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<br />A,' ......." ~ <br />~o."';..l <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />the main stem. <br />subject to flood <br />plates 9-15. <br /> <br />Information is presented on values of development <br />losses in table 9. The flood plain is delineated on <br /> <br />TABLE 9. -- Value of Land and Improv~ments <br />in thc Standard Project Flood Plain, <br />John Martin Reservoir to Puehlo Dam <br />(June 1967 price levcl) <br /> <br /> Value <br /> Item ($1,000,000) <br />Urban and suburban: <br />Pueblo $200.00 <br />La Junta 35.22 <br />Las Animas 27.04 <br />Agricul tur'll property: <br />1mprovcmcnts 2.07 <br />Land 6.81 <br />Irrigation facilities 2,93 <br />Streets and high\1ays 10,15 <br />Railroads 14,14 <br />Hiscellaneous 10.50 <br />Total $ 308.86 <br /> - - <br /> <br />70. Development in the Arkansas val ley from the Pueblo Damsite" <br />located about 6 miles upstream from the city of Pueblo, to the Purgatoire <br />River at the upper limit of John '~rtin Res3rvoir, consists primarily of <br />farms and other rural improvements. The upper 1 imi t of John 'Iartin Res- <br />ervoir is approximately 120 miles downstream from Pueblo, The flood <br />plain of the standard project flood averages about 4,000 feet wide and <br />compriscs about 50,000 acres. The area includes about 4,000 acres of <br />channel area, 19,000 acres of woods and wasteland and 25,000 acres of <br />pasture, crop anu fallm, lands. 'lore than 200,000 acres of cultivated <br />lanu outside the flood plain are also affected when irrigation diversion <br />faci 1 i tics in the Arkansas are damaged by f1 oodfl m's. Principal crops <br />grown arc alfalfa, sugar beets, corn, and other grains. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />71. Rural improvements other than fams which are suhject to flood <br />damage include highways and roads, rai I roads, power and communication <br /> <br />26 <br />