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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 ]
The South Platte River is a gold medal western trout river on the eastern slope of Colorado, meaning it produces at least 12 trout of greater than 14 inches in length or greater per acre in areas accessible to the public. The river is well known for its wild trophy population of brown and rainbow trout. [9]
North Fork South Platte River. Geneva Creek; Middle Fork South Platte River; South Fork South Platte River; Lone Tree Creek. Owl Creek; Tarryall Creek; Sand Creek; Bear Creek 339 km 2 (131 mi 2) Big Dry Creek (Littleton, Colorado) Big Dry Creek (Westminster, Colorado) Little Dry Creek; Kansas River. Republican River. North Fork Republican River ...
Up in central north Colorado rests North Park (Colorado basin), a valley ringed by 12,000 feet (3,700 m) mountains.The headwaters of the river is essentially all of Jackson County, Colorado whose boundaries are the continental divide on the west and south and the mountain drainage peaks on the east—the north boundary is the state of Wyoming boundary.
South Platte River: 1,888 km 2 729 mi 2: 1,888 km 2 729 mi 2: 100% Pawnee Creek: South Platte River: 1,875 km 2 724 mi 2: 1,875 km 2 724 mi 2: 100% McElmo Creek: San Juan River: 1,842 km 2 711 mi 2: 1,654 km 2 639 mi 2: 89.8% Blue River [s] upper Colorado River (Grand River) 1,770 km 2 683 mi 2: 1,770 km 2 683 mi 2: 100% Piedra River
St. Vrain Creek (often known locally as the St. Vrain River) is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately 32.2 miles (51.8 km) long, [2] in north central Colorado in the United States. It drains part of the foothills north of Boulder and the Colorado Piedmont area in the vicinity of Longmont .
The South Platte River in Platte Canyon, Colorado, ca. 1978. The Platte Canyon is a deep, narrow, scenic gorge on the South Platte River in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The canyon is southwest of Denver on the border between Jefferson and Douglas counties. The canyon is at the entrance to the mountains, where the South Platte emerges ...
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 ...