FLOOD00918

• County: Larimer
• Community: Fort Collins
• Title: Precipitaion Frequency Study
• Date: 7/16/1998
• Prepared For: Fort Collins
• Prepared By: WRC Engineering, Inc.
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ................................................... I
A. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

B. PURPOSE...................................................... 2
C. COORDINATION................................................. 2

PREVIOUS STUDIES AND AVAILABLE DATA .............................. 3

A. NOAA ATLAS 2 ................................................. 3
B. AVAILABLE DATA ...............................................3
C. OTHER STUDIES ................................................ 4

METHODS OF ANALYSIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
A. STATISTICAL METHODS .......................................... 4
L 24 HOUR DURATION ANALYSIS ..................................5
2. TWO HOUR ANALYSES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

B. CSU ANALYSES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
C. RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
D. CONCLUSIONS.................................................. 9

QUALITATIVE STUDY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
A. DATA COLLECTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

B. DATA ANALYSIS ............................................... 10

REFERENCES .................................................... II

TABLES
FIGURES
APPENDICES