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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />with Sulphur Gulch just east of Parker. About 0.4 miles of Tallman Gulch <br />are located within the jurisdictional boundaries of the District. The <br />entire 5.1 mile area through which Sulphur Gulch flows is planned for <br />residential development. <br /> <br />TABLE 1 <br /> <br />ORAINAGE AREAS <br /> <br />Stream and Location <br /> <br />Drainage Area <br />(Sq. Mi.) <br /> <br />Basin boundaries are shown on sheets 2 and 3 of the drawings in the <br /> <br />Appendix. The drainage areas are shown in Table 1. <br /> <br />Happy Canyon Creek <br /> <br />FLOOD HISTORY <br /> <br />Confluence with Cherry Creek <br />Dogwood Avenue <br />Confluence with Badger Gulch <br />1-25 <br /> <br />17.24 <br />13.70 <br />12.39 <br />6.60 <br /> <br />A limited amount of information is available on past flooding of the <br /> <br /> <br />streams included in this study. Most published accounts are generally <br /> <br /> <br />related to Cherry Creek with some reference to streams in the study area. <br /> <br /> <br />Discharge measurements, high water elevations, rainfall amounts and damage <br /> <br /> <br />records have not often been recorded. The following accounts of flooding <br /> <br />in the Cherry Creek basin are representative of typical floods for which <br /> <br /> <br />information is available. <br /> <br />Badger Gulch <br /> <br />Confluence with Happy Canyon Creek <br /> <br />2.92 <br /> <br />Newl in Gulch <br /> <br />Confluence with Cherry Creek <br />Jordan Road <br />Wes t Pa rke r Road <br /> <br />14.96 <br />13,83 <br />11.77 <br /> <br />Baldwin Gulch <br /> <br />July 1912 - Records indicate that 2.08 inches of rain occurred during a <br /> <br /> <br />two hour period on July 14, 1912. The heaviest precipitation occurred <br /> <br /> <br />between Franktown and a point about 5 miles north of Denver, with the <br /> <br /> <br />center located near Parker. The rainfall started at about 3:00 P.M. and <br /> <br />continued until approximately 5:00 P.M. Cherry Creek crested at about <br /> <br />10:00 P.M. and had a peak discharge of 25,000 cubic feet per second in <br /> <br /> <br />Denver. The Cherry Creek Flood Commission estimated that runoff occurred <br /> <br /> <br />from an area of about 200 square miles. Flood damages in the reach between <br /> <br />Franktown and the site of the existing Cherry Creek Dam and Reservoir <br /> <br />totaled $554,000. <br /> <br />Confluence with Cherry Creek <br />Pine Drive ' <br />SCS Flood Control Dam <br />Ante lope Tra i I <br /> <br />3.66 <br />2.48 <br />2.22 <br />1. 14 <br /> <br />Sulphur Gulch <br /> <br />Confluence with Cherry Creek <br />Confluence with Tallman Gulch <br /> <br />17.05 <br />15.68 <br /> <br />Tallman Gulch <br /> <br />Confluence with Sulphur Gulch <br /> <br />6.07 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />3 <br />