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<br />Little Clry Creek, locilted in I\dans Jnd J",tlerson cou,,~ ies,
<br />is a left-tl~~~ tributary 01 C leijr Cr<)Ok. Tiw conf luence of tnese t'.'O
<br />streams i~ directiy dow~stre~~ of the point where the Coiorado and
<br />Sowt~ern Rai 1'II~y cr05~e5 Cloar Cr~~k. Tho watershed 01 Little Dry
<br />Creek i s rect~n'Ju I~r in shape, and drc,;ns 13.3 square mi les. It is
<br />about9mileslong'.ltho"".:lxi",umwidth,,lilpproxim.:ltoly2.7,"ilos.
<br />From its origi n in the hi 115 ~ a:>out a mi Ie and ha I f southwost of
<br />St~nd ley L~ke the Litt Ie LJry Creek villley slopes sO'"theast...ard to
<br />Clear Creek. Ju~t do"'nstre~m from Sheridan Boulevard, the stream is
<br />jo;ned byt"e Sha'. Heights Branch -e s"1all left-bMktribut<:lry
<br /><::r<:li n ing 1.5 sc:uare mllo~. Typic,,1 of the South Platte River trl bu-
<br />tilri es ~roun<J Denver, ni;!rrow va i I eys of tho upoor ~as i n gradua i I ~
<br />chJnge to wide, fI~t valley terrain near the mouth. Little Dry Greek
<br />rise~ ~t about elevation 5,658 feet, man sea leve I, dnd fd lis dbClut
<br />501) <<Jet i, its 8 ",110 COllrS" to 11 junction with CI<rMCreek in
<br />sGuthern'-\'ustrninister.
<br />As '"ith other smJl1 +ribut<:lryStr8JmS, thec"ilnnel can
<br />ICClotd i n un I y m i ,x:>r 1 I o~,. ,'0 add i ~ i anal f.~ctor I if:", I t i 'lq c."anne I
<br />Gapi;!city is trc cu Iverts i nstai I..d at the vilrlOl;s ro.1<j ~ro<;si ng~.
<br />:~<lny ~l~ve le"s Cilrac i t.y than tho i1~jaGont channe I ,lnd re5u I tin
<br />b"ck~ater- 1 load; ng nei;!rby lowlond5.
<br />The lower porTion of the Little Ijrv C....)e~ basi n, betw".,n
<br />tha mcuth il'ld t"e Ada'11s ~ Joiferson COllnty Ii t1e at Sheridiln n("JIJ levard,
<br />is I:>olngurb"nic"d, interspurs.><:witMLlgrTculture. IndustrlJI
<br />develop'l1ent is co,flt\ed to tho do,.nstreom drn;] near the moutM. Wp-
<br />"tn",," 01 Shllridan Boul.war~, the basin is almost entire I', agrlcul-
<br />tura I. fb'~ever, some scatterud ~""" 10;>n\ent ""5 I,een stJrte<: in the
<br />drei;! inTI"d i <lt~ I Y upstream 01 Sher i dan llou I Bvard. ',,' i th the aV~ I I ~~ Ie
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