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Stormwater
30 S. Nevada Avenue, Suite 502
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Phone: 719-385-5980
Fax: 719-385-5095
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City of Colorado Springs / Stormwater / Education & Outreach Programs / Creek Signs

Creek Signs

Sign at Monument Creek/Colorado Avenue Bridge
Sign at Monument Creek/Colorado Avenue Bridge
Colorado Springs’ natural waterways play a critical role in drainage and water quality issues. For this reason, the City's Stormwater Enterprise installed signs identifying several local creeks within the Fountain Creek Watershed at many locations around the community (see below for locations) in hopes that citizens would help protect and preserve the quality and uses of these natural resources.

There are two signs at each location (for each direction of traffic) where major roadways intersect with a creek. Local tributaries like Pine Creek or Cottonwood Creek flow through or near many of Colorado Springs’ neighborhoods and eventually drain to Fountain Creek. Because all creeks in Colorado Springs flow into Fountain Creek, the entire drainage area is called the Fountain Creek Watershed.

The overall purpose of the signs is to better inform residents of the interrelationship between our city's creeks and the watershed.

If you see a damaged or missing sign, please contact (719) 385-5566.
 




Creek Sign Locations

 
Bear Creek:
8th St.
21st St.

Black Squirrel Creek:
Voyager Pkwy.

Camp Creek:
Fontmore & 31st St.

Cottonwood Creek:
Austin Bluffs Pkwy.
Woodmen Rd.
Rangewood Dr.
Union Blvd.
Powers Blvd. (2)
Research Pkwy.
Academy Blvd.

Dry Creek:
Rockrimmon Blvd.

East Fork Sand Creek:
Airport Rd.

Fishers Canyon Creek:
Eastmeadow Dr.
Highway 115

Fountain Creek:
Cimarron St. (E. of I-25)
Cimarron St. (W. of I-25)
8th St.
Cimarron St. (E. of 21st St.)
21st St.
31st St.
Tejon St.
Kettle Creek:
Powers Blvd.

Mesa Creek:
Chestnut St.

Middle Creek:
Voyager Pkwy.

Monument Branch:
Voyager Pkwy.

Monument Creek:
Woodmen Rd.
Garden of the Gods Rd.
Fillmore St.
Bijou St.
Colorado Ave.
Uintah St.

North Douglas Creek:
Centennial Blvd.
Garden of the Gods Rd.
Chestnut St.
Mark Dabling Blvd.

North Rockrimmon:
Woodmen Rd.

Pine Creek:
Powers Blvd.
Briargate Pkwy.

Sand Creek:
Hancock Expwy.
Academy Blvd.
Fountain Blvd.
Airport Rd.
Platte Ave.
Galley Rd.
Palmer Park Blvd.
Powers Blvd.
Constitution Ave.
North Carefree Cir.
Barnes Rd.
 
Shooks Run Creek:
Boulder St.
Costilla St.
Fountain Blvd.
Pikes Peak Ave.
Uintah St.

South Douglas Creek:
Centennial Blvd.
Holland Park Blvd.
Mark Dabling Blvd.

South Pine Creek:
Union Blvd.
Briargate Pkwy.

Spring Creek:
Airport Rd.
Chelton Rd.
Circle Dr.
Fountain Blvd.
Bijou St.
Pikes Peak Ave.

Templeton Gap Floodway:
Austin Bluffs Pkwy.
Union Blvd.
Academy Blvd.

West Fork Sand Creek:
Platte Ave.
Galley Rd.
Murray Blvd.
Palmer Park Blvd.
Constitution Ave.