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For more information, please contact Rich Muzzy, PPACG Environmental Planning Program Manager, at (719) 471-7080 x109 or rmuzzy@ppacg.org
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Watershed Photos
Lower Fountain Creek (El Paso County)
Lower Fountain Creek (Pueblo County)
Monument Creek
Upper Fountain Creek (Ute Pass)
Lower Fountain Creek (El Paso County)
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This photo taken in Manitou Springs shows how flood waters came rushing down Canon Avenue and buried the street in rock, sediment, and other debris.
( Photo courtesy of City of Manitou Springs)
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This photo shows residential property damage in the City of Fountain. Fountain creek moved 300 feet horizontally, causing this homeowner's backyard to disappear into Fountain Creek.
( Photo courtesy of CWCB)
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The KOA Campground, located along Lower Fountain Creek, lost seven acres of land, five cabins, and 55 RV sites.
( Photo courtesy of CWCB)
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This photo of agricultural property along Lower Fountain Creek shows a headcut that is approximately 75 feet tall and 2000 feet long.
( Photo courtesy of Jay Frost) |
This photo shows Fountain Creek (center of picture) joining Monument Creek (right of picture) to form
Lower Fountain Creek at the City of Colorado Springs.
(Photo courtesy of CH2M Hill) |
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Lower Fountain Creek (Pueblo County)
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This photo shows the heavy turbidity of Fountain Creek, shown on the upper left, joining the Arkansas River at Pueblo.
( Photo courtesy of CWCB)
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This photo, taken in Pueblo, shows a commercial store that had to be closed due to heavy flooding. Flooding caused heavy bank erosion, destruction of the gabion protection, and eventually exposed the foundation.
(Photo courtesy of the City of Pueblo) |
View looking southeast near Pinon, showing mid-channel bar. |
Fountain Creek floodplain showing wetlands and alluvial deposits. |
View looking east near Pinon, showing mid-channel bar and floodplain vegetation. |
View looking northwest near Overton Road Bridge. |
View looking northeast near Pinon, showing mid-channel bar and floodplain vegetation. |
View near Overton Road Bridge, showing mid-channel bar. |
View looking north near Pinon of vegetated floodplain. |
View looking southwest near Overton Road Bridge, showing point bar and erosion. |
View looking northwest near Pinon, showing erosion scarp of west bank. |
Close-up of point bar and mid-channel vegetation near Overton Road Bridge. |
East bank erosion scarp at Overton Road Bridge. |
View looking southwest, showing natural sinuosity and west bank point bar. |
East bank erosion scarp downstream of Overton Road Bridge. |
Close-up at Overton Road Bridge, showing mid-channel bars. |
View Looking Downstream, south by southwest, from Overton Road Bridge. |
Floodplain bottomland and west bank near Pinon, CO. |
View looking upstream, north, from Overton Road Bridge. |
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Monument Creek
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This photo taken in Palmer Lake shows a bridge that was destroyed across a tributary of Monument Creek.
( Photo courtesy of CWCB) |
Post-flood eroded channel in Palmer Lake. |
Monument Creek flooding in Palmer Lake. |
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Upper Fountain Creek (Ute Pass)
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View of north slope of Pikes Peak and Fountain Creek Headwaters from Woodland Park |
Fountain Creek through Cavalier Park after completion of channel improvements |
Fountain Creek near Woodland Park, showing sediment deposition and erosion scarp along south bank |
Fountain Creek in Woodland Park, showing channel stabilization improvements |
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