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<br />nE I" GULCH, LAKE',;:):)" GULCH, SOUP" LAKE'^'C1OO GlIL:::H, A.'J<J '~~ II;TYRE ClUlCH
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<br />~"out Ol~"'d~io" "-,r': t"o~, "ococ se., I~YI'oI, anc 11"_"1 rDr~'lc"st,'"~d
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<br /><lr,; ,,~,t~,)~cr throu,ll' E~:I'",""rt ~,d the IJc~an arc,)~ ot Laku,'oocl a~(:
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<br />Stn,~"l and Q,osln Charactorlstics
<br />riear the r' i d;>o I nt of i ts ~CIJCS" throuq~ DIl~V8r, top. S'>Jth
<br />PI~tt~ illy"r is Joi ned fr"", Hi" '~"st by 'o'ei r G'J ICh, a I"f't b~n< tr i bu-
<br />tary, Typical of the ~i~or South Platte tribut~ries I~ t~e ~e~Yer
<br />aren, the \'0 i r Gu I ~h bas i n of 7,7 square ., I I es 15 re I ~t i Y{) I y long <ln~
<br />slondor, being about 8.4 '111p.s longnndily{)ril'l;ngi! little liJssthan
<br />a mi Ie in width. The main channel ortghat"~ In th~ G~(jen ',IoLJntJln
<br />~~ea In Joffo~son County, Color~do, ~nd dru;ns northeasterly t"~ou8h
<br />tho Kend~lck Lakos rogion to its eonflue~ce wit1 the Sou~h Piatto
<br />Rlvec at l'lost 9th Ayenue. Topogruph ic~lly tho 'Jp"er basi n I i,," In
<br />the st"eD, rov!]" tor~at~ of G~W)' 1',lountet n, the midd Ie bas i n Is
<br />characterl zod by steep to roll i n<1 hills, anc the lowe~ basi n I ;es on
<br />th" f let 50"tl', PlaHe Rlyor pla;~. TI'e yalley is ~uther b~O<ld and
<br />Jndef;ned in the uppo~ basl~, 8elo~ Gar~lson St~eet, the valley
<br />Is doepo", bette~ defined, an~ nurro',,', aYe~aJI.ng only Q quarte~~; Ie
<br />or Ip5S i, "Idt,n. Like tl1a other t'rl~'JtM;e5 in r'lC )cn'/er ~r",~,
<br />5trcd~ S Iv~cs on l'le i ~ Go I ch ~re ~OI'J"r"t; ve I y steep, ~vera'l T nJ 2(':('!
<br />faot pe~ ,,: Ie u;,strec1" of r;~rrI5on Stre<Jt d'ld 50 feet' per ",tic JC~'n-
<br />str()arr,. T,,, cl'a"n,,1 cueaci t,. io 5mn II, '#ite further ~S5~r ictions
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<br />J(;nYl}r to" corlll,cncc ',:it~ ~ho Scutl' ~:atte :11',9~, ~~st~,)d~ frOIn
<br />';.'o~t ColfcJX ,\van~", ,,- ",b(;u~ aloy~t;O," 5,250 leet, "u"~ sea level.
<br />r,.p i C~ I of t!1a '"; ,,'Or SCl,j t', rl"tta tr i b'Jta' ies, t',e ya I I~y ; S 'ur,,,,,,'
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<br />thn;ug!lC"t, dVer,,'] i og ilCO'Jt a ~',Elrter ',1i Ie In 'dl,lrh 10 .n" lowe'
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<br />rOuches J,,, IW:'3 ~p~tr"Qh1, ~trC,J'" ~Icpc~ uro steopest 10 the upoe-r
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<br />b;.,sin, ilvnr"gi~g ~O'j ieet ~~r "II~ UrStrE),'" fro'" 'o'u~t IOn ,\venue.
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<br />3CilJients ~ecJce "'il~~I,! In ~11e dC'nnstrc"" r8Jcr1~~ aYe~ur,irS on'i,!
