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,. . .. I. . . . . . . . '. . . '. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,. . . . , STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION Community Description Adams County is located in east-central Colorado north and east of the Denver metropolitan area, and includes several suburbs of Denver. The county is bordered by Weld and Morgan Counties on the north, Jefferson and Boulder Counties on the west, Denver and Arapaho Counties on the south and Washington County on the east. Brighton is the County Seat of Adams County and is located north of the Denver metropolitan area, The municipalities of Aurora, Arvada, Broomfield, Commerce City, Federal Heights, Northglenn, Thornton and Westminster are located completely or partially within Adams County and are generally included as part of the Denver metropolitan area. The towns of Watkins, Bennett and Strasburg are also located within the county, approximately 20 miles east of the Denver metropolitan area. Table 1 presents the estimated population in July 1999 for those entities covered under the FIS (Colorado Division of Local Government Demography Section). Table 1. ommumtv opu abon Community July 1999 Estimated Population Adams County 330,285 Town of Bennett 1,997 City of Brighton 17,627 City of Commerce City 17,198 City of Federal Heights 10,302 City of Northglenn 31,528 City of Thornton 77 .484 c p I . The area studied for the FIS includes the unincorporated areas of Adams and those municipalities located completely within Adams County generally updated to the time of the study. These municipalities include Bennett, Brighton, Commerce City, Federal Heights, Northglenn and Thornton, Those municipalities which straddle more than one county continue to have individual FISs, Watershed Description Adams County is situated in the South Platte River basin on the eastern slope of the Continental Divide, The South Platte River flows generally from south to north through the county. Several small and intermittent streams, which primarily flow during precipitation events, generally flow from south to north within the county and are tributary to the South Platte north of the county, Clear Creek is a perennial stream which originates at the Continental Divide and is tributary to the South Platte in the southwestern portion of the county, Elevations of the county range from 5700 feet in the southern portion of the county to 4550 feet in the northeastern portion of the county, Gaging stations are located within the county on the South Platte River and Clear Creek, Gaging stations are also located on several canal diversions and tributary streams throughout the basin, 2