Laserfiche WebLink
<br />" <br /> <br />(:) <br />0) <br />--:I <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I 4 <br /> <br />( <br />I <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />~. <br />, <br />;, <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Table No.4 (Cont/d.) <br /> <br />Average ft~nual Flood Control Benefits <br /> <br />Annual Benefit <br />(1946 Basis) <br /> <br />Classification <br /> <br />Rural Area: <br /> <br />Crops, lands and improvements <br /> <br />$ 1,460 <br />2,l52 <br />5,940 <br /> <br />Roads, railroads and bridges <br /> <br />Irrigation structures, permanent* <br /> <br />Enhancement Df property values <br /> <br />550 <br /> <br />TDtal Rural Area <br /> <br />$10,102 <br /> <br />Total Rural and Urban Area <br /> <br />$73,642 <br /> <br />*Baca Diversion Works included in Urban area. <br /> <br />Officials Df the City Df Trinidad and Las Animas CDunty <br /> <br />collected volllininous data on flood damages in the City and County. <br />In addition to the damages constdered by the Corps of Engineers, <br /> <br />the follDwing might be considered as flood damages which, if <br /> <br /> <br />alleviated, could be cDnsidered as a benefit to be credited to <br /> <br />the project: <br />1. Loss Df land by bank caving. <br /> <br />2. Livestock losses. <br /> <br />3. Deposition of sterile silt on crop land outside the <br /> <br />floDd plain. <br /> <br />4. Loss to small ditch headgates. <br /> <br />5. Some additional damages to City and utility property, <br /> <br />and to roads and bridges. <br /> <br /> <br />It is doubtful whether the recognition of the above, to- <br /> <br /> <br />gether with the adjustment of items to present day values, would <br /> <br /> <br />bring the annual dalll8,ge to $134,000 per year. (See Appendix.) <br /> <br />-20- <br />