FLOOD00941

• County: Statewide
• Community: State of Colorado
• Stream Name: State rivers and streams
• Title: Progress Report State Land Use Plan and Management System
• Date: 2/1/1972
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: Colorado Land Use Commission
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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MINERALS
The mineral inventory map is a preliminory documentation of mineral and water resour-
ces from information provided to the land Use Commission by the Colorado Geological
Survey. The purpose of the map is to locate and identify mineral reserve information not
previously accumulated on a single document. By analysis and evaluation of this in-
formation, areas can be indicated where subsurface minerals of potential economic
utility render lands more valuable for their mineral content rather than for land develop-
ment. Ultimately this kind of identification can lead to a variety of implementation tools
for the protection and/or reclamation of lands affected by the extraction of these resour-
ces.

Similar information in scattered documentation is available for all areas of the state. The
consolidation of it for use in future planning is an important goal of the Commission.

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PHYSICAL RELIEF
A graphic picture of the physical relief is a basic planning tool. It portrays the patterns of
slope, drainage, physical features, and visual resources for an area. From this, certain
basic development policies and planning patterns can be established. The map depicts
the obvious attractions of Pike's Peak, the Ute Pass, and the Front Range profile which
stimulated the development of the western portion of EI Paso County.

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PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS
This map identifies areas subject to conditions restricting development. Among the con-
straints mapped are existing areas such as parks and military areas which by virtue of
being in public ownership prohibit development. The second category defines areas in
which natural characteristics may discourage the construction of bui Idings. In this
classification are areas subject to flooding, undermined areas, and areas providing
severe limitations to building because of land slope; determined, in this case, to be twen-
ty per cent or greater. The Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments (PPACG) developed
this inventory as a general guideline; projects looking toward development in areas
herein identified will require further feasibility investigation.

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