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<br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />,. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />MEETING AND FIELD RECONNAISSANCE REPORT <br /> <br />Project: CWCB Floodplain Designation Project <br /> <br />Site: Town ofNucla <br /> <br />Date of Visit: November 9, 2000 <br /> <br />Date of Report: November 13, 2000 <br /> <br />Personnel Present: Jerry Gibbens, Montgomery Watson <br />Tom Browning, CWCB <br /> <br />Prepared By: Jerry Gibbens, Montgomery Watson <br /> <br />Notes: <br /> <br />The purpose of the meetings and field investigation was to meet with the town, observe general <br />basin and channel characteristics, and to investigate specific issues that arose during the meeting <br />and during the FIS and FIRM review, The following summarizes the field review, Selected <br />photographs have also been included, <br /> <br />Meeting with the county <br />. A meeting was held with Carl Pender, Public Works Director and a Public Works employee, <br />The meeting was held at the town halL <br /> <br />. Tom Browning made introductions, explained the purpose of the meeting, reviewed <br />legislation supporting the designation process and described the designation process, <br /> <br />. The Town confirmed that the FHBM generally looks correct, There has been minor <br />development since the map was constructed, primarily an industrial area immediately north <br />of Calamity Draw on Highway 97, <br /> <br />. The creek bottom is generally fairly "wet" which likely prevents most development within <br />the floodplain, Some development has been proposed along Calamity Draw, However, once <br />the developer is told about the floodplain, they usually back out <br /> <br />. There is a proposed annexation and development west of town near the coal mine, This land <br />adjoins Calamity Draw downstream of the town, <br /> <br />. There have not been significant flood flows in recent memory, The Town does not <br />remember significant backwater at any ofthe culverts in Calamity Draw, <br /> <br />Field Review <br />. The Calamity Draw watershed primarily consists of low elevation mountains at its <br />headwaters giving way to ,agricultural fields immediately to the east of Nucla, Agriculture <br />primarily consists of irrigated grass-hay fields, In agricultural areas, grazing and tillage have <br /> <br />G <br /> <br />, 014 <br /> <br />nucla_fieldrpt.doc <br />November 13, 2000 <br />