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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 flood rate.
The Plum Creek Timber Land was established by the United States General Land Office in Colorado on June 23, 1892, with 179,200 acres (725 km 2). On May 12, 1905, the forest was consolidated with Pike's Peak Forest Reserve and the name was discontinued.
In the book On the Banks of Plum Creek (published in 1939), the third volume of her fictionalized history which takes place around 1874, the Ingalls family moves from Kansas to an area near Walnut Grove, Minnesota, settling in a dugout on the banks of Plum Creek. [11] Laura Ingalls Wilder dugout location
Douglas County was one of the original 17 counties created in the Colorado Territory by the Colorado Territorial Legislature on November 1, 1861. The county was named in honor of U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas [ 4 ] of Illinois , who died five months before the county was created.
Battle of Plum Creek, an attack by involving Comanche and Tonkawa tribes near Lockhart, Texas, on August 12, 1840 Plum Creek Railroad Attack , a train derailment in August 1867 Plum Creek Timber , the largest private landowner in the United States
Larkspur is located in southern Douglas County in the valley of East Plum Creek. Interstate 25 passes along the eastern edge of the town, with access from Exits 172, 173, and 174. I-25 leads north 11 miles (18 km) to Castle Rock, the Douglas County seat, and 39 miles (63 km) to Denver, as well as south 32 miles (51 km) to Colorado Springs.
Plum Bush Creek Bridge. October 15, 2002 : U.S. Highway 36 at milepost 138.16 Last Chance: 4: West Plum Bush Creek Bridge ... History of Colorado; Index of Colorado ...
Chatfield State Park is a state park located in Douglas and Jefferson counties of Colorado, United States. The park centers on Chatfield Reservoir, a 1,423 acre surface area lake fed by the South Platte River and two other creeks, including Plum Creek. [3]