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<br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />G~!D[LIN[S fOR FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT <br /> <br />" , <br /> <br />.-........... <br /> <br />-.~.. <br /> <br />'-, <br />..... <br /> <br />.... <br />, <br /> <br />"',. <br /> <br />..-. <br />-'~.. <br />-.... <br /> <br />'~ <br /> <br />Man l1~s be~n bLJilding on and oc~"pying t,~a flood 01ei"s <br />of rivcoa and ""'all~~ streams since the arrival ~f the pionoer se~_ <br />tlsrs. The stree~s f1~$t provided transportation and water s.pply <br />and, lator, their usually ~8ntlB ,alley gr~dBd ~ncouraged ths con_ <br />struction nf highways and ~ailtoad5. Today, the continuing growth <br />of cities res_lt~ in ever increasing encraach~ant on the flood pl~ins. <br />ThI"augh bittot expsrienCB, "'un has learn~d that floode <br />p~rindically inundate portions of the flood plain, damaging property <br />and often causin~ loss of life. Vaat honey and ~aterial reSOurCe. <br />hav9 been a'ponded for at~uctu.al flood control projacts--dams and <br />rsservoiro, lov~es, channel i~provBm5nts, ~~d simil~r protective <br />~orks__de"i~n5d to secure man's h~bitdt again~t the force of n~ture'~ <br />floods. Unfortwnotely, however, encro~chn8nt on the flood plains <br />has taken ploce footer then control structures c~n be built ~nd <br />costly flood dam~Jes h~vA ~onti"llJa~ to incr8~s" ~crO$S the n",tion. <br />_nis incrs~$~ ha~ lsd to 0 ne~ ~ppro~ch for reducing flood damages. <br />C~ll~rl "flom! plain "'an~ge~ent," this nelir ~ppro~ch cons is to of ap_ <br />plying control" ovsr th~ u~~ of the flood pron~ hnd "hicll lies <br />edjacrnt to the w~tercoursss. <br />Guid~nc8 on v~rio~s flood plain management techniques, <br />that can be ",dopted in '" re~listic flood dam~ge reduction program <br />is presented in the followi"lg text. Spe~ific recommendations for <br />1~plamenting any p~rticular tschnique aro not provided, however, <br />as su~h option gonorally romeins the responsibility of locoi com- <br />mW"lity, cownty, or State govarning ~gencies. <br /> <br /> <br />," <br /> <br />.....:::. <br />~, <br /> <br />.- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />-_.- <br /> <br />figure g. fUTURE flOOD ~EIGHTS--fOUNTAIN CREEK <br />Top vie" is G~rdon Valley ~obile P~rk at ~ile 47.53. <br />Bottom view is 8arn Storo in fountain at ~ile 35.93. <br /> <br />Interpretation of Dat~ <br />Flooded "ro" "'~pS, profiles, ~nd selected cross sectio"s <br />are providsd in the rsport to defino tile linits of flooding that <br />would occur Juring ~n Inte,~ediote Reglo~~i Flood Or ~tondard <br />Proje.ct flood. Hypothetic"l e~""'Dlea of the~e ptQs"ntatiof1s, <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />" <br />