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<br />.--. <br /> <br />Part 3 <br /> <br />PROJECT LOCATION <br /> <br />A. Detailed location: Fort Collins is located along the banks of the Cache LaPoudre River, <br />where the foothills of the Rockies meet the Great Plains at an elevation of 5,000 feet. Fort <br />Collins is located in eastern Larimer County, approximately 60 miles north of Denver (Map <br />I, Location Map). The proposed project is entirely within the federally declared disaster <br />area. The climate is semi-arid with approximately 300 days of sunshine and an average <br />annual precipitation of 14.5 inches. <br /> <br />Fort Collins became incorporated in 1873 and has grown rapidly, from approximately 1,376 <br />residents in 1880 to a current (1997) estimate of 106,000. The City limits currently cover <br />approximately 44 square miles of area. <br /> <br />.--. <br /> <br />Fort Collins is vulnerable to flooding from several different sources (Map 2, Regulatory <br />Floodplain Map and Map 3, Stormwater Basins). Flood sources include; I) the rivers and <br />streams in Fort Collins which include the Cache La Poudre River, Spring Creek, Dry Creek, <br />Fossil Creek, Cooper Slough, and Boxelder Creek; 2) potential dam failure; and, 3) urban <br />flash flooding from intense rainfall on smaller drainage basins. The main cause of floods in <br />the Fort Collins area is intense, localized rainfall, which normally occurs in the period of <br />May through September. Floods also occur in Fort Collins due to rapid snowmelt in the <br />Cache La Poudre River's watershed, which extends far into the Rocky Mountains. <br /> <br />Table I lists the locations of the proposed gage sites. Map 4 is a map of the existing gages <br />and the proposed gages. Sites that are outside of the municipal boundary were positioned for <br />maximum warning time within the City boundary. <br /> <br />B. Maps: Mapl, Location Map <br />Map 2, Regulatory Floodplain Map <br />Map 3, Drainage Basin Map <br />Map 4, Existing and Proposed Gages <br /> <br />C. List all Damage Survey Report (DSR) numbers for DSR's written for any damages within the <br />project area (last 10 years only). <br /> <br />No DSR's were submitted for the 1999 disaster. There were 60 Damage Survey Reports <br />prepared for the 1997 disaster for the City of Fort Collins. The total amount of damage <br />documented by these DSR's is $1.4 million. The completed DSR's have been filed with the <br />Colorado Office of Emergency Management and FEMA Region 8. <br /> <br />D. The project location is within the declared disaster area. Proiect Locations are within the <br />declared disaster area. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />E. <br /> <br />Does the Project's actual location have a deed restriction, which prohibits federal disaster <br />funding? No <br /> <br />3 <br />