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<br />Interstate Highway 25, U,S, Highway 85.87, State Highways 24,83,94,115, and County
<br />Road 38 are located in the floodplains of the county, Rail lines serving the county are the
<br />Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company; Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific
<br />Railroad Company; and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company,
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<br />The growth rate of Colorado Springs has been among the highest in the nation since 1970,
<br />Development is continuing at a relatively high rate, Most of the residential development is
<br />along the oortheastern and eastern corporate limits, Major housing developments are planned
<br />for the Pine Creek, Kettle Creek, Cottonwood Creek. Jimmy Camp Creek, and Sand Creek
<br />basins ,
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<br />Beckers Lane Tributary flows parallel to Beckers Lane in the eastern part of the City of
<br />Manitou Springs and drains an area of 0,85 square mile, The stream flows in an area of the
<br />city that is less developed than the floodplain of the other drainageways,
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<br />Butler Canyon flows eastward from the hills onto an alluvial fan and into Palmer Lake,
<br />Palmer Lake discharges northward into Carpenter Creek, which flows northward for
<br />approximately 10 miles before joining East Plum Creek at Larkspur. The floodplains are
<br />generally limited to narrow boundaries along each side of the low-water channel and lake,
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<br />Camp Creek originates in the Pike National Forest northwcst of Colorado Springs
<br />approximately 5 miles northwest of Glen Eyrie, continues south approximately 3 miles to
<br />Colorado Springs, and joins Fountain Creek near 30th Street. The creek flows in a concrete.
<br />lined channel in residential areas,
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<br />Cottonwood Creek, an east bank tributary of Monument Creek, originates near the Black
<br />Forest and has an approximate drainage area of 18 square miles above its confluence with
<br />Monument Creek, The upper reach has an approximate gradient of 193 feet per mile, The
<br />lower reach, which is flat and wide, has an approximate gradient of 88 feet per mile, The
<br />stream along most of its course is deeply eroded into rock outcrops and, in the lower reach,
<br />is lined with willows, Within the corporate areas of Colorado Springs, developers have
<br />confined Cottonwood Creek to a sand-bottom, riprap-sided channel,
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<br />Douglas Creek (North and South) drains an area in and adjacent to northwestern Colorado
<br />Springs. The stream flows southeasterly for approximately 8 miles to join Monument Creek
<br />near the Templeton Gap Floodway outlet. Lower portions of Douglas Creeks North and
<br />South have been channelized into concrete-lined drainage structures,
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<br />Dry Creek and its tributaries drain the Dry Creek Basin, The Dry Creek Basin is bounded
<br />on the west by the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, on the south and north by ridges.
<br />and on the east hy Monument Creek, It slopes from west to east toward Monument Creek,
<br />rising from an elevation of 6,250 feet to an elevation of 9,250 feet. The western portion of
<br />the basin is heavily forested, mountainous terrain, drained by three major tributaries of Dry
<br />Creek, The central portion of the basin is characterized by gently rolling wide valleys,
<br />separated by foothill ridges and mesas, Through the central portion of the basin, Dry Creek
<br />is poorly defined and flows through broad, gently sloping meadows, The eastern portion of
<br />the basin is fully developed, and Dry Creek flows through well-defined and eroded channels
<br />as well as greenbelt areas (Reference 5), For the most part, flow in Dry Creek and its
<br />tributaries is intermittent.
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