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<br />P:,ECIPITATlOrJ REPOlnl~i0 5T,~TI~~!~ ~ro M~~O up ~ri"1Jri 1'1 q/ cocperativ!l
<br />st~t;on~ ,"pported by fhe L~"v~r Wa~er Go~rd, the Corps ~t E~i~e~~~,
<br />~nd tile ',ie~"her Bure~u. T,"e~ty-ci~ht rGportin1 s~i:>tlons ,lre <l{1"r~-
<br />t;o",,1 i~ rhu bJsi~ abov8 'le~CGr50.~, C:JIO~JCO, ~~~ ,",Go~ c/ th","
<br />r8~ort Jirectly +0 t~c .,;,)~ther 3urASu .8ffic<l ~+ OBrveC Sta~I'3'1",
<br />"iedt. Two of tnose> st,,"'i 'Or, i n ~',e. Chp.rr',' (-"ok t)<l~,i n have -~,; i'l
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<br />+ol"m0try op"rateJ by the Corps 'If En~ i ~eers.
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<br />T~ls s~tiDn pre5e~ts the genp.ral ch~r~ct~rist;cs QL the
<br />s~re~ms cov',red by"'''' r"Dort, <Jrl~ a rOS'.Jme of t"o "'~,~~er rm:ords
<br />ot f I <nd i "S. Geo'.Ira~h i Cd II y the 5'1re,,,,.,s d I v 1 de into four groups:
<br />( I ) Ji J ;Jry dr"tC LI tt I e Ilry Cre>eks and Groe"wood GL- ic~ ; ~ .'.ra~;Jhoo
<br />Cou"ty; (2) 'lie;r, Lilkewood, '>out~ Lakewood i!nd tklntyrc Gulches;
<br />(3) Llttlo Dry Creek I~ ,~ja,",.s Coun~y; d1d (4) Gr~~ge H"II Crepk.
<br />I~ dlscu5sing 'Ihe strna~s in this s~ctio~, th~so groupinGs wlll ~e
<br />used.
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<br />T~Q flood co~itions o~ e~ch strenm v3ry depending upon
<br />thoir 'IoPOJrd~hy <lnJ ~evelor,"Qn~. ,~I I elevations ;n t~is report
<br />ara basea on t~le 1929 U.S. Coost and .Geodetlc Survoy me~n Sea level
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<br />(Ar,lp<l~OO ::ountyT - Group I
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<br />Sfre~m ~nd ~si~ Cr~r~~tsrislt~s
<br />Gig :'ry Cr"o~ ls tl10 fdrthost upstrlle" Soutl1 r La'lh
<br />tri~ut~ry ot thos0 included in tnis reror'l. It dr~ir"ts ~ o~sl~ ot
<br />ICl sr:uar,> "1lle" wi~t\ II long~h ot about 12 .,,;Ic,> ~nd ~r"t approx~
<br />i...,to .w"rrl~A ',;idtM nf I_~ ,"il~c.. T."" b-'.'~;n ~c~d~ io th" "i'Jhl<!n~~
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<br />50uth ot Denver in Dougl~s Co~nty ~"d slopes towar~ 't'IO north~"'5t.
<br />It is ch'Jraderized !'y roll;l'9hillsand ridqes, r,eMrallystoopor
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<br />i., TOC ~r~or b;)~i n. Tila <;TrC<lm rl sa<; <It about e I ",va't:"," G,3n" ,,,*,t,
<br />",eHn S''Id loWel. It fl(ll;s r>Or~hw"'5t"rly h) join the> South Platte
<br />.'l i ver at ~~out e I evotl on 5 ,3~0 ~"et a'l 'Ihe nor-th eo,:;e of 1.1 tt teton
<br />in ^rapoh~ Coun'ty_ The vall<ly ;s n~rrow. avoraging about a quarter
<br />ml '" In '~idh. Tne cM.,n,d Is 5i~uous wl+h a ~arrow flood pldln I~
<br />tM V-~hopcJ volley The stre~", groJiaM i5 r<llatlvely steep, having
<br />iI drop in e i..vfltlon of over 350 fe..t frO', t~~ .~r<1pa'lO{>-Dou'J I as County
<br />Line to Its mout!1 ~t t~e South PI.1Ho Rivec
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