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<br />CURRENT FLOOD SITJATID~
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<br />~nd Rio Gr~nd~ ~estern (C&RC~) R~il,cad Co~pany and the Atchison,
<br />rO~Bka, and 5~nt~ re (A HSr) Railwal CQmpany. 50"," minor ratlas which
<br />se=v8 the outlying ~g,ocul~~~~l eress t:avotso the fLood pl~ins af
<br />.J(:n",y Ca~p Crl!e<.
<br />Urb~n Colorado 5p.i~g~ and [1 ~sso Co~nty generally h~vc
<br />~x~Rrienced explosive g~owth, both e~on~ic and in p~pul~tion) ~in~e
<br />th8 snd of ~arld ~a. II. The tawn of Fountain has sharsd in this
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<br />a~v~lop~~nt~ in the rla~~ Plai~s
<br />Pl~t". 3 th:ough 42 ~hQ~ the ~tudy limib dnd fioed
<br />pl~ins ~lonr; the fountain Cr~e~ and Ji~rny Camp C,~ek ~tudy r8~ches
<br />r-onsi<lorod in this r~port, r"o~ tho MOl1umOllt Creek ~Or1fl"BnCe do,m-
<br />et.eam to Colo.ado Springs' 6outher~ bound~ry, the raunt~in flows
<br />tnrough ~ ~ell developed c~nercinl district with office buildings
<br />ond a ~ide_ranging v~riety of .m~ll bu.ir!ess enterprises. At the
<br />Nevada Avenuo bridge crossing, the city_o~nad Dorchester Perk occu-
<br />pies the north bank, end an extonsive residentiol ~r6a occupies the
<br />creek'o south b~nk. The north-benk L&L Trailer R~nch is located a
<br />short distance belo~ the bridge site. Roughly three_fourthe of 0
<br />mllo f~rther downBtre~m, tho city'" se~ege dispos~l pl~nt fecilitio8
<br />~re p~rtially within the north_bonk flood plain. Nu~erous housing
<br />develop~ents ~nd trailer parks have appo~red in recent yoars, gener_
<br />ol1y <110ng the ~outh bank. in the vicinity of river miles ~7 .6, 45.5
<br />~nd 44.5. At. dV~I' mil~ 41, n~wly oeveloped norl.h_bertk r~eioeP1tial
<br />areaS r-.ave b""n annexed by th~ town of Fount~in, which hae nLJmAr"""
<br />older p~npertieo--both r~sidenti~l an~ ~mall businesB__locet~d
<br />within th~ Fnunt~in Cre~k flood pl~i~. Between Fountain ~r!d the
<br />co~nty.linB study li~its, the flood pl~in land~ are used generally
<br />fQr ag~iculturn nnd stock-grazing activitieo,
<br />Most of the existing dev81opm~nt ~long Jimmy Cemp Creek__
<br />primarily reoid~ntial--i~ located in or near tho tQwn of Fountain.
<br />Some nBW hou~~" anu mobile homes h<lve appeared in the upper study
<br />reach, how~var, indicating th~t flood plain ~.ua6 now in open space
<br />use ~cv incrp.~oingly vulno~~bl~ to s~ali_parcel s~le and 8ub~~qu~nt.
<br />i~prudent develnp~e~t.
<br />TrdnepoHation facilities in :hs flood plains of FO'Jfltain
<br />Creek indLJde portions of rr!terstate ~Iigh"ay 25, u.s. Highway 85-87,
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<br />gro"th most app.eciably during the 1960-1970 dec~de. Cnntinuing
<br />economic deVBIDp~ent i~ axp8cted for the ragionel ar8~ in the fore-
<br />seee~le f~ture, end pres~u.ss leading to intensified flood plair!
<br />land use will undoubtedly eocompany eu:h d~velop~ent,
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<br />Dh~tructions to Floodflows
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<br />Restriction~ in thB path Qf flood~aters often Ca~se
<br />varying and unpreuictable floodirtg depths. Natural obstr~ctinn~ to
<br />floodflow~ occur generally ~lon9 the entir~ length of the Fountain
<br />and Jimmy Ca~p Creek s~~dy reHche$ "here tress, brush, and othor
<br />v~~~t.ahu" gruwi"\! al""g the CnWK b~"k" obetrud the flo" path.
<br />The effeot nf such growth 1s esp~cially pronounced at ch~nnel bends
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<br />'..~,iou~ co~nty "o~d~ a~.d ci:) stre<lts, ",-,':; L,il l~r,~~ ur 1I,~ C~"v~,
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<br />Man_mad.. obstructions along Fountain Cr~..k include tho
<br />acoumulatBd fiy ~sh du~pings from the rtunicipal power plsnt, land-
<br />fill neer the Colorado Springs' se~age disposel plant. and isolated
<br />1eve"e that have been constructed tn p~otsct various co",mercial ,end
<br />rssidenti~l propertiss fron flooding. Oth"r ~an-me.dc cbstructio,,"
<br />dlong Fount~in Cr,,~k ,,~~ th~ ,,~pttJAch Hlnbankm'mh for th.. ([, bridg~s~~
<br />th~e" .ailroad and thirtaan vshiodar cros"ings (ona abdndonod)--
<br />~nd r!u"ero'~~ frn"UJ~y-acc,,~~ r,,"pc di~tributed t.hrnughout th" upper
<br />portion of tl1~ study .sach,
<br />,'iBr1-""d.. ob~tr'"ctian~ along tr"ls Jimrf'y C"mp Croek study
<br />rsach ~ra the ~pp.o~ch 8mban~m~~t~ fo~ one r~ilroad dnd fou. vehic_
<br />ular ~rid~s~, ons :f ~~i:h has ~osn a~cnann~d.
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