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<br />Crl<~; Report"'-')'!
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<br />this offioe for r.vi.ion by the Chief of Engineers on M..,. 14, 194~ upon
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<br />recommendat:!,on of the Buard of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors to refleot.
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<br />obange. that had oocurred in tho baein e1nce 1939. In 1947 locel intereete
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<br />at Craig, Cola" 8 B,nd the Colorado Water Conservation Board requested an
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<br />lnv8atigation of the flood problem in and near th9 town of Craig. .A:t. in-
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<br />veetigation of this problem was made and a preliminary exami~tion report,
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<br />dated February 27. 1948, was .ubm1tted by the dietrict engine.r. Ae a
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<br />rBBul t of the favorable recomruenda tions of the report a!ld the requ!:Ist of
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<br />local interests ncting through their C~ngro80m8ll~ this interim 8urvey
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<br />report was authorized by the Ohief of Eng1nears on July 1, 1946.
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<br />S COPE OF SURVEY
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<br />3. Genera1Q-The survey described in t.his interim report was made to
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<br />pormit oonsideration of an aoute flood problem on Fortification Creek at
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<br />Oraig, Colo., prior to revision of the prellm1na~ examination repart on
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<br />the enti~e upper Colorado River Basin, including the Fortification Creek
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<br />Basin. Consideration was given to the ~eservation and protection ot
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<br />eetabliehed. and potential water rights and to the d.vclopl3ent of cOII1pr...
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<br />hensiv$ and coordinated projects fo~ improvement~
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<br />4. TO!logrp..phlo surveys and mose.ics.--Aer1al surveYB of the FOl't1!1...
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<br />oation Creek Basin were made by the So11 ConBervation Serlios, united
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<br />Statee Department of Agr10ul ture, during 1938. In.trwentel .urveye o't
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<br />Fortifioation Creek in and near Craig, Cola", were made by the Corps ot
<br />EUI<1naere in 1948. Pertinent data on publi.hed and unpubliehed topographio
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<br />maps are given under a. s"t.1bseq'lent heading, "Maps..'
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<br />5. Site exploration~o--A gaolog1.oal reconna1s8~ce of the lelsa Bitel
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<br />slong Fortification Creek was made by the Corps of E:1gineers.. Loge of
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<br />holes drilled in the vicinity of the levee Blte~ were B~~plied by the
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<br />tOlm engineer of Craig. Adjaoent areas from which adequate quantities of
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<br />gravel and rock might be obtained for the levees were explored..
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