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<br />Table 8. (Cont.) <br /> <br />MAP <br />COUNTY NO. <br /> <br />36 <br /> <br />Mineral <br /> <br />Montezuma 39 <br /> <br />TYPE OF <br />COMMUNITY/AREA LANDSLIDE <br /> <br />Vega Reservoir area <br /> <br />:rT Buzzard Creek <br /> <br />38 <br /> <br />\\blf Creek <br /> <br />Shallow trans- <br />lationallandslides <br />in clayey colluvium <br />and bedrock <br /> <br />FACll.ITIES AT RISK <br /> <br />Roads, utility lines (small <br />landslide dams would flood <br />residentia1/agricultural <br />areas and facilities) <br /> <br />U snalJy thin Pipelines and other <br />translational utilities, some low value <br />landslides and buildings <br />multiple earthflows <br /> <br />Numerous land- <br />slides and debris <br />flows <br /> <br />u.s. Hwy. 160, proposed <br />ski area and attendant <br />development <br /> <br />Complex landslides Access road to Mesa Verde <br />at several locations National Park <br />due to massive <br />sandstone ledges <br />that fail and move <br />out on underlying <br />soft shales <br /> <br />Montrose 40 St. Hwy. 92 in vicinity Multiple landslides St. Hwy. 92 <br />of Black Mesa <br /> <br />Ouray <br /> <br />Mesa Verde National <br />Park <br /> <br />41 Ouray and vicinity <br /> <br />Debris flows <br /> <br />MITIGATION <br />ACTIVITY <br /> <br />Geologic study <br />completed. Landslide <br />age and potential for <br />continued activity <br />evaluated. <br /> <br />Subject of regional <br />landslide inventory <br />by CGS. <br /> <br />Clean up as <br />necessary. CDOH <br />has done some <br />experimental berming <br />of landslides. <br /> <br />Potential severe <br />economic impacts to <br />Cortez area. Recon- <br />struction is costly <br />and alternative <br />routing should be <br />explored. Current <br />annual repair/ <br />maintenance costs <br />are very high. Study <br />to identify problems <br />and alternatives badly <br />needed, especially <br />with two proposed <br />new visitor <br />attractions. <br /> <br /> <br />Annual clean up. <br /> <br />Most of the town, $2.4 million spent on <br />municipal facilities, and flume reconstruction <br />potential development lands and debris basin. <br /> <br />Pitkin 42 Dutch Creek area west Debris avalancbes Mine surface facilities, Preliminary hazard <br />of Redstone roads, and downstream areas assessment to be <br />done by CGS. <br /> <br />43 <br /> <br />Snowmass <br /> <br />Landslides, slumps, <br />and earthflows <br /> <br />Ski lift towers and proposed Problems are being <br />residential areas studied by <br />consultants. <br /> <br />43 <br />