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<br />ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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<br />[',,,, Sa,:r:u"':Jltn DlHrKI ;""rl" "f Erwi.
<br />n,""" -,<,'at..flllly ,,,,,,,,,\,-1,,,11"" t]". ('"''1><'"'''
<br />[,on and a,";;l"n('.' 01 Ill(' ~\"Iral Cnu.,ty
<br />!'Iallnin;:, I),'p~nmO'nt.-"s),,,,'i,,lly ~1<. .!wh
<br />,;I<.h;(' ",,,I .JanH" r; Pallhnin, Cn",,~,
<br />!.:nc;im.,..r: lh,. (';ll' "I C""if':' the ('"1,,,.,,,1,,
<br />';1,,1<' 1"'pHI':,n>'''1 "I H,>(hw,,-y,: th~ 'l'ailt
<br />1':"'1';"" l'n'"iH: ~1,. --,h'" R"I,in'''r:. (','a;lt
<br />
<br />INTRODUCTION
<br />
<br />PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF REPORT
<br />
<br />Th<' jJllrl""'<' of th;< rq.lOrt is to d~"<'ril)t.
<br />and ilILl<trawth\. f\ood hazard in and aronnd
<br />th... City of ('mill', ~loffat Connt)., Colorado,
<br />Th~n'l)\)rtwillaidinp["l\oir.Kthef"',tu"'of
<br />land< ,ubject to inundalion from H~)'and;~i(J.
<br />
<br />LIMITS OF STUDY
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<br />Thi, ,",-,pori <'OWrS a 7 mile r,.ach of tbO'
<br />Ya"'i'aWverju<t"'LltbofCrailt:l.ndtl",
<br />low",. r~acbe, o[ l"ortifi,."tion Cre,'k and
<br />Brnuwrton, C,~la" ~1{)lJntHin, ami I'ine Rid.o;e
<br />(;ukh,,<, Forlifkatino Cn,,'k is tribu\;,\r,v to
<br />t)", Y"mpa Ri""r hy way 0: a remnant
<br />an:,hl'anen "hlumel. Pint' RidK~ Guloh i, "
<br />dir~ct tribuu,,'y to the river, but the I"w~)'
<br />
<br />(',''''''')'''J' "f (""''''1''''''''.' ".,,' "t,,,,r, \Ii,,,
<br />din','I:,- ",. inrl;,'e<'lly aidl'J in c~w pr-q)ar"tiIHl
<br />of this "('I"".t, Tb.. ~Ial(' "f ('o\o,'wlo. ~lollat
<br />('o""t,\', anli II,e Cil." {Jf en",,; e(~)I"'l'~tiHI\'
<br />[",,,,,,r! 1""'1'''''''1''''' ,.f lh,' rid"il..'] \<'1'.
<br />"Krapbi(' n,,,,," 'H".I,,',I f''''l~'' Ih.l 11""",]
<br />Itl['''''''''li"n'l\ldy,
<br />
<br />BACKGROUND INFORMATION
<br />
<br />)'earfl"'d,, 1I""',-,VC'r.itd,,,,, tlotc"r.tRin
<br />rt'<.'nmmendation.' for <olvinK fjr.-orl probil'm.
<br />or plar.s for U>;t-' of f\o<xl plain a,."a~ be,'aLl""
<br />the<e a<'livilies are tb,' re'..m<ibilitit'~of\c"'lll
<br />>("\'H,.tLnwnt.
<br />
<br />DESCRIPTION OF STUDY AREA
<br />
<br />Crai.o; i, lorau'd in nortbwestHn Colorado
<br />al ~n ele\'al;on of ablJut 1;20() Icet, The r~.o;ion,
<br />which i~ part of the pby"io.o;raphie province
<br />known a< the WYOln,,\.o; l3a,io. i~ a plateaLl
<br />dlaraeV'fi"c~1 by broad arcRs of low r~li..f
<br />'ejmral<~l by ""arp"and ell..sta~. Tbew"",,t..rn
<br />..nd of Ibe Wi\liRms Fork ~lounlaino, a
<br />norlhwe,terly ~.,l<'llJinlt "PU,. 01 thc' Hocky
<br />MOllntain ~Yol<'m. r;<e< ill the sOUlh of Ihe dty,
<br />Heal oettlement did nc<t"""m'in nurthwe,t.
