FLOOD01280

• Designation Number: 93
• County: Jefferson
• Community: Lakewood
• Stream Name: McIntyre Gulch
• Title: Flood Hazard Area Delineation - McIntyre Gulch, Lakewood, CO
• Date: 10/1/1977
• Designation Date: 1/1/1978
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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Me INTYRE GULCH
FLOOD HAZARD AREA DELINEATION

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

subsequently be used for drainageway planning and flood plain regulation

by the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District (U.D. & F.C.D.), the

Colorado Water Conservation Board (C.W.C.B.), and the City of Lakewood.

The Colorado Water Conservation Board has the power and duty

". . . to designate and approve storm or floodway runoff channels
or basins, and to make such designations available to legislative
bodies of cities and incorporated towns; to county planning
commissions; and to boards of adjustment of cities; incorporated
towns; and counties of this state.. II

A. Authorization

This study, covering the storm drainage aspects and flood hazard

area delineation for McIntyre Gulch, was authorized under the terms of

the contract between the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District

(U.D. & F.C.D.), the City of Lakewood, and Hydro-Triad, Ltd., dated
January 14, 1977. The notice to proceed was given on the same date, but
the contractual period for the study was indexed from the receipt of the
blueline prints of the mapping on January 25, 1977.
The participating or sponsoring governmental agencies for this study
are the U.D. & F.C.D. and the City of Lakewood. The mapping of the basin
was accomplished under separate contract between the U.D. & F.C.D. and
Bell Mapping Company. Excellent cooperation and assistance was provided
throughout the study by Lakewood and U.D. & F.C.D. staff as well as the
S.C.S., U.S.G.S., and G.S.A. (Federal Center) personnel.

as stated in Section 37-60-106 (1) (c) of the Colorado Revised Statutes
1973. The cities, incorporated towns and counties within the study area

may provide zoning regulations

". . . to establish, regulate, restrict, and limit such uses on or
along any storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin, as such storm
or floodwater runoff or basin has been designated and approved by
the Colorado Water Conservation Board, in order to lessen or avoid
the hazards to persons and damage to property resulting from the
accumulation of storm or floodwaters. . ."

as stated in Section 30-28-111 for the county governments and Section

31-23-201 for municipal governments of the Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.

B. Purpose and Scope
The purpose of this report is to present the flood hazard area
delineation for the major drainageways of McIntyre Gulch. The hazard area
is delineated for the 100 year recurrence interval flood with future basin
development and present drainage facilities. The information will

The scope of work for this report can be summarized as follows:

(1) Define the topographic and land use features, as well as the

hydrological and hydraulic aspects of the McIntyre Gulch drainage basin.

(2) Identify and tabularize the flood hazard information in terms of

flood plain and floodway data.

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