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<br />VIII. DAMAGE ASSESSMENT <br /> <br />Community infrastructure and agricultural lands suffered much damage. Roads were <br />damaged, public and private bridges were washed out, water treatment plants were overwhelmed, <br />sewer treatment plants suffered erosion and utility lines were broken. Approximately 100 houses <br />and commercial building experienced water damage, most of it minor. Crop lands wert' <br />inundated and/or eroded. Tourist dollars were lost. There were signilicant damages to Colorado <br />recreational facilities and to fish populations. <br /> <br />In addition, the cool, wet spring weather pattern caused a major reduction in Colorado's <br />overall agricultural crop production. The Colorado Department of Agriculture estimates over a <br />20-30% reduction in yield from 1994, <br /> <br />Nearly all of the mountainous areas of Colorado, the mountain valleys of the Western <br />Slope, the San Luis Valley and the Front Range (South Platte and Arkansas River systems) <br />experienced varying degrees of flood damage during the spring 1995 flood season. The following <br />tabulation lists the communities and associated streamcourses which experienced high water. <br /> <br />Communitv Streamcourse Communitv Streamcourse <br />Adams County South Platte River Pueblo County Arkansas River <br />Logan County South Platte River Pueblo Fountain Creek <br />Morgan County South Platte River Garfield County Roaring Fork River <br /> Crystal River <br />Sedgwick County South Platte River Basalt Roaring Fork River <br /> La Plata County La Plata River <br /> Florida River <br />Weld County South Platte River Gunnison County Ohio Creek <br /> SI. Vrain River Tomichi Creek <br /> Cache la Poudre River Gunnison River <br /> East River <br />Bent County Arkansas River Durango Animas River <br />Otero County Arkansas River Crested Butte Coal Creek <br />Prowers County Arkansas River <br />Wiley Unnamed Tributary Grand County Fraser River <br /> SI. Louis Creek <br />EI Paso County Black Squirrel Creek Gilpin County N. Fk. Clear Creek <br />