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<br />City of Fort Collins <br /> <br />Hazard Mitigation 404 Grant Application <br /> <br />Part 3 <br /> <br />PROJECT LOCATION <br /> <br />A. Detailed location: Fort Collins is located along the banks of the Cache LaPoudre River, <br />where the foothills of the Rockies meet the Great Plains at an elevation of 5,000 feet. <br />Fort Collins is located in eastern Larimer County, approximately 60 miles north of <br />Denver (Map 1, Location Map). The climate is semi-arid with approximately 300 days of <br />sunshine and an average annual precipitation of 14.5 inches. <br /> <br />Fort Collins became incorporated in 1873 and has grown rapidly, from approximately <br />1,376 residents in 1880 to a current (1997) estimate of 106,000 residents. The City limits <br />currently cover approximately 44 square miles of area. <br /> <br />---- <br /> <br />Fort Collins is vulnerable to flooding from several different sources (Map 2, City of Fort <br />Collins Regulatory Floodplains and Map 3, Stormwater Basins)_ Flood sources include; <br />1) the rivers and streams in Fort Collins which include the Cache La Poudre River, <br />Spring Creek, Dry Creek, Fossil Creek, Cooper Slough, and Boxelder Creek; 2) potential <br />dam failure; and, 3) urban flash flooding from intense rainfall on smaller drainage basins. <br />The main cause of floods in the Fort Collins area is intense, localized rainfall, which <br />normally occurs in the period of May through September. Floods also occur in Fort <br />Collins due to rapid snowmelt in the Cache La Poudre River's watershed, which extends <br />far into the Rocky Mountains_ <br /> <br />Specific addresses of properties to be floodproofed will be determined during the <br />implementation of the program_ <br /> <br />B. Maps: Map 1_. Location Map <br />Map 2-- Regulatory Floodplain Map <br />Map 3_- Drainage Basin Map, Page <br />Map 4_- City of Fort Collins Flooding Sources <br /> <br />C List all Damage Survey Report (DSR) numbers for DSR's written for any damages <br />within the project area (last 10 years only). <br />19970nlv_ A total of60 DSR's for a total of$1-4 million_ DSR's are on file with the <br />Colorado Office of Emergency Management. <br /> <br />D_ The project location is within the declared disaster area. Yes <br /> <br />E. Does the Project's actual location have a deed restriction, which prohibits federal disaster <br />funding? No <br /> <br />~, <br /> <br />4 <br />