M," fro", ',1,,1 r eL, ICh o~ the; $o"t., PI att..
<br />r.ivor is L"Ks'o'IOOd Gulcn, cl.,onor l(ilt 000k trlbu-r~ry. Irs b"sln 1$
<br />abOut 18 O'i Ie., h lec<;+~, wi th thi:' I<;l\u)r th ir,J ~I>out ~ ha I f r-i Ie in
<br />width, and ~~" upp0r t'~o-th;ed~ aho,-,t 1,5 .,i I('~ '~i:je. Fr?fll ;t~ hOJ1
<br />dt Green '.\ounta i ~ in Jeff,"r:;"~ COun"-Y, the b~s i n si':lOes il"sh,ard
<br />to'.'i)rd t~e South rlilHe !liver, draln\ n9 ')OD~oxi",,,taly 15.') 5~uare
<br />"lies. 3elo'~ the sta"p, rough te~r~i n of Green ,'-buntai n. the topo-
<br />~r,1"hy is char,,;;terizw by ~iJ,iO\; "nd roll in\! c,; II~. Lak,,'~ocd Gulch,
<br />a~ou"- 0.5 "': I~s long, hG,~ds o~ t~o "oe~~ side 01 Groen 'lourtdh at
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<br />ot the :.>esi n ; S chclra~h>rllcd by t'le st"e'3r tGrr~l n of Gr",," 'bun'di n,
<br />'Jut t..,c ~"""alndcr of tho ba~in topO<faphy i$ ccnr>o~()(1 of rid~8~ and
<br />rell i~,; ni lis. I"clntyre r:;uich ~()(Jins :on t"" n()rh"a';tc~n sid" 01
<br />'~r""n '.\(>"".ttlin at ~tK)lJt ('JI()v"tln~ 6,'l!1~ fe,,,t, ""'~;, S'''' levAI, 1~d
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<br />flows norn~dsterly .tliroug~ t"le Denver Fe,deral C"c+er ~nG La~"'>iood.
<br />T'", ,tee.:.'" joi~s ..Jko'.ood C-' lei, just upstrOJm of 'iiJJc,'~Qrth ikrJ IcvJrr.
<br />~t abcuf (\Ie"<lfion 5,4J[l feet, mean sea I"vol.
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<br />Th~ t;h.,n'Wh "f tht'se str""m5 Jenenllly h'a',,, cu"",i h
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<br />G~ly for r-i~or Gisc~orges. wit~ storM runoff Ir","uentl,! "oi~] ove~-
<br />b~rk. Th" s~rect :r05~ir,sc, disC) ca.' pas~ onl" tl,~ I<csser ;::'c~li)r""",
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