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, , j I , , , PREFACE Can6erv~tian Soard, under the continuing authority granted by Sedion 2e5 of the 1950 nood Control Act, 00 ~;~<,nded. The aesis. ta"{;~ 8"U oouu"raliol' or H.., u.s. ihtionol Dceani.; and ~t,"ospheria Administration (NOAA) ~oather Service, Colorado ~oter Conservation Soard, Color~do St~te l1i9h,,~y De~ert,"llnt, Pik~e P"ok AI'eO Cowndl of Governments, County of E1 Paso, City of Colorado Springs, Town of Fountain, G~zette Telegraph, Colorado Spring~ Sun, Seourity Ad_ verthe" and Fountain Valley ~8~~, Aechhan, Topeke, and Santa Fe Rail~oy Company, Denver snd Rio Granda Western Railroad Company, cnd numerOuO private citizens 1n <,upplying usaful data ore appre- ciated and gratefully ackno~ledged. All elev~tion~ appoaring in this ropo.t a.O based on U.S. Ca~st and Geadetic Survey 1929 me~n sea lev~l (m.~.l.) datum. The ~ctu~l limite of flood pl~in araae on the graund may vary slightly fram those shown on various plate illuet~~tiona in tha ropo~t be_ c~uso of m~p ~~~le limitatian~ ~hich do ~ot permit p~ecise plotting of the flooded arBa bounda.iBs. ThB purposa of this r~port is to furnish inform~tion on the fload h~z~rd dre~s that ~djoin Fowntain ~nd Jimmy CBmp Creeks in the vicinity of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Aa shown on Pl..t~ 1, the etudy ~re~ ~onsidered en~onp~ssea 29.8 miles of fountain Creek ch~nnel, extending south from the mouth of Mo~umB~t Creak i~ Colo_ r~da Spri~g8, through the to~n of fou~tcin, to the eouthern El Paeo Cou~ty li~e, end 4.3 miles of Jimmy Camp Cre~k'e chennel above ite founte.i~ confluenoe. The report's ~ontente ~re deaigned to provide lo~~l gevernment agencies, commerci81 intereete, 8~d concer~ad citizans in the Cclaradc Springs_El Paso Cou~ty 8rea with definitive d~t~ th8t will aid in planning the best uee of flood pro~e l~nds or othar- wise co~tributa to the solution of leoal flood prOblame. Aside from sBrvi~g ~s a toal fer improving flood plein manegeme~t. the report Ce~ be helpful in locati~g and designing bridgee a~d roads, eetablish- ing criteria for floodpraofing, a~d, in soma instancBs, determining whare etructural protective ~orks should be ccnsidered. The decision- making proceBs muet consider the 8xisting environmental attributeD of the flood plai~ aroas and evaluate their probable role in the community's planned future growth. The report includes information, not only on poet flOOdS, but also o~ the nature and extent of prObable future floads which can be reaso~ably expscted on the fountain Crssk and Jimmy Camp Creek study re~che$. It.~ concluding section provides guidance o~ varioue flocd plain m~nsgsment techniques which cowld be adopted in a rsalisti~ flaod damage reductio~ program. The report doee not ~ontain specific plana or recommend"tian" far lh~ 801utio~ of floed prablems as theea are. in moet ineten~ee, the reeponsibility of loc;:l gO\iOr""'o~t. The report was preparad et the request of the Pikes Peek Are" Council of Govurnmente, through the Steta of ColoradO Weter An informative b~Dchure, antiUed "floods on fou~tain s~d Jimmy Canp Creeks _ ColoradO Springs, fount~in, El Paso Cou~ty, Coloradc," has b~an prBparsd to ac~omp~ny the report. Copies af tho brochure, this report, and related i~form~tion ca~ be obt~ined fram the affice of tho Pikes Peek Are~ Cau~cil of Gevernmants in Calar~da Springs, office af the City Clark of Fovntain, ~nd fram the ColoradO Water Co~servation Beard in Oa~ver. Calor~do. The Albuquerque District of tha Corps of Engineers will, ~po~ request, provide inter- pretation a~d limited ta~hni~al assistance i~ use of the lnfarmetia~ contai~ed herein. iii "