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<br />VlawlookingupstreamfrO'l1streil/nmlle3.92 <br />(State Hwy. 119crosslngl <br /> <br />Development on the Flood Plain <br />Urbanization has recently begun in tnree separate locations <br />on the predCfflinately agricu I tura I flood P li:I; n. A Longmont suburb h~s <br />bean constructed along the creek upstream from U.S. Highway 287. A <br />second housing development is under construction in the vicinity 01 <br />streammllo8.4,apparentlytobeilccessible to the Internation al <br />8uslness Mi:lchine Corporation plant located OMmile south of this <br />area. New homes are also being constructed nei:lr tne upstream end of <br />the study reach In the vicinity of Aliens Lake. <br />Ind ications are that the Left-Hand Creek are~ will be In <br />demand for continued urbi:lnlz~tion. The populations ot Longmont ~nd <br />Boulder have increosed by 55 and 191 percent respectively in the <br />twenty year period since 1940. ThesecQrrmunitieswlllutllizaacon- <br />siderablearoountof iandwiththeirgrowthas indicated by thepopul- <br />ation projections shown in Table I. Some industry has already located <br />in the vicinity of the stream creating a demand tor homesltes close <br />to wor~. The Left-Hand Creek fiood plain offers i:In attractIve location <br />tor these homes with full grown trees lining the banks of this clear <br />mountain stream. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> TABLE , <br /> POPULATION PROJECTIONS ,/ <br /> City of City of <br /> i'e"r Lon~mont Boulder <br /> 1940 7,406 12,958 <br /> 1950 8.099 19,999 <br /> 1960 11,489 37,718 <br />Est. 1980 20,400 66,900 <br />Est. 2000 33,100 108,600 <br />Est. 2020 52,800 173,300 <br /> <br />View looking upstrei:l'" from stream mi Ie 2.;7 <br />(County Rd. 22 crossing) <br /> <br />i/ <br />Populations are those compiled by Bureau of the Census. Estlmotes <br />are based on Oenver SMSA data projections by tho Otfico of 8uslness <br />Economics, Depi:lrtment of Comme~e for the water Resources Council. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />, <br />