FLOOD00608

• Designation Number: 516
• County: Denver
• Community: Denver
• Title: Flood Insurance Study - Denver, CO, Volume I
• Date: 3/1/1996
• Designation Date: 5/1/2000
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

Table 1. Flooding Sources Studied by Detailed Methods

Stream Length and Location of Studv Area

South Platte River Approximately 11.1 miles, from the
southern corporate limits at West
Dartmouth Avenue to the northern
corporate limit~.

Clear Creek

Approximately 0.2 mile, at West 52nd
Avenue in the northwest portion of the
city.

Bear Creek

Approximately 3.0 miles, from the
corporate limits at South Wadsworth
Boulevard (State Highway 121) to the
corporate limits at South Lowell
Boulevard,

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Cherry Creek

Approximately 9.3 miles, from Interstate
Highway 225 to the confluence with the
South Platte River.

Westerly Creek

Approximately 2.7 miles, from Kelly Road
Dam (above 11th Avenue) to the confluence
with Sand Creek,

Lakewood Gulch

Approximately 2.3 miles, from the
corporate limits at Sheridan Boulevard
(State Highway 95) to the confluence with
the South Platte River.

Lakewood Gulch Overflow

From the divergence from Lakewood Gulch
to the confluence with the South Platte
River.

Dry Gulch (Lakewood
Gulch Tributary)

Approximately 0.9 mile, from the
corporate limits upstream of Sheridan
Boulevard (State Highway 95) to the
confluence with Lakewood Gulch.

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