WSP05425

• File Number: 8101
• Description: Arkansas River Basin Description
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 9/1/1962
• Author: High Plains SCD
• Title: Watershed Work Plan - Limon Watershed Protection Project - Elbert and Lincoln Counties - Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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HATERJHED WORK PLAN

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LIMON WATERSHED

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Elbert and Lincoln Counties, Colorado

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Jeptember 1962

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SUMMARY OF PLAN

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General

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The proposed watershed protection and flood prevention project
for the Limon Watershed is sponsored by the High Plains Soil Con-
servation District, the Town of Limon, Colorado, and the Colorado
State Soil Conservation Board. The 50il Conservation Service, U. S.
Department of Agriculture, and the Colorado Water Conservation
Board provided assistance in the detailed studies leading to the
preparation of the Hater shed Work Plan.

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The area includes 15.42 square miles (9,870 acres), of which
8.19 square miles are in Elbert County and 7.23 square miles are in
Lincoln County, The main drainage is unnaw,ed and flows intermittently
in a southeasterly direction through the To>m of Limon joining Lake
Creek which is a tributary to Big Sandy Creek, The Big Sandy Creek
joins the Arkansas River some 127 miles southeast of Limon, Colorado.
Approximately 91.6 percent of the watershed area is rangeland, 1.4
percent is irrigated and dry cropland, 4.8 percent is urban and 2.2
percent is in miscellaneous use below the Rock Island Railroad.

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Floodwater and sedilnent damage occurs on the agricultural
rangeland and irrigated cropland in the floodplain above and below
the Town of Limon. Residential, commercial, and municipal properties
valued at ~3,500,OOO are located in the floodplain area of the Town
of Limon and are subject to floodwater and sediment damage.

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