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<br /> <br />CI'UL(tGIC IIA%ARDS 1N '1'111: IIOI'CIII:ISS-1'AON]A RhSI•:I:VO]R A121iA <br />GUNIJISUlJ ANU Uha.'IA COUN'I'Lh:S, COLtII(AUU <br />C I~:I I I~:ItA I, <br />The valley nrca alum; t6c North Fork Gunnison River from Ilutchki.ss Co Paonia <br />Rc~crvoir is lil.rly to caperirncc in thr: near fnturr a rapid pupulatfon gcowCh <br />caused by inc+~•ared coal minim;. 'I'n nil plnnninp, Cur Ihi:: anlicipnted grnwll+, <br />{;cnlo)•,tc crnulitiun:: iu thu arr;t were sludi.cd ;uul uuthpad in accord:nt+~c will+ <br />Ilou::c hill 1(141 (C.It.S. 1973, 24-G`,.1-IUI, ct. seq.) to dcturmine areas oI <br />f;eologLc hazard that could cau_:c an er~•numlc ]us:: or affect thr snfeLy of the <br />citizens of Colorado, The mapped unit:. used in (hi:: stud}' conform Ln the lernts <br />and deCinitluus l;ivcn in Colorutu Nuusr 14111 1.041, and in the Colorado <br />Geological. Survey's Guidelines and Crit,•ria fot Tdenfific•atirn, and land Usc <br />Controls in G~.:n)ugic 73~r za rd unr] h7i nc•r~~l 7tesourCe Areas (itugc rs and others, 1974). <br />A; defined in Iluuse 6171 1041, a t;co].ul;ic ha•r.ard means "a geologic phenomenon <br />which is so aJvcr.:e to past, current, ur forsceable construction or land use <br />as [o consi[itutc a significant lia •r.a rd to public hralih and safcCy or Co <br />property." Tl+e~c geologin hazards, which arc nocninl. dynamic procc:;ses, may be <br />in[ensifierl or lessened by human acCivily. Regardles, of the intensity, tho <br />hazards should b~• recognized and cunsi%Icred prier to any ].and-use changes. <br />$IICGI(S'I'flJidS TO hlAl' IISGRS <br />Potentially hnzarrlous geologic cundiCinns me mapped aC 1:24,000 Ln six <br />contiguous 7'~ minntc qu:ulrniglcs, including llotchl<.iss, Cray [tcscrvoir, Rowic, <br />!'aonia, Somer..^,et, and I'aunia Reservoir. Coo]oE~ic-Hazard nc+ps prepared fur the <br />quadrangles in<lic:+tc llm. f;ener.+l .lortliuu of. poten[ially It,+zarduus condi.tious <br />that. may advuracly nfCec[ a certain InuJ nsc. In using; cher.c maps, the "~ <br />accompanyin}; Exl,l_+nat in_n of hl:th ll_nits and theCrulntiir. Ilaznrds Ase~essment fur <br />Cunneen Land Ilsc__:: ::hnudl he eunsultod. 'Ihc I•aplnnntion of I'~ap U_niC:; is a -- <br />description of thr process that ;iffccl:: ,t certain area and [he Ce_ologlc flazards <br />Asscsslnent for Cunmion land Uses is an e::ttmacion of the de);ree of hazard for a <br />.::pCC if 1C land use and de ;r: rip[inn of cundi [ions affecting tLa hazard. The degree <br />of hazard will vary depending on thu patcicular ]end use, Foe crimple, <br />landslides may hr a serious conr,lrninl In 6il;h-densiCy resident:ial. development <br />whcr:•as rc•creat innal arras: w:+y he only ::lil;lu ly nlCeclnd. The map and <br />nccrnupanyi.n{; de:u~tiptiuns and ozplnuatirnis aro not inl.ended as a detailed analysis <br />of a particular sitr ur Jand use. Additionally, chic analysis should no[ supplant <br />dcUti.lcd field invastigaLions of ::prrili~: ;troa::. lJc rrrouuu,~nd th:+c Che map <br />:; r.rv,~ as a h.v.i r. fur Inrt tic r, d~:ini lod iavc•sl il;aL ions; of p. u"I icular sites such <br />Lunt Ihc :;afriy and r•rurnu.iit' vinhilily ..I a :specific piujrrt r.an bo ndequnfcly <br />t•valn.tl ed. C;ilh mn rr Jel:+i led :.l udy, :•I~~•eil ir. ::ilc: wit liin a I}coo cal lutza rd <br />arc•^ m: r/ bo (uu~~d to Lc ::uitahlo Cur ;+ +erla iu lnna use nr Ihc dcp,rcc aC tins <br />unppc~l I+a •r.a nl m.+y inc'rea::e or der rcaso. ldhc•t her inct c:u:ed or dcc.rcasccl, <br />mitiy;at ion uu:n:,ur+:; way ht• dcv i:a,d that Icsr.on ur cl iminnlc thu I;colog'tc hazard. <br />1 <br />4'~ i <br />