WSP02978

• File Number: 8447
• Description: South Platte River Project
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Date: 8/1/1969
• Author: Chase & Wampler
• Title: Basic Data Report of South Platte River Project for CWCB
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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influcnced by this river since all have some portion lyin8
'vi thin the river and the annual flood plain. The iu@.cdiate
neighborhood spans a distance of approximately six miles from
Hampden Avenue on the north to the Douglas County line on the
south, and is about a mile to a mile and a half wide, with
Santa Fe Drive on the east and Platte Canyon Road or Federal
Boulevard on the west. Contained within this sector are a
nllrilber of industrial uses characterized primarily by gravel
plants, the Englewood sewer plant, sod farms, construction
company headquarters, and heavy equipment yards. Also in the
sector are the Centennial Race Track, which was mentioned
before, and scattered corrmercial uses, primarily along Santa Fe
Drive. There is one nightclub/country club near the southern
part and some interspersed housing, generally of a lo"er- to
middle-class character except for several isolated larger
homes. There is also one first-class residential develonment
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combined with country club and golf course.

Tnis last-referred-to development is the Columbine Valley
Country Club, which is located about one-half mile south of
Bo,vles Avenue, has a championship caliber IS-hole golf course
and expensive homes aligned along the fairways. This club
orrers all or the privileges of a general country club. The
lower lying parts of Columbine were severely affected by the
1965 flood of the South Platte River, and some homes were
totally destroyed. Columbine Valley at first glance would
a~?ear to be an anachronism in an area primarily devoted to
other uses. However, at the time it was developed, it was
iIltended as a quality development which ,'JaS not surrounded
by tract homes, and which could be controlled and isolated
th~ough planning, landscaping, building requirements, and so
forth. At present, the development would have to be classed
as successful.

Cue liaportant feature of the neighborhood from the point
ef view of future development is that there are no public
ro~ds acress the Platte River south or Bowles Avenue for
approximately three and a half miles, and for about five miles
if the area is considered as extending south to Plum Creek Road.
This is partly due to larger o,-merships, but is due more to the
fact that the flood plain has left a number of deposits which
are now being mined for gravel, and thus the land has been

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