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<br />Based on climatology readings at the Walsenb~r9 Power
<br />Plant, the average high t~perature is 78.3 degrees and the average
<br />low terr.l'erature is 17.~ de::r:re..s, ~iving an "v"rall "y,''''''J'' t"""p"'ra~
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<br />SOURCES Of DATA
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<br />lIayes Rese""oir B"nin
<br />CUcharas River Basin
<br />Above La Veta
<br />Middle Creek Basin
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<br />Orthophoto and digiti~ed cross sections ~"cd in thin ;re-
<br />po;rt ~re compiled by Nelson, Haley, Patte;rson and Quirk, Inc.,
<br />~;rcely, Colorado in Novcrr~cr 1975. A total of 82 cross SGctio~s
<br />were used in developing data for this report: locations of the
<br />cross sections are shown 01\ the f100dedarea and floodprofUIO
<br />plntes. Plntes 21 and 22 show typical cross sections used: data
<br />for cross sections not shown are not in reproducible form and are
<br />available for inspection in the Albuquerque pistrict Corps of En~
<br />gineernofficeinlllbuquerque.
<br />Data from Ule CUcharas River st..ea", gaging station dt Boyd
<br />Ranch nCar La veta waS used to develop data for this report. The
<br />gage is 1ocatedinHue;rfanoCounty, on the leftb"nk at Boyd Ranc!l,
<br />29 feet downstream from p;riva~c b;ridge, l.~ ",ile downst;ream from
<br />Chaparral C;r.."k and 6.5 ",iles ""uthwe~t of La Veta. It has boen in
<br />operation "ino~ 1934 ",ml records for 39 years were used.
<br />All elevntiollsusoo ill this report arenleasured from U.S.
<br />Coast and Geodetic Survey 1929 m~an sea level ("'91) datum. ~
<br />assist report users in Locating actu4l flood boundaries or for dc-
<br />temining tIll.' el~vati"ns of local structure" in relation to flood
<br />elevations, a tabulation of ..levation r~f"ren"" ",,,rks is she"" On
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<br />ture of 47.9 degreeg.
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<br />TABLE 1
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<br />PERTINENTDRAINAG.EARE1IS
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<br />Location
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<br />Contributing
<br />Drainll<!eArca
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<br />CUcha~a~ Rlv,,;r Basln
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<br />10.4
<br />17.0
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<br />Developments in the Flood Plain
<br />Peveloprnent$ in tho flood plains a~e pr~.rily res~d~n-
<br />tial, but include ",,,,,,bile ho,,"ep,nk, cabin", and t\ro!tlOte1s. Some
<br />of th"se develop,r"'l\ts "-re lcci<t"d on the ",1",,, of thtl CUGhi\nl~ l<iv"r
<br />banks. No newcon"trueUon....as ooteil in the study arBa flood
<br />plains. Tr.;ln"l'ortationtaciiitiescrossinqthest.rearnsandthc
<br />flood plains are the Denvp.r and Rio Grande v,'""hrn R1<iLH'<l<l "nd
<br />Colu~a<lo State Highway 12.
<br />The ~o~ulation of HuerfllnQ County har. been de~lininy ~ince
<br />the 1"2U',, when ~oal production beg.an to dtl"lilJe. 'rho 1960 popula-
<br />tion of Hue.-fano County ....as 7,$67 and by 19?a it had <.lc~lin"<.l to
<br />6,590, with ~B9 p~rsons r~~i~lng in r~ Veta. A recent Existing
<br />l.dnJUSOlnventoryforll"e;rfano_LasAnimllsCountie::;rcpo;rt::thc
<br />population trend will continue to deolin~ through 1980.
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<br />Plate ~.
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<br />Str\l~turlll and el..""tion dilta of I>rid'l"R and culvert" were
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<br />"h~";n~rl "nri~'.! fi"lrl <l"n">y~.
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<br />Data developed in the prepa;rlltion of this .-oport is on
<br />fileintheoffi"" of the Albuquer'lue Pistrict, U.s. Arrn'/Corps
<br />ofEngineers,P.O.1lo"1580,r,lbuque;rquc,llcwMexico 8710g,nnd
<br />w111 be r~tained tor future referenoe.
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