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<br />c:reiltinq ~ckwilter and increilsed flooc1 heiqhts. Trees and other debris
<br />rmv be washed away i1nd carried ~('wn;.trea'" to coll",ot On orid"e> and oth"r
<br />obstructions to flow. As flood flow increases. masses of debris break
<br />loose and a wall of wafer and debris surqes downstreilm until ~nother ob-
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<br />10ild exerted upon It, bv the backwilter, exceeds Its structur~1 capacity
<br />and the brTdqe is destroyed. The limited capacity of obstructive brld~es
<br />Ciln retard fiood flows ~nd result in lloodTnq un"tre~m, ero~Ion ~round
<br />beione apor~ch embankMe~ts and posslbie damil~e to t~e overlylnq roadbed.
<br />In addition, erosion of culvert entra"ces a"d bridne anprOilch e~benk~ents
<br />Can occur with possible dil~iIoe to the overlvinn roadbed.
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<br />In q~neral, obstructions restrict flood flows and result in
<br />hiqher overbank flows and unpredlct~ble 3re~s of floodTno, destruction of or
<br />damdqe to brTdqes, and, ~n increased velocity of flow in the brldne
<br />vicinity. it is impossible to oredlct the denree or location of the ~ccu-
<br />mulation nf debris, therefore, for the purposes of this report It w~s
<br />necess~ry to assume that there would be no accumulation of debris to cion
<br />any 01 t~e br idqe ope"inas in the development of the 1 iood rrof I 1.05.
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<br />14 bridoos. ~onv of these brldqe~ arc obstructive to flood flows.
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<br />Flood damilqe reduction measures - T~ere are no flood control
<br />structures on the Cache la ~udre River in the study reoc~. There i1re two
<br />dams on th", North ror~ ':"'che Ie roudre River. Th(> H~ II ioan (J"", and "ese~-
<br />voTr, located about 24 miles nodhl'est of Fort ("Allin;, was built in In10 tor
<br />Irrin~tion ,,>torane IInd is owned bv the North Poudre I rr Icatlon Cornoanv.
<br />The Mi I ton Se""'~n [Jam i1nd ~es..rvoir, built bv the cltv o' (.re"lev in 1047
<br />for munic i pill wllfer SUDol y. i s loc~ted about one mi Ie uostre",", from the
<br />'brth Fork confiuence with the C"'c~e la Poudre River. T~e llood control
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