FLOOD08428

• County: Lincoln
• Community: Limon
• Stream Name: Limon area rivers and streams
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: Town of Limon Reconnaissance Level Investigation
• Date: 9/3/1987
• Prepared For: Limon
• Prepared By: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF REPORT

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The purpose of this report is to present the findings of a
reconnaissance investigation regarding the development of viable
mitigation measures to lessen the flooding problems along the
Limon Watershed Tributaries to Big Sandy Creek at Limon.
Colorado. The report will describe and illustrate protective
measures for the study l'each including costs and benefits. The
investigations. findings. and recommendations are intended to
aid the Town of Limon in Obtaining financial assistance to
develop and implement a plan-of-improvement which will mitigate
future economic losses from floods.

2.0 AREA OF REPORT

The area for this investigation and report
Rock I s land Ra i 1 road tracks. thence upstream to
of the East. Middle and West Limon Watershed
total distance of approximately .3 mile.

begins at the
the confluence
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3.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE REPORT AREA

Limon is located in northwestern Lincoln County. in
east-central Colorado. and is completely surrounded by
unincorporated Lincoln county land. The town lies 90 miles west
of the Kansas-Colorado border and 85 miles southeast of Denver.
The 1985 population of Limon was 1.768. This population has
remained constant since 1970. However. population projections
indicate moderate growth will occur in the future.

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Limon lies within the Colorado piedmont section of the Great
Plains physiographic province. Elevations range from over 5.380
feet to less than 5.340 feet. Soi Is in the area are
predominately silty clay loams developed from shale of the
pierre formation.

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The climate is semiarid. of which 76 percent occurs during
summer. Torrent ia 1 summer thunders torms tha t occur over sma 11
areas and have short durations are typical of this area. The
average annual snowfall is approximately 25 inches. The recorded
temperatures have ranged from a high of 104 degrees F to a low
of -30 degrees F. The mean daily temperature is 47.1 degrees F.
The frost-free growing season averages 140 days. and the annual
evaporation averages 55 inches.

Big Sandy Creek drains an area approximately 343 square
miles above the study area. The Limon Watershed tributaries to
Big Sandy Creek drain an additional area of 15 miles.

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