Local areas: basement water in and around Englewood
A small brick bungalow near Broadway, a mid-century house in Arapahoe Acres and a large walkout in Cherry Hills Village take on water for different reasons. These local area pages cover housing era, terrain, nearby waterways and who to contact in each place, so you can focus on the risks that actually apply to your street.
- West Englewood: basements on the lower ground toward the South Platte The west side of Englewood slopes down toward the South Platte River and Santa Fe Drive. Small older homes, some converted to rentals, sit near industrial and commercial land, and the lower terrain shapes basement risk.
- Central Englewood: Little Dry Creek, Broadway and below-grade spaces The middle of Englewood mixes older houses on side streets with apartments, condos and commercial buildings near Broadway and the CityCenter area. Little Dry Creek crosses through, and below-grade spaces range from bungalow basements to parking garages.
- East Englewood: brick bungalows, big trees and old sewer laterals East of Broadway, much of Englewood is a grid of tree-lined streets with brick bungalows, cottages and small ranches. The basements are older than they look, and the trees that make the blocks attractive also fill gutters and find their way into sewer lines.
- Arapahoe Acres and south Englewood: water in mid-century houses South Englewood's housing is largely post-war, from modest ranches with full basements to the modernist homes of Arapahoe Acres. These houses take on water differently from the older bungalows north of them, and some have no conventional basement at all.
- Sheridan: small homes and lower ground near two waterways Sheridan is a small city tucked between Englewood and southwest Denver, near where Bear Creek meets the South Platte. Its housing is mostly modest and older, with a mix of houses, apartments and manufactured homes, and the river corridor shapes the terrain.
- Overland: Denver basements just across the line from Englewood Overland sits in Denver just north of Englewood, between the South Platte corridor and the Broadway area. The houses resemble Englewood's older stock, but the city, the permits and the sewer contacts are Denver's.
- Cherry Hills Village: big lower levels, big lots and different water risks Just southeast of Englewood, Cherry Hills Village is a city of large lots and larger homes, many with extensive finished lower levels. The water sources are familiar, but the scale, finishes and systems in these basements change what a flood involves.