Site 1 - Navajo Chief Spring

Site One is on the west edge of Manitou Springs. It near the old bottling plant and the Navajo Chief Spring. Please answer the following questions, and be sure to use data and information from other parts of the exercise to support your answers.

Questions: (1) Refer to the floodplain map (you should have a second window open that displays this map, if not, click here). Is this location (Fig. 2) in the Fountain Creek floodplain? If so, how deep will the 100-yr. flood be in this location? If not, is there a possibility that floodwaters could still reach this site? Figure 2. Bottling plant and Fountain Creek.

(2) If you were the owner of the bottling plant (Fig. 3), would you consider moving to a new location? What factors must you weigh in your decision? Figure 3. Bottling plant.