<br />about 7G tnot r^~r ,',I I e ~o'#nstrea., fr'O"l l'les~ Gte rIY(!'lU",
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<br />Souto La~n~'ood Gulch is a ,;mall ~I~ht vaek trl~,"tary ct
<br />U~(""'oo~ 3u lei',. Tb" basin, orIGinct;,g In th() I08th; i Is of ';reen
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<br />I'.'<)untdl~, dr'Ji~s ahout 2 'q<Jdre mile, an~ 11as ,-,.., upJroxl'1,"~G lo~g~~
<br />of 4 ",i IllS ;leu an iJv"ra~e '.'idth of <3 h,,1 f '1lle. H,e st~"~,, n,,~d5
<br />n(j,,~ the Do~y"r FeJ"r31 C,,~tcr Ilnd flows In a r',C~He~~te~ly di~eetton
<br />.'),,(lIJt 2.0 miles throeJ"h ~~~"woorl to ih c0nfl~"'nc" .'it'1 L,lke'>fQO~ ',ulch
<br />Clt fklrlim Street ODout 2" 'li IQS uostrca'o frC'n the South r'latt'" ~;Yer,
<br />Its va Ile'l Is n~r-(l'., ",nd tyo it;d i 01 "i nOr South Platte Riyer t~I')1. r<lcl 0'"
<br />I'e 11tyro G,.. I ch, ',;h; co I s toe I ar'J"$t r i q,ot ,>~nf, ~r; ~;"tary
<br />of L~kewood "'Jlco, dratns e:)OLJt I,.r, S~'J~r", r'1i I()~ 01 d.welor"'" ar"".
<br />Sir'1lla~ -to Lekc'~ooG ~",'Ic:', ..~:) d-a:ril<;O ~rea ')f thi5 st-ec, oc,)ds at
<br />,';r8('."' :~our,tain in Je<f8rson County. T~e lo,;e~ h,llf of The ~"~~rsl,p,1
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<br />i",~oh,"J bv marlY o~rrc:n;;Jly ic>r:~ c.~I,'..,r1'~. il'''5~ ",'" o/~an chokod ,.it",
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<br />i 5 re I~, iYo Iy n.,rrcw, ,;c>!:'pdr"" ~ i til tile, "peor "" If. .he "rp"r portio'l
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<br />debrl~ and silt.
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<br />0' ~ho bA,in ;5 cIFlrr1cteri!cu by tho s~~"'r ~erraln of Gre,'n r',olJnhln,
<br />b'Jt Ihc rQ'",,;n,;cr of tllO O.l~in topC(.'raphy is composed of rld~gs a~
<br />~clllnC) h;lls, :kinty~e Gule" bil0tns on ti\" r,,'")rt',ua~t(}r~ side of
<br />;,ccee :ioLlnt~ I n "t ,1bo"t "liOY(ltion (\,~I\~ feet, mean sea lev"l, and
<br />flo',,', no~~llea,tc~ly nlroug~ the Decyer Fednrei Cede~ ~c~ LJ:~e'#ood.
<br />T~c st~c,,", Joln~ LJk()~ood Gulc~ J~st upst~OJm I;1f 'A'"dS''''QrH ,1Qul(;v~rd
<br />at clboet e levatio" 5,400 tge I. m"'d~ ~ed lew,l.
<br />.~() Ch,lMc:ls of the~il 5t~B"m<; ,,('ne~a Ilv h<1'1(, earile; ty
<br />0,' I y for mi nor ~15Ch!!rr)os, wtth star" rlJ,,,tf fre'1u~n+ I '{ qo; rv" ,l<Ier-
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<br />Just ~own5tr()d'~ tro,,, ':Iel r Gu Ich on -tile SOJ~h Platle
<br />Hiver ;s Lil~e,,,'Q[)d GelCh, ueotlle~ lett :>~n~ ~rlbuta~y. I~~ b,,~in I~
<br />dUU"t 10 mi les ; n longt~, w It 'I the 10"ur third abo<Jt a ',a I f mi Ie In
<br />'~idth, a~d th" upper t~'o,"tl,irds 3bo'r 1.5 ",il~'s '~;d~, FrOf'1 i~s head
<br /><It G~ile~ ',1ountiltn in J<Jffcrson County, the basi n 51cpes cust'wurd
<br />to#Jrd the 5o..to Platte RIYer, drdining dpprox;~atcly 15.9 square
<br />mllos. Jela" 1"'Ie s1"eep, rOv"h terra i n of Green I;OLJnt'J;~, the topo-
<br />grJp~y;5 Ch,1~,Jct,,~tzed by rl~g"'; and rollin8 ~tli$. L~kc"CXld Gulch.,
<br />a)o"t 9.5 ,,:Ies I"e:.. heJcs On the ~Qr"~ sld!il 0' Sree~ ~,'ol!~~a;" "t
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<br />bU1k. The ~.r<.'ct cro~~ir,:,;~ "lsoJ c", pJS~ 001'1 ''Ie lesser JI;.:::I'~r~"5,
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