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<br />expected to continue moving '<lestward 'Jntll covcrlr.g the greater port
<br />of tho basin by year 20::JO. Asthisdevelopmentoccurs,iltlOO<:
<br />~rob 10m can be expectod to develop. Even the exist I ng deve lo~mcnt,
<br />would suftur Severe floodd"""'ge intheev""ntot"n Intermc::!late
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<br />; ts jun~t ion .,,1 th :::Ie..r Creek u~str"a'" to Shor iJ,,~ tkJu lev~,-d, i)
<br />(j i st"nce of alioJt 3 strejr miles, and o~ Shaw Heights [3r"ncM. frO/\',
<br />i t5 ~,fl'Jth upstream ",.,d acr05S ,lost 80th Avenue, il G i st~nca of ~~out
<br />I. I stream mi.l"s. The flood .:)1" I r, becomes extr""",ly ~~rr\>w 1.1 the
<br />upstre,,'1 reqions, ilno the flood thredt 15 r'lir.irn,,1 n8dr the hea~wahrs.
<br />Therefore, th~ 'i.tuJy was not cent i n08J upslnJ~rr. of S1er idan Doo lov,lrd.
<br />S""'(3 reslde'1Ce5, located 1 n the pote~tl~ I flood pial n botweon She~ i dan
<br />anG Wddswarth Boulevards, are vulnerable to major floods.
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<br />I<<>glonaI Fleod.
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<br />F load Cont~ol Imrroveme~ts
<br />The Ll ttla 'Jry C~eok bas; n has had no """jor Irnprovo'OOnts
<br />FOderal or local - for tho spocific p~rpose of providing flood con-
<br />trol;hO'llever, local interestshavem"de'ninorChilnnol Improv","ents.
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<br />Develop"'entslntl'eFloodPlain
<br />Little Jry Creek passes t~rOJ9h t10 southern part of ~est~
<br />minister from the ~utn at 21ear Creek, upstream to Sheridan Dcule-
<br />v"rd. Tho u~5tream portion of thi s r""cn I s bordered by res iclontla I
<br /><lrea5,andthecownstreamportlon islocatodbotwoen industrial aod
<br />residential dredS. Scattered along the strCilm throughout hB rOdC~
<br />aro open droilS stili covoted to ugricu I tural rursu it5. $I,,,W li,.,i~hts
<br />lJrancn f lows t~rouS,11 a porTio" of the resideetla I dove lop'l1e~t on the
<br />western edge of 'w'ost",inlster, flawing p"rallcl to tho Colondo and
<br />Sou t h ern I(a I I 'w~y t ~"ck i n th.J d'we I op'Jd ., re,] . U nrleve I on[)(~ pcr t i on s
<br />of the +1000 pl~in re~~ln I~ agricultural production.
<br />Tho> "'a.lor ~~ma~led!)I" f"d'l'"n,~ Incl'Joe Ind~stri,,1 and
<br />nJsld'''lti~1 devdlop""nts In '^'e~ttri"ister. t"wo rlltrl)~lon pl~r.t~, "
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<br />.,ewag,; ~lspos~i plant, ~t.c t'-J"sport~i'iwn r~c.iiiti~~.
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<br />Some sc~tT()rOJ residences are located i n h"l,,~d()u~ ~redS
<br />In upstn'drl' regions not ccvorcd uy thi5 rd~ort. Eyon 't1:"J~I' t looj-
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<br />wdtor5 ~rG nOT ,,~ ~GVUrc In Jroa~ upprouc~inl t~e he~owu.~rs, re~i-
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<br />Potential FI~d Capths
<br />Littlo Dry Croek (Adams County)
<br />Ea~t of Federal Slvd. Just rlort~ cf 0.:' '<.R.
<br />Tho tlood h~lMd <>t ~II ~)wildi"g sites should bo CMckOd.
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<br />dents I ivl ny i" TI'" Imtt"," I~"J "ru" ~""u I <I bn d"'....re ~hdt duncJ"r "Ofl~
<br />,"Xiit dlJrin'l hjgr-in~<!nsity ,torm.
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<br />Study'(cdch
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<br />Jridq<;s Acro5, be She""
<br />T.~"re a~c nO I)r I ~<1es crcs~ I n'l li tt I e Jrv Cr""K or ';how
<br />H"ig.'h ~rancM .'ithlo the study rn0ChO~. 1\11 crossiwlS utillz~ pi~"o.
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<br />TIll" r8port p,'oyld<J5 fl:>oo caf~ for llHI" Dry Cr,,~k fr~
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<br />a~d cu IV1!rt5 lor convc'Y<lrco ci 5tr,""", t 1",,'$. lIt JbOut ti,e .'llrd
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