FLOOD09973

• County: Douglas
• County: Elbert
• Community: Denver
• Stream Name: Cherry Creek
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Flood Control on Cherry Creek Above Denver
• Date: 11/1/1939
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: State Engineer
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

i.T. S. AREY ENGINEERS REPORT

As authorized by the Flood Control Act, approved Aug. 29,

1937, the District Engineer, U. S. Engineer Corps, Omaha, Nebr., made a

preliminary examination and survey report on Flood Control, Cherry Creek

and its Tributaries, and submitted the same to higher authority under date

of Harch I, 1939.

The essential features of said report are found in House

Document 426, 76th Congress, 1st. Session, being a letter from the

Secretary of '::ar, transmitting e. letter from the Chief of Engineers, u. S.

"my (dated ;'iay 25, 1939), eubm:itting the report together with accompanY""

ing papers and endorsements by the Division Engineer, the Board of Engineers

for Rivers and Harbors, and the National Resources Planning Board.

The District Engineer recommended that the proposed improve-

ment, namely, the construction of Castlewood Dam and Reservoir, at an

estimated cost of :;1,782.250, and the ccnstruction of Cherry Creek Dam

and Reservoir No.1, at an estimated cost of ()6,409,938, - together re-

presenting a total Fedel'al investment of 08,192,188, - be constructed as

a Federal flood-control project.

The Division Engineer (first endorsement) approved the

estimate of cost and concurred in the recomrnendation of the District En-

gineer.

The Board of Engineers for Rivera and Harbors (second en-

dorsement) concurred generally in the viewls of the District Engineer and

the Division Ene;ineer, as to the possibilities of floods and damages, and

the "full protection for the City of Denver against any flood reasonably

to be anticipated", which would be provided by the recomrnended con-

struction; noted that 8,000' acre-feet of irrigation storage is to be

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