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<br />In general, commercial areas and older residential structures are located along US 40, <br />which runs through a broad, level plain. Areas currently under development as <br />residential subdivisions, including a small area reserved for commercial development, <br />are generally located on the gently sloping elevated mesas along the southernmost <br />corporate limits. There are also power plants located in the Town of Hayden. <br /> <br />Hayden li~s at an elevation of roughly 6,380 feet, referenced to the National Geodetic <br />Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD). A considerable portion of the surrounding area is on <br />higher mesas that slope to the north and south. The soils within the Hayden Valley area <br />are generally classified as clayey to loamy type soils. The Town of Hayden receives <br />approximately 16.9 inches of precipitation per year (Reference 8). The average annual <br />temperature is 42 degrees Fahrenheit (OF), with an average high of 57.70F <br />(Reference 8). <br /> <br />Town of Oak: Creek <br /> <br />The Town of Oak Creek is located in the south-central portion of Routt County, <br />approximately 17 miles southwest of Steamboat Springs. The estimated <br />2000 population of the Town of Oak Creek was 849 (Reference 7). The coldest and <br />warmest months of the year are January and July, respectively. The mean January <br />temperature is 50F, and the mean July temperature is 750P. The mean annual <br />precipitation is 19 inches, and the average annual snowfall is 100 inches. The area <br />topography consists mainly of valleys and lakes surrounded by forested lands and <br />mountains. The residents of Oak Creek are employed primarily in the coal mining <br />industry . <br /> <br />City of Steamboat Springs <br /> <br />The City of Steamboat Springs is located in the east-central portion of Routt County, on <br />the western slope of the Continental Divide in the northwestern sector of Colorado. By <br />principal highways, Steamboat Springs is located approximately 170 miles northwest of <br />Denver and 120 miles southwest of Laramie, Wyoming. There are no other major <br />urban centers in the region. The city is situated at an elevation of approximately <br />6,700 feet, in an alpine setting, with mountain peaks rising to approximately <br />10,000 feet in the immediate area. The estimated 2000 population of the City of <br />Steamboat Springs was 9,815 (Reference 7). <br /> <br />Figure 1 shows a panoramic view of the City of Steamboat Springs. <br /> <br />The Yampatica Indians, a branch of the Northern Ute group, spent their summers in the <br />Steamboat Springs area for many centuries before pioneers settled in the region. The <br />Indians came to hunt and escape the heat in tribal areas along the lower Yampa River. <br />III and infirm people came because of the curative powers the Indians attributed to the <br />varied mineral springs. Mountain men hunted and trapped in the Yampa Valley as <br />early as 1825. Their rendezvous in the valley, at the junction of the Yampa and Green <br />Rivers, was an annual event until about 1840 when the fur trade ceased. Migrants who <br />had wandered off the Oregon Trail, over 100 miles to the north, were in the Steamboat <br />Springs area in 1839 and 1849, and many prospectors roamed the region in the 1860s. <br /> <br />7 <br />