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<br />mighty torrent came rushing down the gulch In ~sslve waves, capped <br />with white foam, and was, to Mr. Cook's gaze, a terrible slgnt." <br /> <br />OJRRENTFLOODSITUATlON <br /> <br />Developrrents IntheFloodf'laln <br />The lower reaches ot Cottonwood Creek havaexperi- <br />anced heavy development in recent years, and this development Is <br />continu\ngupstream. Il\ostof the developrnent has been In the form <br />Of single family residentIal. Recantly, however, thereh(ls been (In <br />incre(lselnmultl-f::lmilyresldentl::ll development,(lndeon-rnereial de- <br />velopment Is expan~lng along Academy Goulev::lrd, some of it within <br />the flood pl(lln. <br /> <br />Tr1lnsport(ltionfacilitles In the flood plain in- <br />elude Interstate 25, Old State Route 83, the now 1Ibandoned Atchinson, <br />TopekaandS::lnteFeRailro"d. Also crossing tMe flood plaIn Is <br />AcademyBoulev1lrdandBI1IekForestRoad,alonqwith,""ny local streets <br />and roads. <br /> <br />The urban O:>lorado SprIngs area has experienced <br />tremendous population growth In the 1960-1970 decade. This growth <br />has Slowed In the mld seventies, but the slow down IS expected to <br />be temporary. As development expands€'astwardly, the pressures tor <br />develop~ent of the flood pl~ins are expected to intensify. <br /> <br />Obstrudions toFloodtlows <br />There ~re seven bridges across Cottonwood Creek <br />that obstruct the flow. All of these structures, except for the <br />one <It Academy Bouiev::lr<i, cross the str"~m ~t IOCi:>-rions where tn", <br />stream is deeply eroded into the tloodplain.Thebrldgesoverdeep <br />cuts do not constrid the "~ter./ay ~rw of the floodwaters slgnlfl- <br />cantlytoproduOlexcessivrolbackwatoreffects. Thestrudure1lt <br />Academy Ebulevard, however, forms a tr~ns Ition fro," a broad braided <br />"tream to a deep narrow stream downstredm ~fid creates a drastic con- <br /> <br />strictlofi. <br /> <br />Natural oDstrlictions along the basin include rock <br />outcrODP I ngs dNl constri CTed c"an~e I widths. '~the lower ?ortion <br />vi tlw bilsin "I I ie...., "ne cotto~wood trees Iln" Tho (;a~k~ ~~d wiii <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />, <br />