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<br />STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION <br /> <br />Community Description <br /> <br />Akron is located in northeastern Colorado approximately 120 miles northeast of Denver and <br />approximately 40 miles east of Fort Morgan. It is slightly east of the basin divide between the <br />South Platte River basin and the Republican River basin. Akron is the county seat of Washington <br />County. The area studied for the FHBM is the incorporated area of the Town of Akron as of March <br />5, 1976. <br /> <br />Watershed Descriotion <br /> <br />The basin divide between the South Platte River basin and the Republican River basin is <br />approximately 2 miles west of Akron. The South Tributary to the Southwest Drainage in Akron <br />has its headwaters at that divide at an elevation of approximately 4700 feet. The North Tributary to <br />the Southwest Drainage originates just west of Akron, also at an elevation of approximately 4700 <br />feet. The two tributaries to the Northeast Drainage originate just north of Akron, at approximately <br />the same elevation. The two major drainages join Surveyor Creek separately at two locations east <br />of Akron. Surveyor Creek and Rock Creek join further northeast. The drainage eventually ends in <br />enclosed low areas in northern Yuma County <br /> <br />Floodine Problems and Floodine History <br /> <br />Convective type cloudburst storms sometimes lasting for several hours, can be expected to occur in <br />the Akron area during the summer months, The cloudburst storms can cause high peak flows with <br />a small water volume over a short duration. Flooding from general rainstorms may also occur <br />during the months of June through September. General rainfall flooding is characterized by higher <br />peak flows with a moderate volume and a moderate duration. Flooding is more severe when <br />antecedent rainfall has resulted in saturated ground conditions or the ground is frozen and <br />infiltration is minimal. <br /> <br />Localized flooding has occurred along the Northeast Drainage during the summer months as a <br />result of runoff from thunderstorm activity in the area. The primary area flooded has been in the <br />Akron town park. There has been minor street flooding in a few locations in town. Some of those <br />areas have not experienced problems since some storm drainage improvements were constructed as <br />par! of a project to repave V,S. Highway 34. Because the Southwest Drainage tributaries flow <br />through open ranch land, they have not posed a flooding problem for the town <br /> <br />3 <br />