Clear Creek

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Clear Creek is a mountain stream in Colorado that became a key corridor for early mining camps and settlements during the Colorado Gold Rush.

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Clear Creek canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain stream
river
adjacentTo Clear Creek Canyon
associatedEvent Colorado Gold Rush
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crosses Clear Creek Valley
surface form: Clear Creek County–Summit County divide (headwaters area)

Jefferson County–Clear Creek County line
drainageDirection generally eastward from the Continental Divide
ecosystemType cold-water mountain stream
environmentalIssue legacy mining pollution in its watershed
flowsInto South Platte River
flowsThrough Adams County, Colorado NERFINISHED
Clear Creek County, Colorado
Georgetown, Colorado NERFINISHED
Golden, Colorado NERFINISHED
Idaho Springs, Colorado
Jefferson County, Colorado NERFINISHED
Silver Plume, Colorado
hasBridge multiple highway and railroad bridges in Clear Creek Canyon
hasTransportationCorridor Colorado State Highway 119
Interstate 70
U.S. Route 6
hasTributary Chicago Creek
North Clear Creek (Colorado)
South Clear Creek (Colorado)
Vasquez Creek
historicalSignificance served as a key corridor for early mining camps during the Colorado Gold Rush
supported development of early settlements in Colorado in the 1850s and 1860s
locatedIn Colorado
Front Range, Colorado
surface form: Front Range

Rocky Mountains
mouthLocation near Derby, Colorado
near Golden Gate Canyon State Park
Lookout Mountain, Colorado, United States
surface form: Lookout Mountain, Colorado
passesNear Black Hawk, Colorado NERFINISHED
Central City, Colorado NERFINISHED
recreation fishing
gold panning
rafting
whitewater kayaking
region Front Range Urban Corridor
sourceLocation Continental Divide
surface form: Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains

near Loveland Pass, Colorado
usedFor irrigation
municipal water supply in parts of the Denver metropolitan area
placer gold mining in the mid-19th century
watershed South Platte River
surface form: South Platte River basin

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Colorado Gold Rush significantSite Clear Creek
Golden, Colorado, United States river Clear Creek
subject surface form: Golden, Colorado