FLOOD01986

• County: Bent
• Community: Las Animas
• Stream Name: Arkansas River
• Title: Las Animas Local Protection Project Design Memorandum
• Date: 8/22/1968
• Prepared For: Las Animas
• Prepared By: US Army Corps of Engineers
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Project

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a. Utilities. Approximately 6 poles would be relocated.
ship of the poles and whether they are power or telephone line
not been determined.

The owner-
poles has

b. County road relocation. Two sections of county road, from levee
station 70+00 to station 72+00 and from station 84+00 to ~tation 99+50
would be constructed to provide a route within the levee right of way,
equal to the existing road. Relocation of the first mentioned section
of road would include relocation of an existing culvert.

c. Water wells. One irrigation water well with casing, located
right of levee station 70+45, would be relocated as shown on plate 5.
The water wells with windmills in the vicinity of levee station 163+00
would have to be relocated off the right of way in locations chosen by
the owner.

d. Irrigation ditches. 4n existing concrete lined irrigation ditch
would be relocated on the right from levee station 70+40 to station
72+40 approximately, to be outside the right of waY as shown on plate 5.
An elevated earth ditch would be provided on the right from levee
station 84+00 to 99+50 as shown on plate 5.

e. Fences. A total of approximately 10,320 lineal feet of exist-
ing barbed wire fences within the right-of-way of the levee would be
removed. Construction of new fences as required to exclude livestock
from the levee right-of-way would not be included in the levee contract.
Any new fence would be an obligation of local interests.

f. Sheds. Four frame sheds in the vicinity of levee station
163+50 would be relocated or reconstructed as necessary to provide equal
facilities for the owner in the location desired.

g. Irrigation intake structure. A concrete intake structure would
be provided at levee station 1+25 to pass irrigation water through the
levee to supply the Las Animas Consolidated Ditch, the Las Animas Town
Ditch and branches of the two ditches. Details of the structure are
shown on plate 19.

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Road culverts. New twin 36-inch CMP culverts would be provided
locations to pass drainage ditch water under the relocated
road. Details of the culvert installations are shown on plate 20.

RELOCATIONS TO BE PERFORMED AT FEDERAL EXPENSE

12-05. Relocations at Federal expense. The only relocation to be per-
formed at Federal Expense is the alteration of the Arkansas River Bridge
on the Las Animas Branch of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
system. This branch line connects the Arkansas Valley Branch with the
AT&SF mainline and crosses the Arkansas River about one mile northeast
of Las Animas.

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