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<br />(I) nedrthemouth,stredr:1Crosslngsof,SantaFeDrive, theOonve,
<br />and 'lie Grande ~'e5tern "aT I road, and Atch Ison, Toceka Jnd Santa Fe
<br />Railway; (2) d~OU1- a he I f mile lurt""r ucstrean, Ci ty Di teb crosses
<br />O~ Il f lome; and (3) Just a~ove r:e Ilev ie'" Avenue the Ari'oahoe County
<br />Fairgrounds strode Ie; the strea~. Above C!a~kson Street, the creok
<br />CQntlnues throujh t1e ne~ly develope~ arCaS of Groenwooq and eastern
<br />L 1tt leton, and Is croS5od by th" l'lgh I i ~e Sana I at South UnlvorsTty
<br />8oJlevard. T~e Greenwood deYolop~en~ area has grown rapidly and 15
<br />ox~ected to have considerable future growth. Uroan develop~"nts are
<br />alsoextondir>J In the direction of southeastern Littleton. Initial
<br />deva lo~rnent 1 n th i" direct 1 on has 'Ofln on the higher ground bordor i nG
<br />the flOOd plain, o~t If continued, would progres5 onto ~a ralatively
<br />flat low arCil5 a 10"9 the strear'l. From abo~t a ~"I f ",i Ie up~trea," of
<br />.'\rilp"h08 ~,oJd -:-0 the UpJor end of the ~tudy roach. the v,~ Iley IS
<br />"~dav,,,lopoc and I, uti I I zed for llgrlcu I tural purposes.
<br />In the Litrla ~ry Creek ,tudy rSJch-from South G~nrQC,
<br />Stn,et to SO"1"O CI<!rkson Streot t~e flooc ~1,~ln n~d 8'IJaccnt ~r<)ilS
<br />are e~tlrQly urbn~lzej. T~e lower elev~tlons cont~;n 11 ~ejor seoo,inG
<br />center ,lnd other ~CM'"ero:a I "0<1 I n~'.J5rr ia I develoJmcnt5. ~os I deJtl ~ I
<br />develop'OOn'ts "re IXJt"d o~ t,c adj"con~ oignor ~E'oChO." 8c~'''0er,
<br />:Oo'J+h CI3rksol' Str~,?t an~ Sou~h I.Inlv"'r~ I 'tv :leu lev,,,'d, th<>. Vi!, Iley
<br />varies from nn o[)sn or undevt.'lopoc shtus, '/lite ~<l51~,,~tl~1 ~"vpl('lp-
<br />ment confined to t"e ~I~h"r olcv,'tlo~;, to tho 3Cllttero<: re~ldA"ti~1
<br /><j,wclonrn,,,t ~t :;;horr', Hill~ VIIIJ8B in~crso~rs"d \'lith ~rop;1lng. Ju<;t
<br />'-';Jst~e"," fr()l'Tl South (";I"rkson Streot, CI~y DI'tch ~ " w"j,,~ suooly te~-
<br />brc - ~r05sa5 the s'treaOl th'-ougr ~n iovert..d slph()n. ,\t South
<br />iJ<livcrslty GoUlo>Vd~:l. 1'1~]hllno c.J"~i - ~n IrrigJ~ic~ ~tructur~-
<br />cross,,"s tl,e ~tro"", In ar I nvortec sl ;Jhon. Throu'jnoc't tl\<'J lat+er two
<br />r(;)aches, rBS I Jan t i" I u"'v~ I op'lunt I S o~~roach I ng I n the up I dnJ~,
<br />Up str.]a"l oj SO,,~h d"iv..r~lty '1""I..v"r~, t~", ~,~~In Is b"jr~J <,;r<)~i'"d,
<br />Tho Littl ~ ')r,. Cree~ f 1O()<j P 1<3 i n Jow~stre~'" o' j'h" stu,jy
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<br />Po~ontial Flood Dopths
<br />Colorado I ndLJ~tri,11 *,ok
<br />Sou+h lIroaJ'~dy just :Iorh of Lit'tle
<br />)ry Creek (Arapahoe Counry)
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<br />D()VDiop"'cr_-!'_~~th"FIOGd rlain~
<br />F~r)tll tt.f' mouth "t tl,~ "'(>'-+~ ",d~'" !If Littl"t(\n LJn,~r"~,"
<br />to Sojfh Clilr<sn., S'tr~"t, '11!'] ~ry Creek 11M b"+W8(); the CO."1"LJ~itiu<;
<br />of Littl()tcn end ""'Jlewood. 7h" Yilllev Ts Dordered 0'" both sides Ov
<br />~e~11~nti,,1 ~r~"~, b'lt d('velojlr:lent In tho v"II,,',.' hotr1;m1 "as ~'CD"
<br />Ij'nlted to 5c~'ttore~ cUf",erciQi bul Idi"1S, ~ocr(l.ltlo~ "~O~5, <'!nd so,"e
<br />tri "']e res [d"YI" I o,.v~ lo~,",'"~. Ihj"~ ".~n-"""0 .,,~tLJr.'e, ;,,~ I Lid",
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<br />r""oh, oP.tw€'~o thH 'OI.Juth and S""th HilM()Ck S~r",'t, ir, ~I=st ontlrelv
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<br />ur~"nlz()~. A res;ut.'n~I~1 district ~nd a ~lJltltude ,,1 c"""",,rei,, I "nJ
<br />i"dl.,;lri,,1 louiIJT"'j~ ~re I'->c~fed Ir, r",8 fl'm,' pl~;n.
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