Laserfiche WebLink
<br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF REPORT <br /> <br />The purpose of this report is to describe and illustrate <br /> <br /> <br />erosion, sedimentation, debris depositions, and flood problems <br /> <br /> <br />along the Uncompahgre River in Montrose and Delta counties. The <br /> <br /> <br />report is intended to aid Federal, State, and Local government <br /> <br /> <br />officials, water users, and land owners to better understand <br /> <br /> <br />these flood-related concerns. Through this understanding, <br /> <br /> <br />institutional barriers may be overcome to achieve interim and <br /> <br />permanent solutions to the many flond-related flood problems and <br /> <br /> <br />hazards. <br /> <br />LIMITS OF STUDY <br /> <br />The study reach for this report extends from the confluence <br />of the Uncompahgre River with the Gunnison River upstream to the <br />Montrose-Ouray county line a distance of 44 river miles. <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY AREA <br /> <br />The Ute Indians occupied various parts of the Uncompahgre <br />Valley for hundreds of years prior to the advent of the Spanish <br />expeditions which explored the region beginning in the 1541. The <br />Uncompahgre River was named by the Indians because of its <br />reddish-muddy color. <br /> <br />; <br /> <br />The Uncompahgre Valley begins at the base of the Uncompahgre <br />Plateau a few miles south of Colona. It continues northward <br />about 40 miles, terminating at the Gunnison River. The Valley, <br />which is about 20 miles wide in its middle and lower portions, <br />slopes gently northward between foothills and steep sided mesas <br />and plateaus. Approximately 85,000 acres are rich, fertile <br />irrigated agricultural lands which are supplied waters from the <br /> <br />305 <br />report <br />