Aurora Source Water Protection Plan — JW Associates

Aurora Water Source Water Protection Plan

Photo: Patricia Henschen, Flickr

Project Summary

Completion Date: September 2022

Partners

City of Aurora
Stakeholders and affiliated agencies

JW Associates provided watershed assessment services and technical components for Aurora Water in support of their Watershed Management and Source Water Protection Plan. The plan has not been finalized or shared with the public.

Project Actions

Identification of remaining post-fire priorities/projects
Organizing and facilitating stakeholder meetings and communication
Technical analysis and prioritization of areas of concern
Field data collection and rapid assessment of high priority areas identified in technical analysis

Benefits

Protect critical water supplies and natural resources
Mitigate negative effects of wildfire through targeted projects
Protect river ecosystem functions and health
Provide technical assessments to support short- and long-term watershed planning & protection actions

Watershed Assessment Areas

The large assessment was divided into the 16 Sub-basins identified in this map.

Project Maps

A slide show with maps of the key components of the watershed assessment portion of the plan are presented below for each sub-basin.

Aurora Watershed Overview

AW Assessment Areas

AW CCVI

AW CFA

AW Watershed Location

AW Ecosystem

AW Wildfire Hazard

AW Flooding

AW Forest Composite

AW Soils

AW Granitic Soils

AW Mining

AW Resilience

AW Ruggedness

AW Roads

AW Wilderness Roadless

AW Wildfire Composite

AW Past Wildfire

AW Flame Length

AW Vegetation

Lower South Platte Sub-Basin

Cherry Creek Sub-Basin

Clear Creek Sub-Basin

Clear Location

Clear Ownership

Clear Special Areas

Clear Vegetation

Clear Flame Length

Clear CFA

Clear Wildfire Hazard

Clear Ruggedness

Clear Roads Comp

Clear Flooding

Clear Soils

Clear Wildfire Capacity

Clear Adaptive Capacity

Clear Ecosystem Sen

Clear CCVI.png

Clear Forest Composite.png

Bear Creek Sub-Basin

Bear Location

Bear Ownership

Bear Special Areas

Bear Vegetation

Bear Flame Length

Bear CFA

Bear Wildfire Hazard

Bear Ruggedness

Bear Roads

Bear Flooding

Bear Soils

Bear Wildfire Compostie

Bear Adaptive Capacity

Bear Ecosystem Sen

Bear CCVI

Bear Watershed Composite

Chatfield Reservoir Sub-Basin

Chatfield Location

Chatfield Ownership

Chatfield Special Areas

Chatfield Vegetation

Chatfield Flame length

Chatfield CFA

Chatfield Wildfire Hazard

Chatfield Ruggedness

Chatfield Roads Comp

Chatfield Flooding

Chatfield Soils

Chatfield Wildfire Composite

Chatfield Adaptive Capacity

Chatfield Ecosystem Sen

Chatfield CCVI

Chatfield Forest Composite

Upper South Platte Sub-Basin

USP Adaptive Capacity

USP Location

USP CCVI

USP Ecosystem Sen

USP CFA

USP Ownership

USP Flooding

USP Flame Length

USP Forest Composite

USP Soils

USP Special Areas

USP Wildfire Hazard

USP Roads Comp

USP Wildfire Composite

USP Vegetation

USP Ruggedness

Cheesman Reservoir Sub-Basin

Cheesman Location

Cheesman Ownership

Cheesman Special Areas

Cheesman Vegetation

Cheesman Flame Length

Cheesman CFA

Cheesman Wildfire Hazard

Cheesman Ruggedness

Cheesman Roads

Cheesman Flooding

Cheesman Soils

Cheesman Wildfire Composite

Cheesman Ecosystem Sen

Cheesman CCVI

Cheesman Forest Composite

Cheesman Adaptive Capacity

Tarryall Creek Sub-Basin

Tarryall Location

Tarryall Ownership

Tarryall Special Areas

Tarryall Vegetation

