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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION <br /> <br />Community DescriDtion <br /> <br />Hugo is located in southeastern Colorado in Lincoln County. It is located approximately 13 miles <br />southeast of Limon. The area studied for the FIRM is the incorporated areas of the City of Hugo <br />as of October 15, 1985. <br /> <br />Watershed DescriDtion <br /> <br />Big Sandy creek and Cemetary Creek can overflow during thunderstorm events through Hugo and <br />lie within the Arkansas River Basin Subregion I, as set forth in the Guidelines For Determining <br />IOO-Year Flows For Approximate Floodplains. Big Sandy and Cemetary Creeks drainage areas <br />fall within the size prescribed for Subregion ARK-I in the Guidelines. <br /> <br />Floodine: Problems and FIoodine: Historv <br /> <br />Convective type cloudburst storms sometimes lasting for several hours, can be expected to occur <br />in the Hugo area during the summer months. The cloudburst storms can cause high peak flows <br />with a small water volume over a short duration. Flooding has occurred in Hugo as recently as <br />the summer of 1995 due to such storms. Big Sandy and Cemetary Creeks are shown on the <br />Hugo FIRM and have been a source of local flooding problems in the past. <br /> <br />Flooding from general rainstorms may also occur during the months of June through September. <br />General rainfall flooding is characterized by higher peak flows with a moderate volume and a <br />moderate duration. Flooding is more severe when antecedent rainfall has resulted in saturated <br />ground conditions or the ground is frozen and infiltration is minimal. <br /> <br />Research of the study area yielded minimal information regarding major flooding events in Hugo. <br />In spite of the long history of human activity in Lincoln County, there are no historical accounts <br />of major flooding in Hugo. There have been, however, occurrences of high water in the past. <br />