FLOOD10359 ‎(2)‎

• County: Delta
• Community: Delta County
• Stream Name: Minnesota Creek
• Title: Supplemental 100 Year Flood Study for Minnesota Creek
• Date: 9/1/2002
• Prepared For: Delta County
• Prepared By: Buckhorn Geotech
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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Table 2: Comparison to FEMA Results
100- YEAR FLOOD FLOWS MINNESOTA CREEK
Cross Distance Distance CWSE CWSE Difference
Section Study FEMA Study FEMA In CWSE
No.
0 0 8401 5719.8 5722 2.2
1 1229 9630 5753,0 5755.5 2,5
2 2141 10542 5764,1 5769 4,9
3 3039 11440 5788,8 5791 2,2

Our study used field survey for all cross-section data while the FEMA study used aerial
contour data with 4-foot intervals which may explain the differences presented above,
Also, the FEMA study was initiated in 1979 and the differences represented in our study
may be due to channel changes over time,

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