Tarryall Flame Length

Tarryall CFA

Tarryall Wildfire Hazard

Tarryall Ruggedness

Tarryall Roads Comp

Tarryall Flooding

Tarryall Soils

Tarryall Wildfire Composite

Tarryall Adaptive Capacity

Tarryall Ecosystem Sen

Tarryall CCVI

Tarryall Forest Composite

Spinney Elevenmile Sub-Basin

Spinney Location

Spinney Ownership

Spinney Special Areas

Spinney Vegetation

Spinney Flame Length

Spinney CFA

Spinney Wildfire Hazard

Spinney Ruggedness

Spinney Roads Comp

Spinney Flooding

Spinney Wildfire Composite

Spinney Adaptive Capacity

Spinney Ecosystem Sen

Spinney CCVI

Spinney Watershed Composite

Middle Fork South Platte Sub-Basin

Middle Fork Location.png

Middle Fork Ownership.png

Middle Fork Soils.png

Middle Fork Wildfire Composite.png

Middle Fork Adaptive Cap.png

Middle Fork Special Areas.png

Middle Fork Ecosystem Sen.png

Middle Fork CCVI.png

Middle Fork Forest Composite.png

Middle Fork Roads Comp.png

Middle Fork Flooding.png

Middle Fork Vegetation.png

Middle Fork Flame Length.png

Middle Fork CFA.png

Middle Fork Wildfire Hazard.png

Middle Fork Ruggedness.png

Antero Reservoir Sub-Basin

Antero Location

Antero Ownership

Antero Special Areas

Antero Vegetation

Antero Flame Length

Antero CFA

Antero Wildfire Hazard

Antero Ruggedness

Antero Roads

Antero Flooding

Antero Soils

Antero Wildfire Composite

Antero Adaptive Capacity

Antero Ecosystem Sen

Antero CCVI

Antero Watershed Composite

Blue River Sub-Basin

Blue Location

Blue Ownership

Blue Special Areas

Blue Vegetation

Antero Flame Length

Blue CFA

Blue Wildfire Hazard

Blue Ruggedness

Blue Roads

Blue Flooding

Blue Soils

Blue Wildfire Composite

Blue Adaptive Capacity

Blue Ecosystem Sen

Blue CCVI

Blue Watershed Composite

Eagle River Sub-Basin

Eagle Location

Eagle Ownership

Eagle Special Areas

Eagle Vegetation

Eagle Flame Length

Eagle CFA

Eagle Wildfire Hazard

Eagle Ruggedness

Eagle Roads

Eagle Flooding

Eagle Soils

Eagle Wildfire Composite

Eagle Adaptive Capacity

Eagle Ecosystem Sen

Eagle CCVO

Eagle Watershed Composite

Lower Arkansas Headwaters Sub-Basin

Lower Ark Location.png

Lower Ark Ownership.png

Lower Ark Special Areas.png

Lower Ark Vegetation.png

Lower Ark Flame Length.png

Lower Ark CFA.png

Lower Ark Wildfire Hazard.png

Lower Ark Ruggedness.png

Lower Ark Roads Comp.png

Lower Ark Flooding.png

Lower Ark Soils.png

Lower Ark Wildfire Composite.png

Lower Ark Adaptive Capacity.png

Lower Ark Ecosystem Sen.png

Lower Ark CCVI.png

Lower Ark Forest Composite.png

Upper Arkansas Headwaters Sub-Basin

Upper Ark Location

Upper Ark Ownership

Upper Ark Special Areas

Upper Ark Vegetation

Upper Ark Flame Length

Upper Ark CFA

Upper Ark Wildfire Hazard

Upper Ark Ruggedness

Upper Ark Roads

Upper Ark Flooding

Upper Ark Soils

Upper Ark Wildfire Composite

Upper Ark Adaptive Capacity

Upper Ark Ecosystem Sen

Upper Ark CCVI

Upper Ark Forest Composite

Roaring Fork Sub-Basin

Roaring Fork Location.png

Roaring Fork Ownership.png

Roaring Fork Special Areas.png

Roaring Fork Vegetation.png

Roaring Fork Flame Length.png

Roaring Fork CFA.png

Roaring Fork Wildfire Hazard.png

Roaring Fork Ruggedness.png

Roaring Fork Roads Comp.png

Roaring Fork Flooding.png

Roaring Fork Soils.png

Roaring Fork Wildfire Composite.png

Roaring Fork Adaptive Cap.png

Roaring Fork Ecosystem Sen.png

Roaring Fork CCVI.png

Roaring Fork Forest Composite.png

Arkansas Headwaters Wildfire/Watershed Assessment

Bark Beetle Incident Watershed Assessments