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<br />expectedtocontinuemovingwestwarduntilcoverlngthegre"terpart
<br />of the basin by year 2000. As thls developme~t occurs, a flood
<br />problem can be expected to develop, Even the existing ~cvolopmart.
<br />~ould suffer severA flood damage In thB event of an Intermediate
<br />ReglonalFlood.
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<br />its juncllon with Clear CreBk u~strcam to Sncrid~n Goulovard, a
<br />distance of aboJt 3 stream milos, and on Sllaw Height53ran<;h, from
<br />lts moutn upstream ~nd across West 8Jth Avon~e, a distan<;e ~f abo~t
<br />1,1 5tredm 111i.le$. Tho flood plain be<;Of"")$ extrer1(lly nuro.. In ~he
<br />upstream regions, and the flOOd threat is mini~al ~e~r the headw~fers.
<br />Tnereforo, tl,e '.tudy ..~s not conci nuod upstr.,iJm of SI,er Idan Elou levare.
<br />SC<1le res iaences, locatod in tne potenti J I f 1()Q<j P I ~In between Sherld~n
<br />and Wadsworth EloulevJrdS, are vulnerable to ~jor floods.
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<br />FloodControlllnprovements
<br />Th., LIttle Dry Creek b~sin h~s h~d no major Improv~nt,
<br />federal or local - for the specific purpose of providing flood con-
<br />trol; r.owever, ioca I I nterests have "",de mi nor channo I Improveme~ts.
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<br />Developments in the flood Plain
<br />Little Ory Creek passes through the southern part of We5t-
<br />m i n i stc r f rom t~\e mouth at C I ca r Croek. ups trea.lI to Siler i d a n ilou I e-
<br />vJrQ, The upstream portion of thIs reach Is bordered by resicantial
<br />areaS,anQthedown5trea."portlon is Io<;atedbetweon Industril:il and
<br />r<lsidentialdreas. S<;attered along the strea" thrO<.Jghout the reach
<br />arc opon areas sti II .Jevoto~ to dgricu I tur", I pursu its. Sha", H.,i!!hts
<br />~ranch flows through a portion of tho residential dp.vBlop~nt On the
<br />western e"go of '~est",i nister. f lowl ng para I lei to the Col(>rado ard
<br />Southern Ral I'..ay Trac:k in thf' dew. loped aroi.l. UnoJev"lopeC< por~i()ns
<br />of the flood plain ro",ain in agricultural prodJctloh,
<br />Th" Major de"'ag<lable features include i njustrl~ I ,lno!
<br />r~~id~ntial d~velopmonrs in ~estmini5Ter. t~o filtration Dlonts, a
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<br />~C'iiJo;O Ji~,lC~": pi~M, JnG tr;;ln~por~"tiQn Idc:::l:e~.
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<br />PQtenti~1 flood Depths
<br />Little Dry Cr"ek (Adams County)
<br />EastofFederaI8Ivd,justNortMofC&SR.R.
<br />The flood hazard of a II bui Id i r>g 51 te~ shou Id bo CMlcked.
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<br />Sorr,e seattere:! res Iconces are locatod i n haz~rdous aredS
<br />inupstre"mregionsnoteoveredbytl>i5report. Even though flood-
<br />'..aters ~re not as scvtJro in aredS dppro;,e." i ng tile ~()ad'iiQter5, re,l-
<br />dtJnts I Iv i ng in the botto", I~nd ~rea shou If. b.e "war,;, that d..'~q()r do"~
<br />exist during niGh-intensity storm,.
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<br />This Feoorr provicns flood dat~ for Litti" Dry Cree~ from
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<br />8Fidges Acro,s the Stream
<br />There are 00 bridges cr0s~ir>g Little Dry Cr"ok or S'H'ii
<br />'ioignts oranc~ w it,~i n ~he study reaches. 1\ II ero,,,i "'ls uti II ze r ir,.s
<br />Qndcul.vortsforeonvey"ncecfS1rOdMflow5. ",taJoutTI'ct',irj
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