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<br />l.. <br /> <br />Flood Cc:ltrol <br /> <br />Flood. of' u..c1q; proportlo:ae are rare in the w~sterJ1 Slope <br /> <br />dherll1c.o. are. .:d in 'tbI ~\r"""n_' Valley .I..ove Canon Lity. k8'tft.rd <br /> <br /> <br />trum ~OD 'it)", honnr, lars. ~1~ flood. lnore... in fhlquency <br /> <br />ud ~11.Dl8 to Dldl" tDl mouth or tM i\1r::..to~re :U...8.'. ~oni t!at <br /> <br /> <br />poin't tlcoh Are ot .1n1X' 1aocrtannll ftxre:rt 1::. lo~.ll:.ud areal 1D <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado. IhI bl"c;f,&t nood. or reec:rd, catl_d 'ttf inten. rainl lD <br /> <br /> <br />tt. "l'iclnlty Df Pu."blo, ooc:urred 1.0. J\UA lG21 wb8n 1m peak elbcba.r,;e <br /> <br /> <br />..... l(~.OOO Hc:.oLd-n.et ..t Pueblo, 200,000 l.cOld-t.et at 1& Junta, <br /> <br /> <br />ad UO,OOO "ooud-teet at Boll)'. ::roperty d_,e ... acre thasa <br /> <br /> <br />'19,OCO.OOO. at wldoh '10,000,000 .. ill fueblo, am more thl.n 150 <br /> <br />live' .ere lost. <br /> <br />.lJ'ter the OCl;UZ'~...o.ue of tat ell_stroUI flood, t:be P\8blo Hood <br /> <br />Co.....nanof D1atriot _. f01'lllOd (1924-to 1926). r..t ""f)l.Di",UOD <br /> <br />.. rospOI1dh1e for thrl OQ:.&StruO'tloJ1 01' .. Al'rlar dUll acro.. tt. ATlca~. <br /> <br /> <br />Blnr, 6 zd1e...st of Pt.o~o, do.1f;Dld to deere... all potentW .r1ood. <br /> <br />to lOO,OCQ Hcou::l-fHt or le.., atd u 1cproyed tlood_:J amllDltl through <br /> <br /> <br />t~ cltr to dhctarp up to 125,000 Moou:l. -f'Mt.. A reC'ent ~rraha1 or <br /> <br /> <br />tbl flood control work. 1ndloatttd 'tbt.t, .arly M )....r. alter 1t. <br /> <br />oona-tTUotloc, tho oapaol't)r of t:he flood ooll'trll WfOrkl 111 Il'lJchleu than <br /> <br />ita orl&_l dooi(,RNI e&p".itf. <br /> <br />In 1940 tbt ~orp' ot t~lneer. i).~ oOJ"l.troM:1C11 ~r:. (l. l.w.rte ~lGOO <br /> <br />control dlLll, DOIIIl a. the John lIartla De.m., &crt' . t:he l."ke..:s ~1~..r l(.l. <br /> <br />aile...at ot Lo.aar aD! bel"" the .outh ot t.ho l"w'r.&toi.re Rl'yer. Thl:t <br /> <br /> <br />flood oo!1trol .truet\.lrlJ.. ocap1et:ttd in 1~3. rtll aCfoN noad prot..ct1on <br /> <br /> <br />to the l<M'er -..118)" lln11 beJorA tiult po...nt to Gre..t .eeud, lan_" b1 <br /> <br />Z"tIduolac .All potomlal 1"1000 rlo." 'to lO,OO'J ac.-JnJ-reot 01' 1o,u--tJ>> <br /> <br />);.- <br />