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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Clear Creek canonical 18

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Statements (47)

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

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 ⓘ
Clear Creek County, Colorado ⓘ
Georgetown, Colorado ⓘ
Golden, Colorado ⓘ
Idaho Springs, Colorado ⓘ
Jefferson County, Colorado ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
mouthLocation near Derby, Colorado ⓘ
near Golden Gate Canyon State Park ⓘ
Lookout Mountain, Colorado ⓘ
passesNear Black Hawk, Colorado ⓘ
Central City, Colorado ⓘ
recreation fishing ⓘ
gold panning ⓘ
rafting ⓘ
whitewater kayaking ⓘ
region Front Range Urban Corridor ⓘ
sourceLocation Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Continental Divide

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 basin ⓘ
linked to: South Platte River

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colorado Gold Rush → significantSite → Clear Creek ⓘ
Golden, Colorado → river → Clear Creek ⓘ
subject linked to: Golden, Colorado, United States
Huron Peak → drainage → Clear Creek ⓘ
Ralston Creek → tributaryOf → Clear Creek ⓘ
Ralston Creek → riverSystem → Clear Creek ⓘ
Ralston Creek → flowsInto → Clear Creek ⓘ
Golden Brewery → locatedOnWater → Clear Creek ⓘ
Georgetown, Colorado → locatedOn → Clear Creek ⓘ
Clear Creek Canyon → traversedBy → Clear Creek ⓘ
Clear Creek Canyon → hasViewOf → Clear Creek ⓘ