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<br />II-2 <br /> <br />The revised basin description, of which the Bates Lake and the Clear <br /> <br />Creek Planning Basins are a part, is defined by this study as follows: <br /> <br />Bates Lake <br />(Part of) <br /> <br />1-01-4300-03 <br />A ~ 1.32 sq. mi. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Since this basin is actually two separate basins, i.e. Bates Lake and <br />Clear Creek Planning Basins, the remaining basin characteristics have not <br /> <br />been defined. <br /> <br />The total area included in this study is 4.92 square miles (3148 acres). <br /> <br />The Hidden Lake Planning Basin comprises 3.08 square miles and the Bates Lake <br /> <br />Planning Basin comprises 0.74 square miles of the total area. <br /> <br />There are two areas that have been evaluated in the early phases of this <br /> <br />study that were found not to be an integral part of either planning basin and <br />are essentially separate basins draining directly into Clear Creek. The <br />easternmost of these two separate basins drains to Federal Blvd. and/or into <br /> <br />Clear Creek. The storm water from this area does not converge into a major <br /> <br />drainageway, but flows into Clear Creek via various storm drains and swales. <br /> <br />The second separate basin lies between Sheridan Blvd. and Federal Blvd. <br /> <br />along the north bank of Clear Creek. The north boundary of this separate <br /> <br />basin is the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks which, throughout most <br />of the reach, are on an embankment. <br />These two'separate areas have been combined into the Clear Creek Planning <br /> <br />Basin, which comprises the remaining 1.10 square miles of the total area. <br /> <br />B. Hi story <br />The urbanization of the Hidden Lake Planning Basin above or west of <br />Hidden Lake has occurred fairly recently, i.e. within the last fifteen years. <br />The area in Adams County, centered around the intersection of 64th Avenue <br /> <br />and Lowell Blvd., apparently developed just prior and subsequent to the <br /> <br />Second World War (1940-1955). The numerous ponds that are located within <br />