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<br />.::R~,' <br /> <br />SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD INFORMATION <br />WOLF CREEK <br />GRANADA, COLORADO AND VICINITY <br /> <br />1. Introduction. <br /> <br />a. lliis report presents information on the flood hazard <br /> <br /> <br />areas that adjoin Wolf Creek in Gr!Ulaila, Colorado and vicinity (see <br /> <br />Plate 1). Its contents appear as Appendix 3 in a "Detailed Project <br /> <br />Report, Investigation for Flood Control, Granada, Colorado" which <br /> <br />finds that structural f'lood control 'W'orks are economically feasible <br /> <br />and recommends that the channel improvement presented in the report <br /> <br />be approved and that local interests implement the self-help attributes <br /> <br />of flood plain management to obtain ad.di tional flood control beneri ts <br /> <br />at modest cost. The guidance herein is designed to assist in tJle <br /> <br />planning and adoption of such flood plain management techniques a9 <br /> <br />may be most advantageous in establishing control over the commwuty's <br /> <br />flood prone lands. <br /> <br />b. Basic objeetives of this report are to: (1) provide <br /> <br />definitive flood hazard information on the areas subject to inwlda- <br /> <br />tion in a manner easily understood ~, th,~ l~man; (2) encourage <br /> <br />optimum and prudent use of flood plai.n lands by providing State a:acl <br /> <br />local agencies a factual bas is for reducing flood damages and haza.rds <br /> <br />through carefully considered, well-planned regulations governing the <br /> <br />use of flood plains; (3) publicize avaLLable info:rmation on the use <br /> <br />and hazards of the flood plains in a manner to enl:lst the support of <br /> <br />App, :3 <br />1 <br />