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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />0661 <br />1950 <br /> <br />"""'.--,,' <br /> <br />.._'..,....,'""..-;, <br /> <br />floods were delineated in the field at the time of tfi~ floods .U,r <br /> <br />the'Corps of Engineers" The limits of flooding for the m~j&r floods <br />and the standard project flood are shown ~n plates 2-7, appendix c. <br />43, Area in flood plain. - The areas of overflowed iiina in the <br />defined flood plain within the reach of the Purgatoire Riv~f from the <br />Trinidad dam site to the mouth of San Francisco Creek are ~hown in <br /> <br />table 4. <br /> <br />TABLE 4 <br /> <br />AREAS IN FLOOD PLAIN OF PURGATOIRE Rl\1E.R <br />. FROMTRINIDAD.DAM SITE TO MOU'ffi OF SAN. FRAUciMOCREEK <br /> <br />Item <br /> <br />In 106,000 <br />c.f .lti. Flood <br />Plain (Acres) <br /> <br />t- {, _--,",H <br />In' 190ti .. . <br />Flo&dpJ1ilin <br />(AcfeJ). <br /> <br />In 1942 <br />Flood Plain <br />. (Acres) <br /> <br />Rural Area <br /> <br />Irrigated and Cultivated <br />Dry Pasture & Waste Land <br /> <br />3,665 :J,;~5i 531 <br />3,161 2;723 1,979 <br />6,826 .458'0 2,510 <br />, . <br />464 370 260 <br />7,290 4j950 2,770 <br /> "',',,- <br /> <br />Total Rural Area . <br /> <br />Urban Area <br /> <br />TOTAL <br /> <br />441 Character of the flooded area. - The j:lh:lp<!r.ty within the flood <br /> <br /> <br />plain of the Purgatoire River is both urban and rurail The urban.pbrtion <br /> <br />of the flooded area consists .of property in Trinidad, classified as resi~ <br /> <br />dential, business, railroad, and .industrial properties. The rural area <br /> <br />in the floodplain is composed almost exclusively of agricultural property <br /> <br /> <br />and transportation facilities. The crcr.,r;terof the urban and rural <br /> <br />property is f\U'ther described in appeuc'.i1c C. <br /> <br />45. Property valuation,. - Th~ tosal estimated value of all property <br />along the P\U'gatoire River between TriDidad dam site and the mouth of <br /> <br />San Francisco Creek that would be inundated bya rec\U'rence of the 1904 <br /> <br />flood amounts to ~j;8,801,000. A summary of these property values is <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />. <br />