FLOOD07952

• County: Fremont
• Community: Canon City
• Stream Name: Four-mile Creek, Mud Gulch
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: Floodplain Management Study - Four-Mile Creek and Mud Gulch at Canon City
• Date: 10/1/2002
• Prepared For: Canon City, Fremont County
• Prepared By: USDA Soil Conservation Service
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION

Drainage Basin Description

The study area is divided into two drainage basins - Four-Mile Creek and

Mud Gulch. The Four-Mile Creek drainage basin encompasses 434 square miles and

drains portions of Park and Teller Counties in addition to Fremont County

(Figure 1). Most of the tributary area covers woodland and rangeland in fair to poor

conditions, including parts of the Pike National Forest and Mueller State Park. Also

included in this basin are small pockets of development; such as Cripple Creek and

subdivision developments in Canon City.

The Mud Gulch drainage basin contains only 3.61 square miles and borders

the southern portion of Four-Mile Creek basin. It contains mostly agricultural and

range land in fair to poor conditions. It extends into the northern foothills, where

there exists a flood control dam constructed by the RC & D.

The soils in the Four-Mile Creek and Mud Gulch basins can be described in

two categories:

1. Sojis on the Plajns make up 11 percent of Fremont County. They are lewl

and steep. Elevation is 5,000 to 6,000 feet, and average annual

precipitation is 12 inches. These soils are mostly of hydrologic soil complex

Group D, \dth some Band C. They are shaIlO\\' to deep and are well

drained. Thev formed in allmium derived mainlv from shale, limestone,
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and eolian sands and silt; and in residuum derived mainly from shale and

limestone. The soils are used mainly for irrigated crops, hay and pasture,

or orchards. They are also used as rangeland.

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