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Floodplain Documents
Designation Number
34
County
La Plata
Community
Durango
Stream Name
Animas River and Tributaries
Title
Floodplain Information Report - Animas River and Tributaries, Durango, Colorado
Date
6/1/1974
Designation Date
12/1/1974
Floodplain - Doc Type
Floodplain Report/Masterplan
Supplemental fields
Water Division
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<br />presen~ for ~he AnImas River, f~ 1927 ~o 1949 for Lightner Creek, and <br />from 1959 to 1965 for Jynctlon Creek. Descriptive data on flood events <br />sInce the turn ot the century may be found In newspaper files; pYbllca- <br />tlons of the U. S. Geologic~JI Survey, the U. S. Sol I Conservation ServIce, <br />and the U. S. Weather Bureau (~ the National Weather ServIce); and In <br />post flood reports prepared by the U. S. forest Service and the Corps of <br />Engineers. <br /> <br />The goneral nature of flooding and flood damage In the Dyrango area <br />Is illustrated by the following photographs and excerpts from newspaper <br />artIcles. <br /> <br /> <br />. <br />t <br />~I"~ <br />, ' <br />, , <br /> <br />FLOOD DESCRIPTIONS <br /> <br />Past floods have djsrup~ed hlgh~'ay and rill I road travel and COI'MIU- <br />nlcatlon services; drowned lIvestock; and damaged end destroyed agrI- <br />cultural lands, crops, Irl"Tgatlon facilItIes, roads, brlo'ges, buildings, <br />household goods, raIlroad and pOdOl" facIlIties, the sewage dIsposal plant, <br />and the State fish hatchery. Ovel" the years, several persons have o'rowned <br />ano' many others caught In floodwatel"s have narrowly escaped death or serious <br />Injury. <br /> <br />f'Uju.re 8 - D<;"WI" and Ri,o Grande Western Railroad bridae. <lcro"o Ammaa <br />Rt,rJol" after flood of actobep $, 1911. Note. debris on <br />bridge deck. (Photograph by Lisle Updike.) <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />zo <br />
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