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CURRE~T FLOOD S!TUAT!ON and ~io Grnn~e Wo~tern (C&RG~) ~ai!rood Comp~ny ond the Atchieon, Topek,,-, ;Jc.c S~"ta Fo (ABSf) R"ih~y Ccrn~"ny. So~o ~i~or reads ~l1ich ~erv~ the o~tlyi~g ~gri~u!t~r~l ~re~s tr~,~r~~ th9 floou ~lains of Ji~rny Ca~p CrsHk, wrban ColcrG~o Springs and (1 Paso Co~nty gs~sr"lly have experi~nced explosi,e gr~~th, both economic und in Fopul~tion, since the end of ~orld War 11. Tha town of Fountain h~s sl1ared in thi. growth ~ost ~~pred~bly during the 1960_197D decade. Continuing economio developm~nt is expeoted for the regionsl sra~ ir< the fore- seeable fcture, ~~d pre~Bures leading to intensified flood pl~in IBnd us~ will u~doubted:y accompany such development. ~evel"p~~nts in ~hg floed ~l~o~c ~l~t~o 3 t~rou~~ ~2 "ho~ the stedy lirnits ~nd flood ~lains alcn~ the fountain Creek ~~d Jim~y Carnp Creak study reache, co~eidH"ed in this report. fram tho ~OnUTI8nt Creek ~onfluance down_ stream to Colcrado Springs' southern boundary, the Fountain flows through a well developed co~mercial district ~ith offioa buildings and a wide.rangi~g variety of ernall business enterprises. At the Nevad~ Avenue bridge crossing, the city.o~ned DorChester Park occu- pies the no~th bank, and an extensive residential a~ee occupies the creak 's ~outh bank. Ti'1e north-bank L&L Trailer Rench is lecated e short distance below the bridge site. Roughly throe-fourths of e mile farther downetrea~, the city's ee~age disposal pl~nt facilities are pa~ti~lly within the north.b~nk flood plein. Nurnerous housing devaloomente and tr~iler p~rks have appesred in re~ent years, gener~ elly along the south b~nk, in the vioinity of river mil~G 47.5, 45.5 a~d t.~.5. At river mile 41, nQ~ly daveloped narth_bdnk rGeidenti~l ~rA'S h~VA bARn ~nnex~d by the tO~fi of Fountain, which h~~ nu~erous ulu~r propu,tic~--both rooidcnti~l end srn~ll busineg"_~looatBd within thB Fo~nt~in Cre~~ flood pl~in. 8~twaan fount~in and the co"nty_lin" ~tudy li"it~, thu floou l'ldn l"nU~ ar~ uood gonor"lli for a9rioult~re and stock_grszing ~ctivities. '~ost of the exi5ting develop",e,~t along Jimrny Camp Cr~ek-- pri~"rily residential._is loc~ted in or "e~r th8 town of FOu"bin. 50"," nPIIi hou~~s ;>nd '11oblle homes h~ve 3pp.."-~ed in the upper ~tlJdy redcl<, however, indicating that flood plain ~re~" now in Llf'~" ~;.>ac.. use ~re incre~eingly vulnor~ble t~ ~m~11-porco! ~ole and subuequent i~prudBnt dBvalopmnnt. Tran~portation f~cilitins in the flood plains or Fount~in Cre~k include portion~ of lnteostate High~~y 25, U.S. Hiqhw~y as_a?, v~riou$ ~o~nty road~ and ~ity ~trnet~, and ~ait lines of the 08n,e~ Ob~tructicn~ tc F1c~dflc~~ ReGtri~tiono in tho path of flood~at~~~ cft~n c~use varying and unp~Edictable flooding d6~ths. ~~tural obshuctions to floodflow. occur gBner~lly ~long the entire length of tha Fount~in and Jimmy Ca~p CreeK etudy re~ch~~ ~hera trees, brUSh, and other v~g~t~tion growing ~lorg the cre~k b~nkg obstr~ct the fin~ p~th. Th8 effect of ~~ch qro~th is e9peci~11y pronounced ~t ch~nn8l bends andcurvas. Ma~-rnade ob~tructions along Fountoin Creek include ~he acoumulated fly ash rl"rnping~ frD~ th9 rn~(licipal po'~~r plant, land_ fill ne~r thn ColoradO Spring.' SSW~gB disposal plant. ~nd i~olat~d lev~eo that havo b~en oonshuoted to protect various cO'llnerdal ,and rceidenti~l properti~s fro~ flooding. Other man-~ada obstruction. along fountain Cr~~k ar~ lh~ appruach B"'b~"k"'ent~ fOl' the 16 briug~~__ th~a~ railro~d ~nd thirteen vehicular orossings (one ubandoned).. ~n~ numerous free~ay-a~ces. r~rnps dis~ributed throughout the upper portim1 of thH ~tutJy rHach. Man-made obstruction~ ~long the Ji~~y Ca~p Creek 8tudy rs"ch are the "ppro~ch embankments for one r~HrQad clnd fo~r v~hic- ul~r brirlges, onA of ~hich h~~ been ~b~ndon~d. to "