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<br />. <br /> <br />10. The headwaters are fed from snowmelt and rainfall runoff during the <br /> <br />late fall, winter,and early spring. During the sununer months the flo",s <br /> <br />are the result of thunderstorms or general rains over the entire water- <br /> <br />shed. <br /> <br />11. The scrub vegetation growing :1:11 the' higher elevations is typical of <br /> <br />southern Colorado's foothill regions whe;re fairly rough, broken terrain <br /> <br />usually prevails, At lower elevations the terrain and vegetation are <br /> <br />typical of the southern high plains of Colorado. <br /> <br />12. Dry Creek is also a north-bank tributary of the Arkansas River. <br /> <br />The banana-shaped watershed, spanning a distance of '5.5 miles from the <br /> <br />headwaters to the mouth and with a maximum width of 1.3 miles, constitutes <br /> <br />a drainage area of about 5 square miles. Elevations in the watershed vary <br /> <br />from 5,270 feet at the headwaters to 4,608 feet at the Arkansas River <br /> <br />confluence. <br /> <br />13. An ephemeral stream, Dry Creek originates at the southern extremity <br /> <br />of Baculite Mesa in the high plains northeast of Pueblo and flows in a <br /> <br />southerly direction to discharge into the Arkansas River between Pueblo's <br /> <br />Booth Street and Neilson Avenue. The creek flows are the result of snow- <br /> <br />melt and rainfall runoff during the winter and early spring. During the <br /> <br />summer months, the flows result from thunderstorms or general rains over <br /> <br />the entire watershed, <br /> <br />.,. <br /> <br />14. The terrain and vegetation are typical of the Colorado high plains. <br /> <br />3 <br />