PROJ00026

• Contract/PO #: C153412
• Contractor Name: Louisville, City of
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 6
• County: Boulder
• Bill Number: HB 83-1102
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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Boulder Road, an east-west arterial, is a major traffic link for the cities
of Boulder and Louisville. This artery passes through the northern part of
the City and intersects the community's Main Street. Figure 1 illustrates
Louisville's geographic location and municipal boundary.

C. Climate
The City of Louisville is located in the southeast corner of Boulder
County. The average annual temperature in the county is 5l.B degrees.
Average annual rainfall is 18.57 inches. The prevailing winds are from the
northwest.
The growing season averages 150 days a year in the County. The City of
Boulder, which sits at the base of the Rocky Mountain foothills, has a warmer,
wetter climate than Louisville, while Broomfield, located just south of
Louisville, has a cooler and drier climate.

D. City of Louisville
1. History
Louisville is one of northern Colorado's oldest towns. It is located
in an area underlaid with rich coal deposits which, at one time, made it one
of the largest coal producing areas in Colorado.
Originally Louisville was a farming settlement, but it became an active
mining town when coal deposits were discovered in 1879 by C.C. Welch on the
land of a miner named Louis Nawatny. The town was platted by Nawatny and
became his namesake, Louisville.
From 1877 until The Great Depression of the 1930's, coal mining was
Louisville's major industry, employing most of the population. Coal mining

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