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<br />Major Flash Flood Canyons of Colorado*
<br />
<br />Canyon County
<br />Animas River La Plata
<br />Tributaries
<br />Arkansas Fremont &
<br /> Chaffee
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<br />Communities Affected
<br />
<br />Durango & Upstream
<br />
<br />Rockvale, Portland, Canon City, Texas
<br />Creek, Park Dale, Howard, Cleora,
<br />Salida, Buena Vista, Northrop, Vicks-
<br />burg, St. Elmo, Winfield, Twin Lakes,
<br />poncha Spgs., Garfield, Monarch,
<br />Coaldale
<br />
<br />Bear Creek
<br />
<br />Jefferson
<br />
<br />Morrison, Kittredge, Evergreen, Tiny
<br />Town, Fenders, Aspen Park
<br />
<br />Big Thompson
<br />
<br />Larimer
<br />
<br />Cedar Cove, Drake, Glen Haven,
<br />Loveland Hgts., Waltonia, Sylvanaa1e,
<br />Big Thompson East
<br />
<br />Boulder
<br />
<br />Boulder
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<br />Boulder City & Canyon
<br />
<br />Clear Creek
<br />
<br />Jefferson &
<br />Clear Creek
<br />
<br />Golden, Blackhawk, Idaho Springs7 .
<br />Empire, Georgetown, Silver Plume
<br />(These four communities are situated
<br />in the headwaters of Clear Creek)
<br />
<br />Colorado River
<br />Tributaries
<br />
<br />Mesa
<br />
<br />Grand Junction, Fuita, MacCameo
<br />
<br />Fountain and
<br />Monument Creeks
<br />
<br />El Paso
<br />
<br />Manitou Springs, Monument, Colorado
<br />Springs, Green Mountain Falls
<br />
<br />North Fork,
<br />Gunnison River
<br />
<br />Delta &
<br />Gunnison
<br />
<br />Oliver, Somerset, Bowie, Paonia
<br />
<br />San Miguel
<br />
<br />San Miguel
<br />
<br />Placerville, Sawpit, Telluride
<br />
<br />st. Charles
<br />
<br />Pueblo
<br />
<br />Beulah, Valley View, Fairview, Colo-
<br />rado City, Rye
<br />
<br />*Adapted from the State Geological Survey - List of Dangerous Canyons -
<br />See Annex A for a complete list,
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