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<br />. <br /> <br />inches of rain fell on the Big Thompson River basin during <br />the flood event. A post flood report of October, 1976 by <br />the US Geological Survey and the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board reported estimated flood damage from <br />this event at $16.5 million with 139 known dead and 5 <br />missing. <br /> <br />-~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Bnvironmental Settin~. The 1979 State of Colorado <br />Stream Evaluation Map classifies Van Bibber Creek as a Class <br />4 limited fishery resource. A Class 4 stream has no record <br />of State or Federal endangered or threatened species, and has <br />habitat that is n~t used or is.sporadically or unpredictably <br />used by species of high interest. <br /> <br />I . <br /> <br />._, <br /> <br />c, <br /> <br />The creek channel provides habitat for fox, deer, <br /> <br /> <br />raccoons, skunks, rabbits and squirrels. Song, perching and <br /> <br /> <br />shore birds are also found along some reaches of the creek. <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />Woody vegetation in the area consists mainly of <br /> <br /> <br />cottonwood, willows and Russian olive. Cattails, reed canary <br /> <br /> <br />grass, sedges, coneflowers, thistle, foxtail barley, dock, <br /> <br /> <br />teasel, milkweed and native grasses are found along the creek <br /> <br /> <br />channel as are areas of maintained lawns. <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br /> <br />