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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />of Selected Plan, Special Floo~ Hazard ~n~ormationl Geology!. <br /> <br />Soils & Construction Materials, andPe:rtinent Correspondence. <br /> <br />PRIOR STUDIES AND REPORTS <br /> <br />The flood problems at Holly, Colorado were considered during <br /> <br />the general studies conducted for the Report on Review Survey for <br />I <br />Flood Control and Allied Purposes, Ark~nsas River and Tri~utaries, <br /> <br />Great B'end, Kansas, to John Martin Dam', Colorado, However, during <br /> <br />the early stage public meetings held in connection with these studies, <br /> <br />local interests at Holly requested exp~ditious consideration be given <br /> <br />to their problems and, that any potential project be studied under the <br /> <br />pu~view of Section 205 of the 1948 Flobd Control Act, <br /> <br />RESOURCES AND ECONOMY ot THE STUDY AREA <br /> <br />ENVIRONMEN'l'AL SE'l"l'INGS AND NA'rUHAI~ RESOURCES <br /> <br />Holly, Colorado lies in the Arkansas River valley o~ the north <br /> <br /> <br />,ban~ of the Arkansas River about 5 miles west of the Colorado-Kansas <br /> <br />state line. The town is situated at the confluence of Wild Horse <br /> <br />Creek, a north bank tributary, Two But~e Creek, a south bank tributary <br /> <br />and the Arkansas River. These watersheds, comprising rol area of about <br /> <br />, <br />5,5p8 square miles, are located in the 'High Plains section of the Great <br /> <br /> <br />Plains physiographic province and are qharacterized by treeless flat <br /> <br />alluvial plains gently rolling due to erosion. <br /> <br />'I'he eJlml1te in the vicinity of HolJ,y is classified us semiarid <br /> <br />eOlltll1"utl11 ehuractl!l'ized by mild SUllll1lers and cold winters, Cl1ma- <br /> <br />tOlpgical data are available at Lamar, Colorado, about 32 miles west <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />4 <br />