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<br />CURRENT FLOOD SITJATID~
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<br />~nd Rio Gr~nd~ ~estern (C&RC~) R~il,cad Co~pany and the Atchison,
<br />rO~Bka, and 5~nt~ re (A HSr) Railwal CQmpany. 50"," minor ratlas which
<br />se=v8 the outlying ~g,ocul~~~~l eress t:avotso the fLood pl~ins af
<br />.J(:n",y Ca~p Crl!e<.
<br />Urb~n Colorado 5p.i~g~ and [1 ~sso Co~nty generally h~vc
<br />~x~Rrienced explosive g~owth, both e~on~ic and in p~pul~tion) ~in~e
<br />th8 snd of ~arld ~a. II. The tawn of Fountain has sharsd in this
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<br />a~v~lop~~nt~ in the rla~~ Plai~s
<br />Pl~t". 3 th:ough 42 ~hQ~ the ~tudy limit3 dnd fioed
<br />pl~ins ~lonr; the fountain Cr~e~ and Ji~rny Camp C,~ek ~tudy r8~ches
<br />r-onsi<lorod in this r~port, r"o~ tho MOl1umOllt Creek ~Or1fl"BnCe do,m-
<br />et.eam to Colo.ado Springs' 6outher~ bound~ry, the raunt~in flows
<br />tnrough ~ ~ell developed c~nercinl district with office buildings
<br />ond a ~ide_ranging v~riety of .m~ll bu.i"ess enterprises. At the
<br />Nevada Avenuo bridge crossing, the city_o~nad Dorchester Perk occu-
<br />pies the north bank, end an extonsive residentiol ~r6a occupies the
<br />creek'o south b~nk. The north-benk L&L Trailer R~nch is located a
<br />short distance belo~ the bridge site. Roughly three_fourthe of 0
<br />milo f~rther downBtre~m, tho city'" se~ege dispos~l pl~nt fecilitio8
<br />~re p~rtially within the north_bonk flood plain. Nu~erous housing
<br />develop~ents ~nd trailer parks have appo~red in recent yoars, gener_
<br />oUy <110ng the ~outh bank. in the vicinity of river miles ~7 .6, 45.5
<br />~nd 44.5. At. dV~I' mil~ 41, n~wly oeveloped norl.h_bertk r~eioeP1tial
<br />areaS r-.ave b""n annexed by th~ town of 'o"nt~in, which ha~ nLJmArn""
<br />older p~npertieo--both r~sidentiol an~ ~mall businesB__locet~d
<br />within tr-.~ fnunt~in Cre~k flood pl~irt. Between fountain ~"d tr-.a
<br />Go~nty.linB study li~its, the flood pl~in land~ are used gerterall~
<br />for egriculturn nnd stock-grazing activitieo.
<br />Most of the axisti"g dev81opm~nt ~long Jimmy Camp Creek__
<br />prim~rily reoidonti~l--i~ located in or nOar tho town of fountain.
<br />Some nBW hou~~" ~ntJ mobile homee r-...ve ~ppear..tJ i" the upper study
<br />reach, how~var, indicating th~t flood plain aruae now in open space
<br />uoe ~cv incrp.ooingly vulnorobl~ to s~ali_parcel s~le and 8ub~~qu~nt.
<br />i~prude"t develop~ent.
<br />Trdnepon"tionfacilitieSin:hefloodpl"inSOffo'Jntain
<br />Creek indLJde portions of r"terstata ~li9h"ay 25, U.$. Higr-.w~y 85-87,
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<br />gro"th most app.eciably during the 1960-1970 dec~de. Cnntinuing
<br />economic deVBIDp~ent i~ axp8cted for the ragionel a~8~ in the fore-
<br />seee~le f~ture, end pres~urss leading to intensified flood plai"
<br />land use will undoubtedly accompany eu:h d~velop~ent.
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<br />Dh~tructions to floodflcws
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<br />Re5triction~ in thB path of flood~aters often Ca~se
<br />varying and unpredictable floodirtg de~ths. Natural obstr~ctinns to
<br />floodflow~ occur generally ~lon9 the entir~ length of the Fountain
<br />~nd Jimmy Ca~p Creek st~d~ reHches "h8r~ trees, b~U6h, and othor
<br />v~~~tHhu" gruwi"\! ~l(}"g lh~ C",WK b~"k" obstrud the flo" path.
<br />The effeot of such grcwth 1s esp~cially pronoun~ed at ~h~nnel bend~
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<br />'..~,icu~ co~nty ro~d~ ~~.d ci:) stre<lts, ",-,Ll L,il l~r,~~ ur 1I,~ C~"v~,
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<br />Man_mad.. ob8tru~hons along Fountain Cr~ek include tho
<br />accumulated fiy ~sh d"~pings from the rtunicipal power plsnt, land-
<br />fill neer the Colorado Springs' se~age disposel plant. and isolated
<br />leve"e that have been constructed to protect various Go","'e~cial ,end
<br />,eeidential propertias fro~ floodi"9' Oth"r ~an-me.dc obstructiono
<br />dlong fountain Cr""k "r~ th~ ,,~prt]"ch Hlnbankm'mh for th.. ([, bridg~8~~
<br />three ."il.oad and tr-.irtaal1 vahicdar cro""ings (ona abdndoncd)--
<br />~nd "u"ero'~~ fre"UJay-acc"~~ re."~o di~tributed t.hrnughout th~ upper
<br />po,Uon of tl1~ study reach.
<br />,'iBr1-""d.. ob~h'"cti~n~ ~long tr-.s Jimrf'y C"mp Croek study
<br />reach ~ra tr-.e ~ppro~ch emb~n~m~~t~ for one r~ilroad dnd feu. vehic_
<br />ul~r ~rid~e~, one :f ~~i:h h~s ~cen a~cnannad.
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