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<br />10 percent of the population of Z75) by wa.hing out the vater .upply <br />line and d...ging the vater intake .tructure up.treaa of town. Down- <br />streaa of Rico lRiuor flooding of irrigated pa.ture cau.ed field and <br />fence d...ge. Approximately 19 hoaa4. and cabiDa located 8 IIlile. up.treaa <br />of Dolor.., Coloraclo, vere threatened by high vater, requir1n& the con- <br />struction of a protective diu end 801Ile channel dearing; one hlIII8 vas <br />moved to a safer loc.tion and a private bridge to a church cup was <br />i.olated when both abutaent. were wa.hed out. High groWld vater flooded <br />..veral baa_nts in the c_ity of Dolor... The town ._ase pond. and <br />State Route 145 were threatened vhen a protective diu locat.d vithin <br />the city It.it required repair a. a re.ult of ero.ion. High water wa.hed <br />out a bridge located on Lo.t Cenyon Creek, a tributary to the Dolores <br />&iver. A large wat.r diver. ion .tructure located d0VD8treaa of Dolore. <br />.u.tained s181lificant d...g. vhen . left bank wing wall vas Wldemined, <br />threatening the IaWlicipal water .upply for the City of Co<<.z. Flood- <br />water. inundated pa.turel&Qd and damaged a cOWlty dirt road in aaay <br />location. adjacent to the river, when high water cro.aed oxbows or <br />wa. diverted by .andbar. caused by .aas.. The Dove Creek vater .upply <br />acce.. road along Big Canyon Creek vas eroded along a 150 foot section; <br />however, the vater supply line remained intact. Down.tre.. of Bedrock, <br />Colorado, pasturelend give. way to hay land with fidds located in <br />oxbows. These fields incurred IIlinor damage due to .ilt and floodwaters. <br /> <br />2Z. The main sever line for the town of Telluride va. expo.ed by flood- <br />flow. .nd ero.ion from theSen Miguel !liver; fortunately, DO break occllrred. <br />A bridge at the foot. of Pine Street and a pipe cro..ing to ths town <br />dU8lp wre vashed out. Tha tOVll'S culinary water supply intake structure <br />.ilted up, requiring .the .pecial cleaning of two reservoirs. The repair <br />of the vat.r conduit syst.. .t Z8 location. we. reqllired due to clo&&ing <br />of the watedine. .by rocks thst csused breaks to occur at rendOll loca- <br />tion.. Eaergency water had to be haulad in during tha olltage period. <br />Cornet Creek required flood fighting efforts to prevent d..age to re.i- <br />dential properti..; also the chenn.l requir.d re.toration end several <br />culvert. hed to be replac.d after the flood. Below Tellurids on the <br />San Higuel River, high vater and ero.ion threatened a hlIII8 and trailer <br />park located up.trea. of Placerville, Colorado. >>0 phy.ical daaage to <br />these bo..swa. reported. Up.tre.. of Naturita, Colorado, irrisstion <br />facilities and culinary water intaks and conv.yance .tructure. for the <br />co"Wlitie. of Haturita and Hucla vere heavily .ilted due to depo.ition <br />of gravel and debris. On Dieappoint_nt Creek d_ge. ware 11llited to <br />road and bridge abut_nt erosion up.tre.. of the San Miguel County line <br />and to privately OVIled irrigation faciliti... <br /> <br />23. In the Sevier River Sub-basin of the Great ".in, overflow occurred <br />on aeny reache. of the Sevier River, preventina acces. to fielda and <br />damaging fence. and irrigation faCilities, most daaage., however, occurred <br />on the aany tributary .tr.... where irrigation facilitie., road., <br />IIOWltain .eadow. and, in so.. in.tances, urban properti.s ware involved. <br /> <br />10 <br />