FLOOD03503

• County: Jefferson
• Community: Golden
• Stream Name: Tucker Gulch, Kenneys Run
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Major Drainageway Planning
• Date: 9/1/1983
• Prepared For: Golden, Jefferson County
• Prepared By: UDFCD
• Contract/PO #: &&
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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SECTION III

. Clear Creek
. Tucker Gulch
. Cressmans Gulch
. Kenneys Run
. West Fork Kenneys Run
. East Fork Kenneys Run
. Tributary #1 to West Fork Kenneys Run
. Church Ditch
. Farmers Highline Canal
. Agricultural Ditch
. Welch Ditch
. Coors Diversion Works

DESCRIPTION OF STUDY AREA

Location

Tucker Gulch and Kenneys Run are left and right bank tributaries of Clear
Creek, with their respective confluences located approximately 350 feet and
600 feet downstream of the Ford Street bridge over Clear Creek.

The headwaters of Tucker Gulch, the left bank tributary, are in the foothills
of Golden Gate Canyon at elevations exceeding 8,400 feet (NGVD). The basin
genera 11y dra ins in an east to southeasterly di rect i on. At the confl uence
with Clear Creek, Tucker Gulch drains 11.43 square miles and the elevation is
approximately 5,640 feet (NGVD). Cressmans Gulch, having a drainage area of
1.48 square miles, is the major tributary to Tucker Gulch within the study
area.

The primary water supply source for the area is Clear Creek, which provides
recharge of groundwater aquifers and water for the agricultural and industrial
diversions. Tucker Gulch, Kenneys Run, and West Fork Kenneys Run drain to
Cl ear Creek, without di vers i on to other basi ns or intercept i on by 1 atera 1
canals. Normal flows from the East Fork Kenneys Run are currently intercepted
by Welch Ditch immediately downstream of the Boys School Road. Street flows
along South Golden Road are also intercepted by the irrigation ditch.

Kenneys Run, the right bank tributary, drains a total of 5.62 square miles,
whi ch i ncl udes a port i on of South Table Mountai n and Lookout Mountai n. The
high point in the basin is at the top of Lookout Mountain with the elevation
exceeding 7,560 feet (NGVD). U.S. Highway #6 crosses the basin in a north-
west/southeast di rection and forms a major sub-basi n boundary, di vidi ng the
total basin area approximately in half.

The tributary streams identified make up the study area and have limited value
as major water sources. Normal flows may be classified as trickle flows with
portions of the drainageways remaining dry most of the time.

Drainageway Descriptions

Other major transportation routes in the study area include State Highway #58
from the east and State Hi ghway #93 from the north. The Basi n Boundary Map
(Figure IV-l in the following section) shows other major features of the
basins.

The total study length of the major drainageways is approximately 5.5 miles,
including 2.3 miles in the Tucker Gulch basin and 3.2 miles in the Kenneys Run
basin. The following paragraphs provide a more detailed description of the
study area and identify stream reaches by name for further reference through-
out this study.

Water Resource Features

- Tucker Gulch -

Major water resources in the study area include:

The study area for Tucker Gulch begins at its confluence with Clear Creek and

ends immediately upstream of State Highway #93. Stream crossings within the
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