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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION <br /> <br />Drainage Basin Characteristics <br /> <br />Oak Creek headwaters are located at approximately elevation 10,240 <br />feet above mean sea level. The highest point in the basin is at 11,182 <br />feet (Sand Point). Oak Creek, at the northern Town of Oak Creek boundary <br />is at 7390 feet. The length of. Oak Creek from its headwaters to where it <br />intersects Oak Creek's northern corporate limit is approximately 14.4 <br />miles. The creek travels in a northeasterly direction for this entire <br />distance. <br /> <br />The drainage area of Oak Creek is 22.7 square miles (see Basin <br />Map, Plate 1). There are no major tributaries to Oak Creek. <br /> <br />Study Reach Description <br /> <br />The study reach along Oak Creek covers the area within the Town of <br />Oak Creek's corporate limits. The length of the study reach is <br />approximately one mile. Oak Creek formerly meandered widely through the <br />town. Over the years, it has been rerouted and straightened (Ref. 14). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3 <br />