<br />~rn Colorado until t1", nomadio 1;1R Indian<
<br />"'w,'permanentlyrelncaV'rlwlitah;n ]Kl>l.
<br />Tho' fir<l ""tIler in t.he C"aig- a,.eaarriv",1 in
<br />thal.".".rand a l<)wn,ite w""laicloLlt in IS&>
<br />1'0,. th,' finl 2(l';jI) y~a,." the ,ommunit)' wa,
<br />:ma~r;eulturalc"ntcrla,.ltdyd~ponrlenlup"n
<br />the t'attl~ rai<inl< indmtr,', The town W,""
<br />in"nrpomt~d in l:ltlH 'lnrl bee"m~ th,' oount:,
<br />",at wh~n ;..1o!fat County wa< <,,'~atHj by "
<br />di"l,iun of Rou,t County in 1911. Around
<br />19tO. ,h,'<'p wer.. inlrodue,'d toth~ a,.ca and,
<br />[oll"win>( a I><'ri.~l "f"""fli('t b.,twe,'n <n,-,,-,p-
<br />m..n and ,'fltt,lO'w('r.. 1'10',... firmly .."t~hli~"ed
<br />hy th~ l!l:j{)'s \Vh..n th~ Ta:,'lor (;razin" Aet
<br />mad('m\llt;l,leu<e()l()pt'nranl!'f]and~<il,le.
<br />T"lay. both indu"tries cont,.ihuu, "i)n1ifi.
<br />cantl." to th.. econnmy 01 tile "eKinn. Oil
<br />)Jr<I<llJd;on t><'~"rn'-' "o)JOrtant to Cra:1' wh"r.
<br />tb~ ~loffat Fi,'ld wa.' Ol"-"H,J in ]924 and, a,
<br />ad,iil;""a, rid,], "'ert. Lr",,~hl i..." ,'di",'Q'
<br />(now rlosod and <~I\'all'edl wa< huilt. Crail':
<br />wa" tho sLlpply ""nt~r I,'r Ib,' Haoll'e\y Field,
<br />whi<'ll \\';" lac fr"Tn ",arkPl, and ,,'ithout
<br />t,'an'lxlrtation, out not intt'n~ely nevelolwJ
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<br />,h,',,,-,.II)Llrthomill.olth<lnnclha,b,,t'n\ar~cly
<br />ohlite.-ated by a.o;rieultllr~lolw""tion". Broth-
<br />,'rtDn and Cedar ~lu'J[:tain (;'11<-10", a,.e
<br />trilJlllary tu Fortifit'ation en'ek and Pine
<br />Rid;(e(;uleh,re<llt'<>t;ve]y. Plate 1 i,al('enerfll
<br />,nap o! thO' CnliK art'o.. llata on th,> "Ir,'am
<br />reaches Audi('d ar,' ,hown in Tablo l.
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<br />TABLE 1
<br />STREAM REACHES STUDIEO
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<br /> Stream ReaCh
<br /> From: To:
<br />Yampa Riv~,' Ili"t'r Md,. RiHr :>li)"
<br /> l:lk,:J9 !.\;-;.:Jf>
<br />\,'orlLli"ation Crc~k Mouth ;;lr'_'am ~t;\\J("\
<br /> 2L2(j'
<br />flrntlw.-to" ('Lllell ;.1,,"1r. :-<In'am ~\a\i,,"
<br /> ';.1;;1
<br />f';n,' Rid"y Slat<' lli~hw,,; ';1"'.0.'1' ~t"ti"n
<br /> 1:1."""\' ';",><,
<br />(\'rl,,, \lountn;r, ~l'>Ulh ,;t"~am ~tatin"
<br /> I; 1. ~ I:,
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<br />I" II",,,~,t1.1, "I ~,,"
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<br />It,,'l;~ '1"."',,,, "', '>''',,' I' ~, S"I'" '" 1", ~,.. !!Ie,',
<br />
<br />lenglhof
<br />Reach
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<br />I'll"""
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<br />1;.\17
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<br />HI:!
