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Fountain Creek originates approximately 5 miles northwest of Green Mountain Falls in Teller County, From its headwaters, Fountain Creek flows southeasterly for approximately 18 miles, often exceeding a gradient of 150 feet per mile. to join Monument Creek, The headwaters are fed from glacial snow packs and springs of the alpine canyons of Pikes Peak, Glacial deposits remain in many of the valleys above the 9,500.foot elevation, The aspen-, spruce-, and pine-covered narrow canyons are straight. steep-walled, and well drained, The bedrock creek channel. strewn with boulders, averages 50 feet in width above the foothills, The foothills are a narrow transition from the mountains to the high plains, The transitional area varies from rough parallel ridges to narrow. gently sloping mesas with pine, pinion, cedar. and oak cover, The stream emerges on the high plains in Colorado Springs, South of Colorado Springs, the watershed west of the creek is in the foothills, while the eastern watershed is primarily high plains, This area to the EI Paso-Pueblo County line averages a gradient of 26 feet per mile, The rolling high plains terrain is rough, broken. and sparsely vegetated, The sparse vegetation is typical of the semiarid high plains -- predominantly brush, cactus, and native grasses, The floodplain is comprised of narrow-strip irrigated farms, clumps of cottonwood trees, salt cedar. and other thick undergrowth, The approximate drainage area above the confluence with the Arkansas River is 917 square miles, For reporting purposes, the stream segment above the northern corporate boundary of Manitou Springs was labeled Upper Fountain Creek, Jimmy Camp Creek originates in the high plains approximately 7 miles northeast of Colorado Springs, The watershed is approximately 17 miles long and averages approximately 4 miles wide, Jimmy Camp Creek main tributaries are: Corral. Franceville, and Jimmy Camp West and East Tributaries, which are typically sandy, flat, and wide, Above its confluence with Fountain Creek, just south of the City of Fountain. the drainage basin is approximately 66 square miles, The topography of the area is characterized by rolling hills and ridges which are generally steeper in the upper reaches of the watershed, A fourth stream, Mines Subtributary, has its confluence at Corral Tributary, Kettle Creek, a left-bank tributary to Monument Creek. has its headwaters on the western slope of the Black Forest, northeast of Colorado Springs, A 2-mile segment of the lower reach is within the U ,S, Air Force Academy boundaries, Typically, the creek cuts a narrow, deep canyon, It has a drainage area of approximately 17 square miles. and is subject to urban development throughout much of the basin, Mesa Basin is located in western Colorado Springs, It is bounded on the north by Garden of the Gods Road, on the west by Mesa Road, on the south by Unitah Street, and on the east by Monument Creek, The main channel in this basin drains the western portion of the basin, [t flows southeasterly through the basin, passes under Interstate Highway 25 between Caramillo and Buena Ventura Streets, and joins Monument Creek, Monument Creek originates in northwestern El Paso County, west of the community of Palmer Lake, and flows 35,7 miles to join Fountain Creek in southwestern Colorado Springs, Monument Creek has a drainage area of approximately 238 square miles, From its source, this perennial stream flows easterly for approximately 8 miles. descending from a 9,350.foot elevation through precipitous canyons and transitional foothills to emerge near Palmer Lake at the 7,lOO-foot elevation, It then turns south and parallels the mountains for the remaining distance to its confluence with Fountain Creek, Fountain Creek is generally entrenched, with an average slope of approximately 30 feet per mile, Within the City of Colorado Springs, 7