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<br />. Individual levees along the edges of farm fields may have diverted flow in directions that <br />were different from the 1965 flow path, <br /> <br />. Although the Pawnee Creek peak: flow in 1997 was higher than in 1965, the Pawnee <br />Overflow in 1997 was less. The flood hydrograph in 1965 contained a higher volume of <br />water over a longer duration. The 1997 flood waters "ran out of gas" before western Sterling <br />became inundated. <br /> <br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board is considering alternative flooQ hazard mitigation plans <br />for Sterling. The proposed mitigation plans will be included in a separate document that will be <br />published at a later date. <br /> <br />V. FLOOD DAMAGES <br /> <br />Floodwaters from Pawnee Creek and the Pawnee Overflow damaged or destroyed homes, <br />businesses, utilities, bridges, highway and railroad embankments, county roads, crops and farm <br />land, irrigation facilities, streambanks, vegetation, and vehicles. Very preliminary damage <br />amounts for the Sterling area were estimated to be in the range of 10 million dollars. More <br />detailed damage information will be made available by FEMA for inclusion in this report. <br /> <br />7 <br />