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<br />sh.own on plates 19, 20,and2l,respectivcly. Damages in this county
<br />amounted to $3,400,000. The total damages in the Canadian River water-
<br />shed above Conchas Dam are estimated at $4,112,000, as listed in tahle
<br />8. Table 7 includes the a.creage flooded in the Canadian River Basin
<br />in ~e" Mexico.
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<br />were damaged throughout the region. The total damages to utilities
<br />and communication facilities above John Martin Dam are estimated
<br />to be $907,000.
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<br />(4) U1'ban.Zo8ece.- Eighty-fivepcrcent of the urban
<br />damages above John Martin Oam occurred in Pueblo. l'loodwaters
<br />inundated approxi~ately 53 city blocks to depths up to eight feet.
<br />Oa'oage5 to 370 residences and S9 businesses in ~ueblo are estimated
<br />at $1,830,000. AtTrinidad,theminorurbandamagesustainedis
<br />estimated at $8,000. At Starkville, on Raton Creek south of Trinidad,
<br />floodwaters severely damaged or destroyed 26 residences and one business
<br />establishment. The urban damages at La Junta and North La Junta are
<br />estimated at $170,000, of which about 90 percent occurred in North
<br />La Junta.
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<br />75. FWOD DA:\IAGl,S AB07E JOHN MARTIN DAN.
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<br />a. Loaati~ and extent of ar>eas damaged.- Extensive damages
<br />along the Arkansas River and tributaries above John Martin Dam were
<br />inflicted by the flood on about 155,MO acres of land, inciuding 1,190
<br />acreS of urban land, 110,000 acres of upland range and eropland, 34,140
<br />acres of waste and woodland, nnd 10,470 aCreS of cropland and pasturo
<br />in the floodplain. Major damages were incurred along the Arkansas
<br />River from Pueblo to John Martin Reservoir. Additional major damages
<br />occurred in the tributary watersheds of Beaver Creek, Fountain Creek,
<br />Chico Creek, Timpas Creek, Adobe Creek, Purgatoire River, and Rule
<br />Creek. The estimated damages above John Martin Dam are $17,631,000,
<br />as listed in tabl~ 5. The floodplains of Fountain Creek are shown on
<br />plates 22 t;'''O<A?I> 25. The area overflowed on the Arkansas River 15
<br />shown on plates lS through 30. The areaS inundated along the Purgatoire
<br />River are delineated on plates 41 and 42.
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<br />(.5) Damages to e",isti~ fZood amltl'OZ 4>01'1<.8.- The
<br />major flood control works in the area; namely, John Martin Dam,
<br />Pueblo Floodway and its extension, and the Templeton Gap Floodway,
<br />experieneednodamages. Several miles of agricultural levees located
<br />along the Arkansas River between PueblO and John Martin Dam were
<br />breached in numerous places. Setchfield Dam and Reservoir on Muddy
<br />Creek, a recreational project, also was damaged.
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<br />b. Types and <V!1OWlte of damage.
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<br />(8) Business and finaneiaZ tOBSCC.. Business and
<br />financial losses comprising losses due to the interruption of business
<br />and commerce, loss of wages, expense of moving from flooded areas,
<br />loss of rent. and the reduction of Income from processing, transporting,
<br />andmarketingerops are estimate<.ltobe $450,000.
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<br />(1) A"riauZturaZ Zossee.- Agricultural losses comprised
<br />damages to planted and stored crops, livestock, fences, irrigation facil-
<br />Ities, farmbuildings,an<.llanddUlllagescausedbyero3ionandsediment
<br />deposition. The total agriCUltural damages are estimated at $7,140,000
<br />as shown in table 5. The damages comprise crop da~age in the amount of
<br />$3,250,000; damage to irrigation facilities, $1,400,000; damage to land.
<br />$1,230,000; livestock losses, $60,000; and damage to huildings and
<br />fences,$L.200,000. The principal crops damaged by the flood "ere
<br />alfalfa, native hay, sorghums, wheat, sugar beets, and corn. Consider~
<br />able damage to pastures and cropland resulted from eriosion and sediment
<br />deposition. Damage to irrigated crops caused by lack of water due to
<br />damaged irrigation facilities waS prevented by prompt restoration of the
<br />facilities.
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<br />(7) Llvec Zoat.~ Four deaths are attributed to the
<br />floodsaboveJoh.nM<lrtinOarn. Oneltfewas lost when a wall of "ater
<br />from a broken dam on Beaver Creek <.lestroyed the cabin while the occupant
<br />was asleep. One man was drowned when he drove his car off a bridge into
<br />a stream about 24 miles east of Colorado Springs. A youth waS electro-
<br />cutedat Pueblowhi1e assisting in cleanup operations. Awomanwas
<br />drowned while fleeing from her trailer home which WaS overturned during
<br />the flash floodon).1uddyCreek.
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<br />(2) Damaqee to traneportation faaltitiec.- Transporta-
<br />tion facilities include all r:lilwaypropcrty and primary and secon dary
<br />roads. Oarnages which resulted primarily from tributary flows are esti.
<br />mated at $6,320,000. This sum includesdamagos to 19 rail:roadbridges,
<br />23 state and Federal highway bridges, 239 county road bri<.lges and
<br />culverts, 40 miles of railroad, 1,891 miles of cOlmty roads, and IS
<br />miles of state and Federal highways.
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<br />(8) FLood fighting and lYJUef.- ).1any ag\lncies. both
<br />public and private, participated in the flood fight and subsequent
<br />relief activity. It is estimated that $60,000 WaS expended for the
<br />flood fight and emorgencyactivities.
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<br />(S) Damages to utiZitiea and c~~~iaation !aaiZities.-
<br />A large portion of the damages in this catep,oryocclJrred in Teller
<br />County wher<:' most of the water supply pipeline to the town ofCrippl e
<br />Creek.ColoraJo,"'asdostroyed. Telt"phoneandnaturalgasutilities
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<br />a. Location and ..:et6nt of a1'eas ?.amaged.- About 227,660
<br />acres of land were inundated by tho flood between John ~artin Dam and
<br />themouthofWalnutCreek,justdownstrcamfrOJ:lGreatBend,Kansas.
<br />The areafloode<.l is shown or< plates 3l through 40. Floode<.lproperty
<br />included 3,000 acres of urban land, 1~3,6S0 "eres of pasture and crop.
<br />land, '11,010 aCres of waste "nd"'oodbn<.l, and 4S,MO acres of upland
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