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<br />OC2248 <br />~ ~ Butte ReservQ1r is loc~ted'on Two Butte Creek about 47 miles <br /> <br />u;ps1J;!'e8,ll\ of ;l:ts' oonfluence ~tP the A.rkansas 'Rive;!', The fa,ct1:i:ty, <br />comprised of e. l06,,;Coot nigh eM"llhfill da:rn and a 49.900 a.cre"foot <br />capacity reservotr, Wll,s' completed tn 1218 'for t1'dgation purposes, <br /> <br />rhe stateQf Colorado noW' owns, e.nd ope..ates the ..esenoi.. for fish <br /> <br /> <br />a,nd recreat:ton purposes" 1wo l1fI\Il.ll inoigation reservoirs, :aomer on <br /> <br />Wes1J HOrse Creek and WOod on Ee.e<b Horse ereek were constructed about <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />4 miles, ups1Jream from HollY, HO'\re'1l'er, both dams have washed out and <br /> <br />were not rebu111J, <br /> <br />FLOOD PROBLEMS <br /> <br />The flood problem at HOlly is the flood potential associated with <br /> <br />W1:1d Horse Creek, Two Butte Creek and the Arkansas River, Holly is <br /> <br />protected from floods originating on the Arkansas River above John <br /> <br />Martin bam. 50 miles upstream, However. several tributaries below <br /> <br />the dam have the potential to produce large magnitude floods on the <br /> <br />ma,in stem at Holly, The most serious flooding to'occur was in 1965 <br /> <br />when the Two Butte Creek and the Arkansas River flows combined with <br /> <br />flows from Wild Horse Creek and flooded the entire town to a depth <br /> <br />of eight feet causing damage esttmated at $1,5 million. Other Arkansas <br /> <br />'River flows kno1m to have caused damage at Holly occurred in 1908, <br /> <br />1921, l223. 1225, 1222. 1936, l242. 1949 and 1951, Wild Hors~ Creek <br /> <br /> <br />1t"e1:(' has' not been a l?rob:I.em subsequent to being diyertM along the <br /> <br />westC!t'n edge of 'tJ01m, Roweyer, a po1Jentia:I. threat extsts since the <br /> <br />upper reach, of the diversion ts' not leveed, <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br /><1 <br /> <br />:~, _; ,t,- <br /> <br />