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<br />PREFACE
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<br />Th.U. ILtpo<< de.Unw..tu 6t.ood.i.It!l .ill the s.tvt.Ung, CclcllJJ.oo
<br />vici..otUy 6Mm the Sou.th P!<tUe RivVI. and Pawnee C!l.tek. The ,shLdlJ
<br />UMh 06 the. Sou.tlt Ptlttte IUVVl. ex.tt.1ld6 6!Wm abou.t 2 mUM uphVi.tdm
<br />bJ about 2 mdu dcWlt4Vleam 61l.Cm the U.S. Highwa.y 6 bJUd.ge OIlVl. the.
<br />Sou..th Pta.t;.Q I<<w.Jt.. The Pawnee Clteek Hwl!! ILtJlch .u. the. Mta 06
<br />stvtUng .subject ~ Pawnee Cileell 6t.oodlut.tVt utending along the. 4<l111t
<br />l.inl.Ut. <u the Sott.th Pt<ttte IUveA. laotd u.6e in the .uudif "well<<
<br />b<U.>.i.ta.U." a.g1t.iClLUu.Ml, .i.n.dJJJ..tJLLal, CQmm~, c.nd ILe.JroUlti.at.
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<br />BACKGROlJND!NFORMATION
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<br />SETTLEMENT
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<br />Th.U ILe.po-U wu plt.epaltw 601l. the gtU.dance 06 lcCil! oUi.
<br />C!ia.t4 in plann.i.ng -the. WIt aM lLegu.ta.ti.on 06 .the (,lood pla.in. TIlXl
<br />pot.ential MeoM WeAl uhed h:J ILtpltuent deglte.u 0(, mltjOll. (,lcodU!:l
<br />tha..t may oceWl. in the (,tl.tM.e. Thue two 6loocU, the 100-yeM. a.nd
<br />the SOO-lfeM, Me de6.&1td hi the G.t.c.!.4aJt,y and .should be given applW-
<br />p.t.i.a..te. cOn,!.w.e/UlWn in ptan~rtg (,011. M(,U!f 0(, devwl""ellt .in the.
<br />(,teed"ta.i.n. Tlte;()I,JQ potential. (,looM M.e (,Wt.thVt de6ined by
<br />6tcode.d <t/lW. map4 .tha.t .sMW the <tppJtoUlncu':e M.ea4 tha.t <<<Iutd be
<br />inwtda.te.d. FlDod pJW6ilu .show the wa..ttA de:ptM 'l.Ua..Ulle tc the
<br />4t1tMmbed and alced ettva..Uol'..6 <l.C'W'!''!' the wUth 06 t1!.e wf.,ue!J.
<br />CM.64 4e.ct.i.on.\ Me p1l.ueltted to .i1lcU.c./tt:e gllDWld level aC/tN4 tht
<br />vall.eyattdtheoveJLt!fi.1l9 61..t.J0ddep.tht., The 6lccdp1l.OM.lu and
<br />6iocdwMea da.t4 P'le4eM.ed Me btUwon tile e:d4.ti.ng ccl\d.U.i.cn.\o6
<br />tht ba4.Ut, 4Vl.1!4IIl, and VI:.Uey when tht "-epc1t.t l\W p"-epalte.d. P044.i~
<br />bie 6u..tu1te.i.mp/tCverncntb to cclt-Owt 6iood.6 Mtl'lCta COIl4M:lCItILtWn
<br />06.th.U.!tepalt.t. Thein.60MT<t.t<:on.in.tki.s,,-cpci!.tdou noti.m~yan.!J
<br />FtdVUtt.iltte!tut""-au.thcJt.d.(f:tozane.o,,-,,-,,-qu1.o..teu.!eo6thc6lood
<br />p(n,in;:t:hi.4 i..4alcca.t!LupcMibil.i..ty. The "-epalt.t p1l.OvM:lu a4ui.t-
<br />aUe b.u..w 11""- the adopwn o~ /..4.nd Me contMt.s :to gu.i.de 6tood
<br />plain duetopmen.t i4Uh cOMidC/l.Mi.cn 6C!t envwwnen.ta1 a.ttIUbl.l..tU,
<br />theMby p"-cven.U.ng -UtteM.i6.(.Cll.tUlII 06 1.044 plUJIltCJtl6. BecalL4e the
<br />1l.CptMt .wen.ti.6.i.u 6lood pllDbtVM, .i..t KIi..U 4ti.mu.to..te the developmVl.t
<br />Oft othVl UtJod d1!mage "-educwn teclut.iqwu 4....d1 a.6 M..ood ccllbtot,
<br />'li1llCvat 06 ob4t1uJ.cti.cll4, and 6tood p-UI06.ing; thue techJl.i.quu m.(ght
<br />be U4ed in an ovvo.Atl Ftocd Pl.u>:.'.11v.agv>:u.t iFfM) p.-tog.'tam.
