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<br />SITE A - station 400.1 to 399.4, right bank. This levee <br />segment in Palisade consists of the embankment used to construct <br />a portion of the riverfront valley-wide bike path. The location <br />is near the town's sewage lagoons. If the ends of the embankment <br />were tied to high ground and appropriate hydraulic controls were <br />used for the adjacent irrigation canal, this embankment could <br />provide some degree of flood protection to the lagoons and <br />adjacent areas. The embankment elevation is lower than the <br />1 percent flood. <br /> <br />SITE B - station 399.4 to 398.8, right bank. This levee <br />segment consists of a berm, or embankment, along the top of bank <br />by the Grand River Golf Course. The berm is tied to the westerly <br />end of the previously discussed bike path. The berm meanders <br />through several standing trees and is discontinuous in at least <br />one location. The berm elevation is below the 100-year flood <br />elevation. The Grand Valley Canal is located only a ~ew feet to <br />the north of the berm. The combination of flood-plain width and <br />elevation suggests limited flood storage capacity behind the <br />berm, and the recreational land use appears consistent with <br />typical and desirable flood plain land use. The erodible river <br />banks and the Grand Valley Canal would need to be considered in <br />the design of a formal levee section in this area. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />SITE C - station 395.2 to 394.7, right bank. This levee <br />segment is not tied to high ground and appears to protect <br />agricultural land. The downstream end terminates in a pile of <br />boulders on the left bank of a tributary stream or drain. The <br />SOO-year flood plain behind the levee extends more than <br />2,000 feet to the north on the east side of 33-1/2 Road and <br />includes about 11 structures. The 100-year flood plain extends <br />about 1,300 feet to the north and engulfs about six structures. <br /> <br />SITE 0 - station 394.9 to 393.4, right bank. The upstream <br />end of this levee is on the right bank of the same tributary <br />stream by 33-1/2 Road discussed above. The levee segment is more <br />than 7,000 feet long, and the cross sectional geometry varies <br />greatly throughout its length. The downstream end of the segment <br />terminates on the left bank of the tributary stream which drains <br />the area by 32-1/2 Road. The system is disjointed with a <br />SOC-foot gap in the system at one point. Also, portions of the <br />levee system contain dumped fill which has not been leveled or <br />compacted. The SOO-year flood plain behind this levee system at <br />one point extends 4,000 feet to the north and covers a few <br />structures between 32-1/2 and 33-1/2 Roads. The 100-year flood <br />plain extends about 1,300 feet to the north. <br /> <br />SITE E - station 393.7 to 393.3, right bank. The upstream <br />terminus of this system is the embankment at the end of 32-1/2 <br />Road within the 100-year flood plain. The tie-back portion of <br />the system runs along the left bank of a tributary drain from <br />32-1/2 Road to its confluence with the river. The levee from <br /> <br />9 <br />