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<br />Three main creek.\< and thei< tributarIes are the subject of these hyd-
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<br />rologie investigations.
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<br />They are Fountain Creek, )1"""um"nt Creck, ~nrl BiZ
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<br />Colorado Springs and 81 Paso County, Colorado
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<br />Sandy Creek.
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<br />Plates 2 tht" 9 show these watersheds and the 1t tr:tbu~ar ies.
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<br />The 1>urrOH' of thi" rerort in to j'TCr,C~C the h~sis and
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<br />Fountain Creek originates abobt 7 miles northwest of Pikes Peak in the
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<br />n's"l to of tho ~y<h-olt'<:it ~nillysis requirc,! for n fJoo~ in."rilnee stucy
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<br />mountains of the Rampart Range north~est of Colorado Springs and flows
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<br />of at<:". in El ra~o County, C"lor.,<1o, sllh.i~tt, to floodint, fror" Fountain
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<br />in a sou"heastcrly direction through a narrow steep-walled canyon Wher~ it
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<br />Creek, l!onu:~ent Cr~ck, and tribut<lriH of troae creeks, ,,-nd hom nif:
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<br />emerges on the high plains at Colorado Springs.
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<br />Elevations range from
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<br />SandyCreeknnd trihutari..sdrainineintothetoh'nsofCnlhanan<lr.""'"h.
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<br />.14,110 feet at Pikes Peak, thI'ough 5,950 at the mouth of Monument Creek in
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<br />lIapsshOl,ingthes""rons"r"presente<l;l:'Platcs la"d2.
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<br />Colorado Springs, to 5,150 feet at the southern county line. Ground cover
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<br />inthc:highcrnrea.cincludeaspen,spruce, pine, and native grasses" The
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<br />2. T~_is report presents the results of a
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<br />r,e~uencJ" anul;sis for Fountain
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<br />bedrock creek channel averages 50 feet in width above the foothills where
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<br />(;reek, lIonuc-,er:t Creek, and tdbucadcs nf
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<br />tl'es~ c,"ccks, and Bif'; SMHJ)'
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<br />the Rampart R~nse mountains transition into the. high pla.in~. This tran-
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<br />Crcck nn~ trihuteldc5 draining into the ,tol..'r.' of (;:.11"", ond 1(0,,,,1,.
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<br />sition"lareavariesfromrOUBltrideeformationstomoregenrlysloping,
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<br />fr~~ue"c;" p<tra",eters for ,wl1-urbnn area.' ,'ere C~V(,]op~~ f,"om "I.;~"".,l. for
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<br />n3rrow-eopp~d mes<ts_th~t bc~r ccd~r, onk, pine, pinon, <tnd native grasses
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<br />Es ~i,.,;ltir:g Flo,,~ Ch:lr"c teris _its of ~:atllr",l-rlo" Streams i!> Color~<1o" by
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<br />Jer.alcJ F. l:cC"in 'lnd Rohert D. .1arrett, n.s. C~olo.:i.c<tl S~rvcJ"'
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<br />dOt\ of the ~e\"olor"'''t\t of frc~,lIency r.,rel,,".c trrs [0' ,,~l,.,n :lreM ~~d the
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<br />6. After lenv1ng the urban area of Colorado. Sprit\Bs, Fountain Creck
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<br />c(>",.bLn~tion of ru~al "rid urb _n ~rc~s is ~I"o present~cl.
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<br />flows in a southern cli~eetion.
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<br />Do...n'tH,am of Colorado Springs, the
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<br />rount3il1'~ wcstcrn w~rer~hed lie~ in the tr~n~itjon~l foothill arca n~
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<br />Hasi" rl1"",~t~risti"".
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<br />"I 1'.0.'0 COIL"ty is 100eltr:,! nt nhout (-1,(' oe~ter
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<br />described in the prec.eding paragr~ph, ...hile the eastern poni"n is p'i-
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<br />of Colo,.~do .'s "hOlm ill thc .iti.nity rr,,,1' on l'latc 1. Tl:t' tit)" of Color",'o
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<br />'nRrily gently rolling high plains with a fe~' rough "reas and
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<br />sparse
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<br />Sl'riq:s is tI,p l',i,,01l'.,1 l'o~ulntion eC:1tpr in n P."o County. 'r.n tile
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<br />vegetation including ~nge brush, cnctus, and nativ" grasses" The flood
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<br />"'\\,tll",." f,.inf,"" of Color",!" ~:,rir:~" "r~ tf.~ ""in"or~()";.te<i <"''',"unitic"
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<br />plllln 1" sc~ttert'd with clumps of eotto""ood ne..., "alt c"d,,"', ;lnd nthe,..
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<br />~hk~ u"cl,,~growlh aloLlg th~ "r"ek banks.
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