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<br />Ulnd Use and SoUs <br /> <br />Study R<lsch~" <br /> <br />Soils in the bssin are variable. The northwes~ portion of the hasin <br /> <br />The atudy..r"" map ,,"'s i1ivid<,d into atr<,a<l reaches because of <br /> <br />inCludes shallow to moderately deep soil. developed on ~ranites. Th<, <br /> <br />si~nificant differences in flood plain topo~rapby, hydraulic <br /> <br />Western area includes soils associated with sandstone, shale, and limestone <br /> <br />characteristics, "ndmagnltudc<.lfdlschnrres. <br /> <br />bedrvck. Moderately deep ~ravelly svils on small plateau or mesa areas make <br /> <br />Theenclvsedstud yare a map (tndexllIap)..hnwsthe locationofe..ch <br /> <br />upmost of th"northeast portion of the hasin. Sollaoftheirriratedland <br /> <br />reach. Reach distances are as followS: <br /> <br />are predominately deep of moderately deep loams over shales, sandstone or <br /> <br />Ahout67 percent of the haaln is forest and ranll;e land. Tbenatural <br /> <br /> Reach Number Len!';th-Miles <br />, Boxelder Creek 4.R9 <br />, Boxelder Creek 1.67 <br />, Boxelder Creek 1.03 <br />, Boxelder Creek Q.56 <br />5 Soxe1der Creek 0.67 <br />, lWxelderCreek 0.61 <br />, Coal Creek 0.85 <br />8 Cod Creek 1.13 <br />, Co., Creek 0.52 <br /> TOTAL 11.93 mites <br /> <br />gravels. The larref drainar"s are predominately alluvial solIs of loam to <br /> <br />clay loam in text~re. <br /> <br />cover on the rangelands consist of mixed grassland and ahruh plant <br /> <br />communities. Ponderosa pine and Juniper trees ~"ke up the forested areas. <br /> <br />Cropland and hayland IUlke up 27 percent of the basin and the remaining 6 <br /> <br />percent 1s dedicated <<HalHe and r>iscellaneous areas. <br /> <br />The Town of Wellington and the communities of Buckeye and Waverly are <br /> <br />The various exhibits incl"ded in this report are relat<,.d tothes e.....,."'h <br /> <br />within the hasin. <br /> <br />des1l!natlons. <br /> <br />StodyLtmit. <br /> <br />Th('l""erstudylimit is,.bo"c4.S..il..s abov" the confluence of <br /> <br />lI""plrlpr r.rp~k with tbe Cache_ 1'1 Pood..e River and extends upstream alonl'! <br /> <br />BOKelderGreektoapoint 1/2 miles north of WellinJ7,ton, Culorado. The Coal <br /> <br />Creek flova plain, from Its confluence ~lth Boxelder Creek (1.0 milc south <br /> <br />"f WcUin!,:ton) tc> a ooint 1/2 milc" north of Wellington, Is doo included in <br /> <br />thls study_ Bolh lkrxelder Creek and CoaL Gf~ek flow- throu,o:h the TOIm of <br /> <br />Weltinrton. These Ilre the only stre"",reache" W'tthln thc study area that <br /> <br />inv"lve ,~n urban c","",unHy. <br /> <br />The wtel len~th of floud pt!il" lnd",1ed in rhi, .tudy is 9.,';) ",,11e3 <br /> <br />1l.1cn)l: Boxe1der Cre"k :>nd 2.50 mile" .~lr"'~ Co,,) CreeL <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />5 <br />