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<br />Along Little Dry Creek in Adams County a high roadway <br />emb,mkment with an undersized culvert creates a large upstream 100- <br />year floodplain. When a flood control master plan was completed it was <br />decided to formalize the detention volume behind the emb,mltment, and <br />to acquire the structures within that flood pool, again only from willing <br />sellers. To date Adams County and the District Design and Construction <br />Program have acquired two structures with matching funds; and the <br />National F100d Insurance Program has acquired one stnlcture which was <br />given to the county. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />In 1982 the District utilized its preservation fund to acquire a <br />residential unit on the First Avenue Tributary to Weir Gulch in Denver <br />which had a long history of frequent flooding. The structure was resold <br />to a builder who moved it to a vacant site nearby. The vacant property <br />was then used for drainageway improvements that helped to reduce <br />flooding through the remainder of the neighborhood. <br /> <br />Conclusion <br /> <br />The acquisition and relocation of flood prone struetures, and the <br />subsequent appropriate uses of the land consistent with the flood hazard, <br />is a viable remedial flood control option in many instances. The District's e <br />experience has been that multiple funding sources, and a sound <br />ownership and maintenance arrangement, are essential ingredients to <br />success. The District will continue to fund similar projects in the future <br />from its three available funding sources. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />DeGroot <br />