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The South Platte also served as a vital water source in Colorado. Long before the city of Denver was created, many travelers came to the South Platte River to escape the arid Great Plains. These people could survive the heat, but not without the vital water source that the South Platte gave them.
The reservoir is surrounded by Chatfield State Park, a recreation area with boating, horseback riding, swimming, paddle boarding, fishing, biking, horseback riding, and camping. A secondary inflow from the south is Plum Creek. A tertiary inflow from the west is Deer Creek. There are 212 bird species that are frequently found at Chatfield Reservoir.
Commonly found in the Snake River system. Extends into several south-western states through the Colorado River drainage. Flannelmouth sucker Catostomus latipinnis: Native to Colorado, ranged in the western slopes and waters of Colorado. The flannelmouth sucker inhabits large streams and rivers with turbid waters and sand or muddy bottoms. [10]
The reservoir, elevation 4,429 feet (1,350 m), [3] receives water from the South Platte River and stores it for irrigation throughout the summer months. The park offers 260 camping spaces, fishing, boating, and various other activities such as bird watching, hunting, and an OHV track.
Sand Creek is a 14.6-mile-long (23.5 km) [2] tributary that flows into the South Platte River near Commerce City, Colorado.From its source in unincorporated Arapahoe County, it flows through the cities of Aurora and Denver before joining the South Platte in Adams County.
Bear Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River in central Colorado in the United States. It begins as a small creek up in the Mount Blue Sky Wilderness in Summit Lake and makes its way through Evergreen, CO, Kittredge, CO, Idledale, CO and Morrison, CO before entering Bear Creek Lake Park, managed by the City of Lakewood, Colorado.
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Cherry Creek Dam and reservoir. View is to the south. Frozen Cherry Creek reservoir. Cherry Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River, 48.0 miles (77.2 km) long, [2] in Colorado in the United States. [3] The creek is named for the profusion of black chokecherry shrubs (Prunus virginiana demissa) that grow along its banks. [4]