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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 South Fork South Platte River is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately 45 miles (72 km) long, [2] in central Colorado in the United States.It is located near the headwaters of the South Platte in Park County, Colorado and drains part of the intermontane grassland basin of South Park.
The creek, the South Platte River, Denver and beyond experienced catastrophic flooding. Peak flows along Plum Creek and its two major tributaries, East and West Plum Creek" exceeded the "estimated 1965 flood peaks with the 100-year (1% annual chance) and 500-year (0.2% annual chance) published flow" by two to four times the 500-year predicted ...
The Middle Fork South Platte River is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately 50 miles (80 km) long, [2] located in central Colorado in the United States.The river provides part of the drainage of South Park, the intermontane grassland basin located between the Front Range and the Mosquito Range in the Rocky Mountains southwest of Denver.
Ricketts said Nebraska would invoke its rights under the South Platte River Compact amid concerns that Colorado's plans for the river could reduce water flows into his state by as much as 90% ...
Clear Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately 66 miles (106 km) long, [3] in north central Colorado in the United States. The creek flows through Clear Creek Canyon in the Rocky Mountains directly west of Denver, descending through a long gorge to emerge at the town of Golden, finally ending in the Colorado Eastern Plains where it joins the South Platte.
Dry Fork Michigan River; North Fork North Platte River; South Platte River 62,738 km 2 (24,223 mi 2) Lodgepole Creek 8,374 km 2 (3,233 mi 2) Cache la Poudre River 4,959 km 2 (1,915 mi 2) North Fork Cache la Poudre River; South Fork Cache la Poudre River; Spring Creek; Crow Creek 3,717 km 2 (1,435 mi 2) Bijou Creek 3,612 km 2 (1,395 mi 2)
The South Platte River has been dammed about 20 times for water storage, drinking water and irrigation purposes in Colorado as it flows to its confluence with the North Platte River. The total number of dams in the South Platte drainage may exceed 1,000 as nearly all major streams have at least one dam on them. [ 7 ]