| Plum Creek[1] | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Plum_Creek_(Colorado).JPG) The creek just before it empties into Chatfield Reservoir | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Douglas County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Confluence of West Plum Creek and East Plum Creek |
| • location | Sedalia, Colorado |
| Mouth | Chatfield Reservoir |
• location | Douglas County, Colorado |
• coordinates | 39°33′23″N 105°3′40″W / 39.55639°N 105.06111°W |
• elevation | 5,430 ft (1,660 m) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | South Platte—Platte—Missouri—Mississippi |
Plum Creek is a stream in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. It is formed by the confluence of West Plum Creek and East Plum Creek near the intersection of North Perry Park Road and Manhart Avenue in Sedalia.
Prior to the construction of Chatfield Reservoir in the 1960s and 1970s, Plum Creek merged with the South Platte River in far northern Douglas County. Now, however, it empties into the southern side of the reservoir itself, just west of Santa Fe Drive and within the boundaries of Chatfield State Park.
The Chatfield Storage Reallocation Project, scheduled to start in fall, 2017, will add capacity to Chatfield Reservoir and raise its level about 12 feet. This higher reservoir level will cause the mouth of the creek to move about 7,000 feet further upstream. As part of the expansion project, a mitigation project will also be undertaken to deal with increased sediment deposition and channel erosion along Plum Creek caused by increased urban runoff.[2][3]
- ^ "Plum Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ^ Rubino, Joe (2017-06-27). "Chatfield Reservoir expansion project will start this fall". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
- ^ "Environmental Mitigation". Chatfield Storage Reallocation Project. Retrieved 2017-07-19.