FLOOD01339

• County: Larimer
• Community: Loveland
• Stream Name: Big Thompson River
• Title: Application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a License to Re-construct, Operate, and Maintain the Loveland Project
• Date: 11/1/1977
• Prepared For: FERC
• Prepared By: Loveland
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Miscellaneous

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U. S, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
Region 8

SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE WORKSHEET

A. Applicant - City of Loveland, Colorado

B. Project Name, Location and Description

1. Replacement of a diversion dam, pipeline, and hydroelectric plant destroyed
by the July 31, 1976 flood in the Big Thompson canyon, Colorado.

2. Description of the destroyed facilities:

a. 27' high reinforced concrete slab and buttress diversion dam having a
105' long overflow section, one 36" inlet gate, and two 48" sluice gates,
located approximately 1.5 miles east of Drake, Colorado.

b, Approximately 1400 L.F. of 36" 0.0, steel pipe and 300 L.F. of pre-
stressed concrete pipe located between the dam and the power plant site.

c. Power plant site located 1.6 miles downstream (east) of the dam in
Viestanz-Smith Mountain Park,

(1) 20' 6" high by 28' 10" wide by 63' 10" long brick building with
three 300 KW (2300 volt) generator/450 HP turbine units including
related equipment, and open tailrace,

(2) 22' x 36' 5-room house with porch and frame construction.

(3) 20' x 54' 4-stall garage with hinged doors and frame construction
on a concrete pad.

(4) Potable water system consisting of a 6' x 8' well house with frame
construction, well with 14' x 48" perforated casing and 1/2 HP
electric pressure system, and 600' of 6" steel water line,

(5) 10' x 15' tool shed with frame construction on a concrete pad,

(6) 1500 gallon septic system and leach lines,

(7) One 3-phase, 2300-4160 volt, 750 KVA substation; one 3-phase,
4160-22,000 volt, 750 KVA substation; and one I-phase, 2400-
240/120 volt, 15 KVA substation.