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<br />Table I (Continued) <br /> <br />SUtJI<lARY OF FLOOD SITUATION <br /> <br />Volume <br /> <br />Str~m <br /> <br />DatePubllshad <br /> <br />v <br /> <br />November 1970 <br /> <br />The streams in this report are located In the southern <br />Denver metroDolltan area. Goldsmith Gulch flo~s north~ard in the <br />vlclnltyofCherryCreekDIlmandoarallelslnterstateHlqhway25 <br />about one mile east ot tM high~ay; It joins Cherry Creek near the <br />Intersection of Florida Avenue and South ~~naco Street. Dutch Creek <br />Ilo"seast"ardfromtheRocky!'lountainfoothiIISTOjoinTheSouth <br />Platta River at the Columbine Country Club near Llttleton. Coon <br />Creek and 1111ey GulCh are left banJ! tributaries 0/ Dutch Creek; <br />together these str",ams drain small areaS east of the foothi lis. <br />The four streams studied inthisreporThavesimilar <br />Characteristics. All streamsaresmall,flo"throughareasunder- <br />goingurbaniz"tionand are subject to flash-tYl'efloods. The <br />GoldsmlthGulchbaslnisthemostfullydevelopedotthellr(!<lS <br />studied. As a result of the urbaniZation, the channel charllcter- <br />Istics have been changed for a~t 45 percent of the length studied <br />In this reporf. Typical channel changes Include straightening, <br />relocation, and enlargement. Development in fhe DutCh Creek basin <br />is not exTensive. The channel and basin Ilre ~stly in the natural <br />state. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />81g Dry Cre6k <br />lIttle Dry Creek tArllpahoe Co.l <br />Green"oodGulch <br />Weir Gulch <br />LakewoodGulch <br />South Lake>tOOd Gulch <br />Mcintyre GulCh <br />Little Dry Cre6k (Adams Co.) <br />Grange Hall Creek <br />Ralston Creek <br />LeydenCraek <br />Van Bibber Creek <br />Lena GulCh <br />S<lndersonGulch <br />North Sanderson Gulch <br /> <br />O<::totler 1968 <br /> <br />The above volumes were "ldely dIstrIbuted at the time of <br />publication to agencies that have" contInuing use tor them. MOST <br />volumes are no longer available for diSTribution but refercoco copies <br />are available at: <br /> <br />Urban Drainage and Flood Control Dlstrict - Denver, Color~do <br />Colorado water Conserv"tlon Board - Denver, ColoradO <br />Denver Regional Counei I of Governments - Denver, Color-lido <br />Omaha DIstrict, Army Corps ot Fnglneers - Omaha, Nebrlls~ <br />"I/Iny publ!C' I ;b~"ri"s <br /> <br />ThetloodpoT"ntlalnneachstreilm"ill-increase"ith <br /> <br />future urDanizaTjon since urDan artldS t-yplc..lly pro(juce more flood- <br />waTer runoff than rural arells, because of Imnervious pavements and <br />roofs. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />TIJE CAU5E OF FLOO05 on The streams in thIs reporT isprlmarilyfrorn <br />intensive thunderstorms. 8ecaus"otthesmall basins drained by the <br />streams, snowmelt Is not a serious t~ctor In Il00dlng. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />,/ <br />See Glossary of Terms <br /> <br />ill <br />