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<br />The rapid 4evelopment of land around Fort Collins and Greeley <br />may result in n~ flood hazard areas. Specific areas of concern <br />include the Clear Creek and Fossil Creek flood plains near Fort <br />, <br />Collins, the flqod plain of Sheep Draw near Greeley, and the rather <br />undefined flood plain of the watershed near the city of Windsor. <br /> <br />, <br />~-, <br />~,' <br /> <br />Development will also change the capacity of the land to <br />absorb and tran,,!port rainfall. These changes usually result in <br />increased flood volumes, peak discharges, and finally flood dam- <br />ages in dOWDstr,,!am areas. <br /> <br />The entire Cache la Poudre flood plain is a source of high <br />quali ty gravel. The rapid growth of the area is creating increas- <br />ing demands for extensive mining of this gravel. Changes in flood <br />plain characteristics resulting from this mining may, in the future, <br />. . <br />increase or decrease the potential flood damages depending upon how <br />the gravel is mined and the condition of the flood plain when the <br />mines are finally abandoned. <br /> <br />Continued increases in the number and use of parks and camping <br />areas in the canyon portion of the Cache la Poudre presents a poten- <br />tial for tragedies in the future not unlike that experienced in the <br />neighboring Big Thompson River canyon in 1976. <br /> <br />15 <br />