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67. Under present conditions, with the relocation of the Bear Creek
<br />Canyon road incomplete, it is estimated that a future flood of the same
<br />magnitude as that of 1939 would cause $263,000 damage as compared with
<br />the $649,000 damage in 1939. A comparison of the estimated future damages
<br />with those of the 1939 flood is shown in the following table.
<br />COMPARISOIN OF DAM&G S
<br />t ; : Future
<br />Location : 1939 3 Total : Flood : Total
<br />Bear Creek Canyon: i
<br />Land : $ 5,000 : $ : $ 15,000 :
<br />Buildings and improvements : 4,900 : i 20,000 ;
<br />Roads and bridges ; 2+0,300 250,200 S 50,000 ; 95,000
<br />Idledale: s
<br />Lana : 13,000 : 5,000 :
<br />Buildings and improvements 107,000: 120,000.: 10,000 15,000
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<br />Morrison: : t
<br />Land ; 6,900 i : 10,000 S
<br />Buildings and improvements 54,400 ; 4o,000
<br />Utilities : 3,000 ; 5,000
<br />Clean -up ; 60,000: 12+,300 : 60,000 ; 115,000
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<br />Below Morrison: ! :
<br />Land 14,500 : 15,000 ;
<br />Roads and bridges 1,500 : 1,000 :
<br />Miscellaneous 5,000 : 21,000 2,000 19,000
<br />Ht. Vernon Creek:
<br />Land : 8,400 : ! 10,000 ;
<br />Buildings and improvements 2,100 : : 2,000
<br />Roads and bridges : 112,000 : : 9,000
<br />:iscellaneous 10,000 : 132,500 : 10,000 : 30,000
<br />TOTALS : $64s, 000 s $263,000
<br />69. The loss of 44 lives along Bear Creek Canyon during past floods
<br />has been reported. A notable fact is that none of these persons have been
<br />local residents, approximately 50 percent having been campers and the remain-
<br />der tourists. Upon the completion of the new highway through the canyon,
<br />it may be assumed that the loss,of life among tourists traveling along
<br />the highway will be somewhat reduced. During recent floods there has
<br />been no loss of life among campers, but with the increased use of the area
<br />there is the ever - present threat of this recurring.
<br />69. Damages, design flood.- The discharge on Bear Creek at Morrison,
<br />above the mouth of Mt. Vernon Creek, would be 22,000 c.f,s, for the design
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