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<br />Upon issuance of flash flood watches and \<aY'nings, the dir'ectc>r of the <br />El Paso County office of Disaster Emergency Services can dil"ect designated <br />indi viduals to take up positions along FountaLn Creek ancl u.se staff gages to <br />measure stream levels. The positions for the staff gages aJ"e along Ruxton <br />Creefc and Fountain Creek wi thin the immed..iate ~l,mi tou Spr'ings area (see <br />Table 7 and Figure 9). <br /> <br />---_..__~_nn_____________________________~n~__n~u'mman____m__~______~~__~u~~=~=: <br /> <br />T ABLE "I <br /> <br />STREAM GAGING STATIONS IN THE HANITOU SPRINCS AREA <br /> <br /> Period of <br />Stream Site Alti tude Drainage !\rE~!! Recorel <br />---- --. <br />N. Cascade Creek at 81100 ft 4.28 sq rni. 1949-19/'2 <br /> Ca!icacle <br />S. Cascade Creek at 81100 3.41 1935-19~;0 <br /> Cascacle <br />Freneh Creek near 7320 9.93 1950-1973 <br /> Cascacle <br />Ruxton Creek near 9;,50 3.96 1949-1972 <br /> Halfway <br />Lion Cre,ek near 9;,50 2.00 1 908-19~;0 <br /> HaJ,fway <br />Sheep Cr'eelc near 9'100 .73 1 908-19~;0 <br /> HaJ, fway <br />S. Ruxton Creek near 9390 3.95 1907-1930 <br /> HaJ,fway <br />Sutherland Creek at 6620 4.40 1919-1930 <br /> Manitou Springs <br />Fountain Creek near 6110 102 1958-19115 <br /> Col.orado Springs <br /> <br />Maximum <br />pi s,SChar g:: <br /> <br />11.5 efs <br /> <br />28.2 <br /> <br />50.5 <br /> <br />'5.97 <br /> <br />11.6 <br /> <br />12.8 <br /> <br />11.5 <br /> <br />2630 <br /> <br />Source: U. S. Geological Survey, Water Resour;~e-'''Records: 1955'~--,-g6~------' <br />1969, 1971-1984. <br /> <br />--__.:____mn_______________m__.__________~~==_m~w~~_ft____~______*__m~__~~===m~ <br /> <br />-21- <br />