FLOOD01997

• Designation Number: 71
• County: Adams
• County: Arapahoe
• County: Douglas
• Community: Denver Metro Region
• Stream Name: Sand Creek
• Title: Flood Hazard Area Delineation - Sand Creek
• Date: 3/1/1977
• Designation Date: 7/27/1977
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

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- LIST OF FIGURES -
(All Figures Located in the Appendix)

Authorization
Purpose and Scope
Acknowledgements
Location of Data

STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION

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FIGURE 1 - Discharge Profiles; Present Basin Conditions
FIGURE 2 Discharge Profiles; 600,000 Population
FIGURE 3 - Discharge Profiles; 900,000 Population
FIGURE 4 - Basin Boundary Map
FIGURE 5 - Confluence of Sand Creek and South Platte River (1973 Photo)
FIGURE 6 - Burlington Ditch Weir
FIGURE 7 - Drop Structure at Station 105
FIGURE 8 - Looking Downstream from 49th Drive
FIGURE 9 - Culverts at Havana Street
FIGURE 10 - Channel Upstream from Havana Street
FIGURE 11 - Looking Downstream at 1-225 Bridge
FIGURE 12 - Mobile Home Park at Colfax Avenue (1973 Photo)
FIGURE 13 - Unidentified Road Washed Out During Minor Flooding in 1973

Stream, Valley, and Drainage Area
Development in the Flood Plain
Related Studies

HISTORICAL FLOODS
HYDROLOGIC AND HYDP~ULIC DETERMINATIONS

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Hydrologic Analysis
Hydraulic Analysis

FUTURE FLOODS

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Flood Frequency and Discharge
Flooded Areas
Flood Plain and Floodway Data

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

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LIST OF TABLES

TABLE 1 - Drainage Areas

TABLE 2 - Flood of 16 and 17 June
1965 Damages

TABLE 3 - Flood Plain Reference Data

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