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<br />SU~~Rr OF FLOOD SITUATION <br /> <br />Tile city of \~ray, Color~do, is loc~ted ~lon9 botll sides <br />of tile Nortll Fork Republican River about 25 miles above its con- <br />fluence with the Arik~ree River. The information included in tllis <br />report covers that portion of the river from river mile 22.0 to <br />just above river mile 33.0 in the vicinity of Wray. Plate J shows <br />the contributing watershed and study reacll ~s discussed in this <br />report. <br /> <br />Much of Wray is on Iligh ground and free of flooding <br />from the North Fork Republican River. However, the topography <br />surrounding Wray has influenced development of the flood plain to a <br />great extent. In early times, tile bluffs rising steeply from the <br />valley floor on both the northern and southern edges of Wray pro. <br />vided protection from the elements. Today, tllese same bluffs form <br />a b~rrier to development in the city, encouraging the explor~tion <br />of the North Fork flood pl~in for future development. Flooding <br />from the Nortll Fork Republican River watershed has not been severe <br />In the past and development of the flood plain is increasing despite <br />the potential dangers. <br /> <br />Wllile no official flood records are avail~ble for the <br />Nortll ForK Republican River at Wray, stream gaging records h~ve been <br />maintained continuously since MarCh 1931 at tile Colorado-Nebraska <br />State line loc~ted ~bout 16 miles downstream from Wray. As ~n indi- <br />cation of past flooding in the ~astn, onl~ one minor flood event <br />Ilad been recorded in the station's entire history. Intermittent <br />records ~re also available for a station located ~bout four miles <br />upstream of Wray, but operation is presently discontinued. <br /> <br />3 <br />