FLOOD01064

• County: El Paso
• Community: Colorado Springs, Fountain
• Stream Name: Fountain and Jimmy Camp Creeks
• Title: Floodplain Information
• Date: 3/1/1973
• Prepared For: Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments
• Prepared By: US Army Corps of Engineers
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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COLORADO SPRINGS" FOUNTAIN" El PASO COIJNTY~COroRAOO

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PREPARED rOR THE PI KE S PEAK AREA caUNCI L Of
DEPARTMENTQF ARMY, ALBUQUERQUE DISTRICT, CORPS or ENGINEERS,

GOVERNMENTS BY THE
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO

MARCH 1973

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CONTENTS

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BACKGROUND INFDR~AT10N
Settlement.
The StI'eail"lI and Th.d~ V~llBy.

PAST fLOODS.

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Snurces of Data and Rocords
fload S~a~on end Flood Char3~tari$tics.
Summ8ry of Hiatoric~l Floods.
flood DBseription~.

C~RRENT fLOOD SITUATION.
Osvolopment~ in the flond Pl~ins.
Obetructions to floodflows. . . .
Oth~~ r~ctQ~S Affecti~g flooding.
fl;ooJ r:;dl"~g@ ,~~~",c"ti~n Mc~~u,e'"
flood ~d,ninq 8nd forecaating SetvioB~.
Flood Fighting enc [margeney Ev"eu~tion

fUTURErLOOOS......... .
Int8r~Adi~te RBgional flood
Sta~dard Proj~ct flood.

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fr~que~cy . . . . . . .
H~'~"QS of L~rg~ flood~
flooded Arp~~ ~nd flood C~m~ge
Velocities, R~t"" of Rise. a"d Duratin".
Obst.LJctio"s... .
rlJtur<l Flood Hoights

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