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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />I am requesting your help to mitigate the flooding problems that occur along the wash, <br />which is located north and south of 3408 G Road, Mesa County, Colorado, when <br />heavy rains fall on Mount Garfield and foothills. We can not find any agency that will <br />take responsibility for the problem. <br /> <br />During a three week period in July and August, 1999, the properties along this wash <br />were flooded with mud and water. These properties extend from 1-70 and 34 Road to <br />south of 3425 F% Road and from 3415 to 3445 on F% Road, extending south to 3428 <br />Front Street and continuing south to F Road. <br /> <br />Several man-made structures contribute to the problem, these include the Highline <br />Canal, the Stub Ditch, Price Ditch and Interstate Highway 70. Stub Ditch closed off all <br />drains from 1-70 except Bosley Wash. <br /> <br />Description of the runoff area: <br /> <br />The runoff from the face of Mount Garfield and its foothill north of 1-70 from 33 Road to <br />35% Road is channeled into the natural wash near 34 Road. In general the runoff from <br />the area north of 1-70 from 33 Road east to about 35% flows into the wash. The runoff <br />from the area north of 1-70 from 34 to 35 Road is channeled under 1-70 by culverts. <br />The culverts discharge the runoff onto the ground on the south side of 1-70 and it flows <br />overland until it reaches the trench left when the Stub Ditch was encased in a buried <br />pipe. The runoff flows west down the Stub Trench and intersects the wash at <br />approximately a 90-degree angle. With the wash already full, the runoff in the trench is <br />backed up and it flows over the Stub Ditch Road and across the properties at 3402 and <br />3408 G Road. <br /> <br />The wash flows SSE from the Stub Ditch, under G Road and the Highline Canal, over <br />the Price Ditch, under the Railroad (which is only a 20" culvert) and Hwy 6 near the <br />Bridge of Switch and on to the Colorado River. <br /> <br />The drainage company has taken responsibility for the wash from the Stub Ditch to the <br />Highline Canal, since the overflow from the Stub Ditch is released into this wash. The <br />drainage company has maintained the wash foe about 5-6 years. The wash flows <br />under the Highline Canal through a siphon. The stretch of wash from the Highline <br />Canal to the Price Ditch is not part of the drainage ditch system and is a shallow trench <br />through a field. The wash is collected in a culvert at the Price Ditch, then flows under <br />the F% Road southwest into the wash. <br /> <br />What has changed in the past 30 years: <br /> <br />The completion of 1-70 created a diversion dam in this area and eliminated several <br />natural washes. The 1-70 culverts in this area transfer water into areas south of the <br />road that are not designed to direct runoff into drainage ditches. <br /> <br />Runoff conducted by the C'..Jlverts under 1-70 ran overland into the Stub Ditch and <br />generally was carried down the ditch by the flow of water. The Stub Ditch crossed the <br />wash in a flume. On ene occasion the flew from the culverts was so great that it <br />