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The County Roads and SH 14 routes were the only means of providing ground -based emergency <br />response and deploying firefighting assets into the impacted area. Major roadway routes are <br />generally constrained by topography and tend to be coincident with the paths of the larger stream <br />channels such as Rist Creek, Redstone Creek, Stove Creek and Buckhorn Creek. <br />In addition to the County Roads, private roads and SH 14, there are seventeen total Forest <br />Service roads that lie within the fire perimeter. Three of these roads travel through Low and <br />Unburned severity burn and are unlikely to sustain damage. The remaining 14 roads travel <br />through Moderate and High severity burn and impacts are likely. These roads will require <br />additional cross drainage or improvement of existing drainage, including rolling dips, lead outs, <br />and ditches. Culverts are undersized for the anticipated flow increases, and culverts size will <br />need to be increased or culverts will need to be removed, and replaced after peak flows recover <br />toward pre -burn conditions. Some roads may be closed until watershed conditions recover. <br />An emergency for roads was determined for Human Life and <br />Safety and Property. The probability of loss is Very likely and the <br />magnitude of consequence is Major. Therefore, the risk is Very <br />High. <br />Recreation Resources <br />• Mountain Park Campground's location at the base of the steep, burned hillside create a <br />high probability that 5 campsites closest to the burned area will be susceptible to debris <br />flow and minor flooding. A minor flow (several inches in depth) did occur into one of these <br />sites after a major rain event on 7/6/12. <br />• The culvert located under Highway 14 at Stove Prairie Campground creates a moderate <br />likelihood that flooding /debris from high rain fall onto the burned hillside across from the <br />campground will be deposited onto the campground's access road and have to be <br />removed. <br />• Ansel Watrous Campground has been determined to be intermediate risk, since the wide <br />and fairly deep creek bed can likely handle major rain runoff. This was evidenced during a <br />heavy rain event since the fire's containment date. <br />• Similar to Stove Prairie Campground, the culvert at located under Highway 14 at Diamond <br />Rock Picnic Area poses a moderate probability that flooding /debris from high rain fall onto <br />the burned hillside across from the picnic area will flow through the culvert and splash <br />directly onto picnickers sitting at a table in a direct path with the culvert. The picnic area <br />predates the culvert. <br />• The looped Mount McConnel and Kreutzer Trails, Hewlett Trail, and Young Gulch Trail all <br />sustained burn severity that has reduced tree and ground cover to the point that debris <br />flows are already occurring along much of their lengths. The Young Gulch trail is at <br />greatest risk. Hazard trees are also an issue on all these trails. <br />• There is a high probability that recreation residences that have been constructed over or <br />near creeks at the mouths of drainages will be susceptible to life- threatening flooding and <br />debris flows. These locations include cabins in the Lower Bennett, Narrows, and Poudre <br />Park summer group residences. One structure at the Narrows has already been <br />destroyed by a debris flow. <br />• The fire line created in the Narrows area has created an access point for unauthorized <br />OHV use onto highly erodible soils. This may create an additional debris flow hazard for <br />Highway 14 and increase vegetation destruction and run -off. <br />High Park Fire Emergency Stabilization Plan Page 10 <br />