FLOOD01397

• Designation Number: 326
• County: Logan
• Community: Unincorporated Logan County
• Title: Floodplain Management Study - Pawnee Creek
• Date: 4/1/1992
• Designation Date: 9/1/1992
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Correspondence

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FPR 92-326

COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
721 State Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203

September 15, 1992

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, a floodplain information report entitled "Flood Plain Management Study,
Pawnee Creek in Logan County, Colorado," dated April 1992, has been prepared by United
States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, at the request of the City of
Sterling and Logan County, Colorado in cooperation with the Colorado Water Conservation
Board; and

WHEREAS, said report includes detailed floodplain information for the storm and
floodwater runoff channels on Pawnee Creek; and

WHEREAS, the City of Sterling and Logan County, Colorado has requested the
Colorado Water Conservation Board to designate and approve the floodplain areas as set
forth in the aforesaid report; and

WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(1)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes, requires the
Colorado Water Conservation Board to assist in the prevention of floods and flood damages
therefrom; and "

WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(1)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes, directs the Colorado
Water Conservation Board designate and approve storm or floodwater runoff channels or
basins and to make such designations available to legislative bodies of local jurisdictions;
and

WHEREAS, Sections 31-23-301 and 30-28-111, Colorado Revised Statutes, provide
that such legislative bodies of local jurisdictions may provide zoning regulations for land uses
on or along any storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin only after designation and
approval by the Colorado Water Conservation Board; and

WHEREAS, the staff of the Board has reviewed said report and finds that it meets
all the applicable requirements for designation as detailed floodplain information under the
Board's "Rules and Regulations for the Designation and Approval of Floodplains and of
Storm or Floodwater Runoff Channels in Colorado" (1 CCR 408-1);