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<br />Shooks Run is divided into two separate and distinct reaches: North Shooks Run (Templeton
<br />Gap Drainage Basin) and South Shooks Run, The Templeton Gap Drainage Basin (North
<br />Shooks Run) originates in northeastern Colorado Springs in a cuplike depression. surrounded
<br />by hills, It flows southwesterly along and parallel to Templeton Gap Road, until it is
<br />intercepted by the Templeton Gap Floodway and diverted northwesterly to Monument Creek,
<br />South Shooks Run begins at the Templeton Gap Floodway, and runs parallel to Templeton
<br />Gap Road for approximately 2 miles before flowing southerly for approximately 5 miles to
<br />join Fountain Creek near the southern corporate limits, approximately 0,25 mile east of U,S,
<br />Highway 85.87, The stream originates in a residential area and throughout its course flows
<br />through residential or business areas,
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<br />Spring Creek originates in east-southeastern Colorado Springs, flows southwesterly, and
<br />drains an area of approximately 8 square miles, At a point 0,5 mile upstream of the
<br />confluence with Fountain Creek, Spring Creek enters EI Paso County, The Spring Creek
<br />valley is relatively wide in the northern two.thirds of the basin, becoming deep and narrow
<br />in the lower one-third, The floodplain is completely developed with long reaches of concrete-
<br />lined channels in residential and commercial areas in addition to the Valley Hi Golf Course,
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<br />Sutherland Creek begins south of the city in the Pike National Forest and has a drainage area
<br />of 5,37 square miles at its mouth, The upper basin is vegetated and the lower reach is
<br />moderately developed, In many areas, the stream channel is heavily vegetated with thick
<br />stands of scrub oak,
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<br />Templeton Gap Floodway drains an area of approximately 8.5 square miles of the northern
<br />portion of the Shooks Run basin, This Monument Creek tributary originates in northeastern
<br />Colorado Springs, southeast of the Austin Bluffs, A section of unincorporated county land
<br />is located in the upper reach of the floodway, This area is a fully developed residential area,
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<br />Will iams Canyon flows through an area of rugged terrain and steep slopes from its
<br />headwaters in the Rampart Range north of Manitou Springs, Williams Canyon above U,S,
<br />Highway 24 flows in a narrow, rocky, steep-walled canyon; below U ,S, Highway 24, it flows
<br />through dense residential development, For the final 1,100 feet near the confluence with
<br />Fountain Creek, Williams Canyon is enclosed in a concrete box culvert. Its drainage area
<br />at the mouth is 2,68 square miles,
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<br />The Security Creek, Wide field Creek. and Windmill Gulch drainage basins are adjacent and
<br />drain the areas north and east of the Security- Widefield community, Windmill Gulch drains
<br />into Security Creek, which in !Urn drains Into Widefield Creek. Above the Widefield Creek
<br />confluence with Fountain Creek, the dralllage area is approximately 15 square miles,
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<br />The western portion of El Paso County is in the Rampart Range of the Rocky Mountains,
<br />while the remainder is in a high-plains region, Elevations range from ]4.110 feet to 5,]50
<br />feet at the southern county line,
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<br />Physiographically. the study area east of Monument and Fountain Creeks is characterized by
<br />gently sloping plains; west of the creeks, by mountain ranges and basins, There are some
<br />horizontal sedimentary outcrops in the Black Forest area which represent rock formations
<br />from the Rocky Mountain uplift some 60 million years ago, Exposed sedimentary rocks
<br />along the edge of the mountain front are tilted, Above the sedimentary foothills the pre.
<br />Cambrian mountain core is largely of Pikes Peak granite,
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