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<br />The settlement of Colo~ado essentially began in 1540
<br />when Oon Francesco De Coronado and his party entered the region.
<br />These Spaniards found many tribes of Indians. The Ute, Arapahoe,
<br />and Cheyenne Indian Tribes resided In thB mountain areas and On
<br />the pll,;nsto the east. Later. In \806 and In 1820,respecTlvely,
<br />Zebulon Pike and Stephen H. Long explored the area, each dlsoover-
<br />ingamountainpeakth<ltTod<lybearsThelrnarTl9, Fur traders and
<br />mountain men also explored the area In The early 1800'S and con-
<br />tribUTed to the eventual settlement of the area, The search for
<br />wealth and status, however, brought on by the gold rush of 1858
<br />contributed most To the settlement of Colorado. This rush brought
<br />not only gold seekers but merchants, farme~s. and ranchers who
<br />established permanent settlements.
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<br />At the iteq....u..t 06 Logan. CourW; t"M.ou.gh the Coto-tado Wa..tvt
<br />COMVtva..ti.cn SoMd. .th.u. IU!.poi!.t W!UI pitep<l/u!.d by the Omaha f)<<.ou.ct,
<br />CoJt,O<l 06 Enghtevu, u.ndeA.the continu..i1l9 au.thcJt.d.y pit.OvM:led.in
<br />Section 106 06 the 1960 Ftcod Cont'lot Act lPubl.i.c Law 86-6451, a4
<br />a.IlI~nded.
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<br />S"tlilrllng, Colo~ado was founded in 1881. It was named
<br />fo~ S"te~1 lng, IllinoIs, thlil hometown of Un Ion Paclf Ie Rail road
<br />surveyor David J6anltt. It Is"thlillargestcorrrnunity In north-
<br />edstern Colorado having a 1976 population of 11,240. S"terllngls
<br />"t~." cen1'e~ Of '" la.-g." "'!l.-lc"ltur,,1 ar..a specializIng in catTle
<br />raising. belill processing, I ~rlglltlild farmIng, an<l whlilat farming.
<br />Oil and "tourl5rn arc also Important to the economy of "the area.
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<br />The C.OOpe.ta.Ucn 06 toea.(. oH.ic.Utt.s and pu.bUc an.d plt.(.va.te
<br />.in plUJv.uting M.s.utance and .in6"itln<1.tWn l\W rno4t hel,:>6u.i.
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<br />THE STREAM AND ITS ~ALLEY
<br />The South Platte River drains an area of approximately
<br />18,000 squil~e mi les upstream from Sterling. The wtlstern boundary
<br />of this basin is formed by the Continental Divide wIth elevations
<br />up to about 14,200 feet mean s."a levAI (m.~.I.) Md the ldrarnle
<br />rlang<.> wit" ele"ati0n~ v!' to ..hollt 10,000 feet m.s.l. The mountain
<br />aroa known ~s Sovth Park is located in t~e southwestern ~rtl0n 01
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<br />V.uWbu..ti.llnodth"--lI.epolLttc066.ic.Utt4, agVldu, and
<br />ind.i.v.idu.a1.s c.oncVlJted ~ piMtWtg ill .the Mea coviVted wU.l be made
<br />by Logan Cou.rW;. Th."-- COItN 06 fng.tltee11.4 wU.t pltev.ide .intell.plt<<a.don
<br /><<.nd uc.h.1U.c.a.i. a.l.s.wntnce. i' Il.equ.e4ted, .i/l the a,:>pUcotion 06 the
<br />lI.epc!t.t da.t4. O.theA gu..i:ddbtu ava...Ua.bte 6/tCm .the CO'lp4 06 Engine.vu
<br />Me a ;mnpht.e..t, "Gu..i.de.Unu 601t "edu.c..iJ.lg Fto"d f)<tma.gu", and a bec~-
<br />l.u, "In..twdu.c.tWn:to Fl..t.Jod PiWo6ing".
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