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<br />t,~I;
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<br />1,2:1
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<br />2-<\.1
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<br />until World Wa,.l!. Tlwoil boomlJlth~192()',
<br />mad.. Crai>: the lar~~<t community in north-
<br />we~t Colorado and thf (j."'eloprnent of hi!,!!>-
<br />way.'; durin.o; thi, period put the town at tho
<br />inter,'edi"noftwnmajorrolJw".'fhisol><'nc'd
<br />th,'wayforlran"llOrtationandtnurismasn~w
<br />indu,ui~s, [)lJ~ t,) favorable "ondition" of
<br />tram'fIOl'tatioll, CrHi.o; i" a "enter of>(il<onite
<br />pr,",,'s,in>: for rail or truck ,hipment. For
<br />mRny ypar,;, estraetiol\ of ("al from vast bed"
<br />undprlyinl-( ~l"rfat County b,,-, had It,.eRt
<br />impact. on KrlJwth anddenlopmO'olin nortn-
<br />".\',',1 Colo,.ado. Cranium minin;:t'ontrilml\'<1
<br />tothe,'conomyd"rio>(th" 19;j(j's.
<br />In w'nera\. Crail-( ha, eXllt'ri'-,n"pd ,low,
<br />su,,,dy, principally nnkulumtlly ba""n ('('0.
<br />nomk I<rowth, In the \a.~t lew y<'"r" """:"w,,.
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<br />,'",. h", ,."." '.c~,,,fw",,,',j (,,,", "'1"1"1
<br />,,,,,,"':", ,<on" ,," ,: 1-" j" " ""'~:;". I"",,, "'" '"
<br />""'I'".-j\"'lolon<'c\0"!"""!()",TI"",T",">uem
<br />~",,,'l hmwltl "" ",. ,h,.. ,lc',phl~ ~;ant oil
<br />'O~:"" 1><" hy ,,,,,I. N'W'C"! ",'W ,,,,,I "line' .re
<br />,,'i,," ",-.,,"" TI'..ar'.'m,~,othe"""e'~"""'in~,
<br />oil n,," ~'" ..'1;"ilil'< h,C" ;",'_"",,,1 ."d to,'
<br />('<.1..",<1".1'", H'ole:o "\,,,,~'i",ko, ;, b"il,ti,~
<br />,"'" "I th., ,'~,,' 1",'"'''' ,,,,,I.fi,,,1 :"~.,,,
<br />""",.,", "", "'''r,~I,,". ,is TI',i1" '()U!' ,,~ '''W'',
<br />\\,,,,k,',, It.,.. 0,,,1,,1 Lh.' "">, " fill th,.",'\O
<br />,,,I,,. M,,,,)' ,,,.."~hl th<'" 1.,,,i1,<', wi" t,ecr.,
<br />M.d '"" '''~',,, ''''' (',,,.<001 "~orbr;- ''',~'Ih.,
<br />""",.;'" cr.d'."'."'"'' ,'\p;",d k' ""'l" ~ho TIc'od,.d
<br />1I("",'w"""".n",Th<>",pcl,,,;,,,,,,(C,,,i.,,
<br />"":~'":e<l ", h,. .' """1 ',,"Ol, "",h ,~",i,'"
<br />w'".t i, w." in 1";". ~.".,.,,: pi.,,",,". '"di.,
<br />,,"';;eL tn" '''I"l~,"," will h'l' t2."" ;" "f.'~'
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