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<br />~WT.S ~nd streets in Orchard Fark beg~n to floo0 about
<br />5:)0 p.m. .'-r<lnyre"ldents=nstructed"'iike-slliftdik,,:;to
<br />k~~; the ,ushing ~dt~r from their ;ropertics.
<br />5O~th St".<,t "'"s completely flooded in the 2,000 block
<br />by 5:20 p.m. The ~ater dlso rushed down High Street ana
<br />crC..lted ~ pond <It Fr""klin ..nd Orc!i~rd Av~'nu~ intersection.
<br />Debris w~s blamed for most of the flooding ~s ~ sun_
<br />dry ~~unt of material blocked ~dter p~ssa7cs along the
<br />irrigation ditches and drainage aI~aS.
<br />C~~or. City residents were doing just about everything
<br />im",ginable to hold back the dam!/<ging wMers. Irrigation
<br />ditch 1dtes ""1'<' closed and opened. Rcopl", stood wa~ch O<ler
<br />dr~in p~v~s constantly sweeping the debris from dr~in covers
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<br />e<l<ming. Nany motorists '"ere stranded wilen Uleir cdr5
<br />stalled dlong flooded scr""ts in th~ central dod east parts
<br />of tNm. !1~d drit't"d onto sidflWdlks, fallen tree /)r">1c1,"'s
<br />littered .~ny street~, dod even signs goc cdrried ~"'~y by
<br />the r;;iln, sueh ~s tile ooe above flodU"'J down 15th street
<br />by Royal GCi1:']e /i!o~levard. (See Fig. 1)
<br />The rain and hdil cd~ght e<leryone by surprise, calling
<br />d halt to the 4~H M~,ket Livestock Sale for about half an
<br />hour, and ford_"'J the postpOli<1ffJ<1nt of U,,, e""tling'~ Reenx,-
<br />tional Softball r'oun,a.l,7ent sclJedule. r..oe..l authorities
<br />reportRd no injuries or serious flood damdge.
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<br />~.~1 ,me: .'I'~" u.;;/C'! .1 b,,21do;Ocr to pus.~ ~hc "",te: "',x:; .';1e;
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<br />Causes of flOOding Proble~s
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<br />p,opcrty on::o J,is nf'd'Jhboz's, which resulted ill a dio:trubdnce
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<br />THE CANON CITY DAILY RECORD
<br />CANON CITY, FREMO~T COUNTY, COLORADO
<br />THl:R$OAY,ALJGUST15,1979
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<br />The potential exists for flooding danages within Canon City frOQ
<br />the r,E C<Ulon drainage area, but it is not considered se'{~re. The
<br />prirnary ca:>ses for this potential Me;
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<br />inadequate cnannel capacities to carry the major stonm
<br />flow,;
<br />absence of regularrnaintenan,ework to keep thechJnnel
<br />'onveyance ,hara,teristics high and in stable ,onditions;
<br />improper hydraulic design of bridge openings;
<br />constriction, in thechannf>l dlJe to encroachment of property
<br />improvements;
<br />abr~:lt changes in th~ direct ion of fluw;
<br />the e~i sti ng chclnne 1 at cl higher e leva t ion than the ~lJrround.
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<br />cdl1toth"Can-OllCityPoliceDep"rtmcr:t.
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<br />f/"-t",r I",,,k'."; o'P ill th" storm dr~i!'; at 16~h an'! f'r~nk.'i".
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<br />c!;<'~tin'i ~ feot c1ee.o po"'l ..hlch sl",~."d: traffic and flooded
<br />lawn".
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<br />?i',or" Uc,.,...::d p"c;t ..,,''''o's 1n the Orchdrl Park arc~ of
<br />~'''nOn .:;i::'J ~und,.y ,,',enir.g. 7'h€O t,-,,,,por~r~ ,Mter",,,-,,, ,'d-"
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<br />erQ~t~d by r"-2nt~11 s~c~ir.'i i::s w~y to the Ark~sds River.
<br />~omc arca re3idents fought the w,,-ter "-5 it !/<tt~mpt~d
<br />~o creel' i.~~o bascm"nts ~nd under fo'~nj""Uolls tf..-ouC/lJout
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<br />::h~' ~rCd.
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<br />j~g gro~nc u~o~9 its C0~rse.
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<br />~udden f'loodin'J
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<br />AniJlT1ber of photographs arepresenteu dt the end of this chapter
<br />(See Fig. 2} depicting the existing channel condition along the 1 ower
<br />holf of the study area.
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<br />A ;;:ldd,,!; o,.,,_b:.)~,. tli~.~de.r"tQr'" s"',,~,~i[)g ir. tro~J elle
<br />"":lth"'as~ poured. 95 inCh"s of r,-.in On C,'nan CitV ;?eln..sd~~
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