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<br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />Possible future improvements to control floods are not a <br />conslder~-tlon of t~ls report. Flood ~azard In/ormation 15 prov Idod <br />for tho guid~nco Of loc~1 offlcl~ls In ~Iannl~ the use ~nd regulation <br />01 tile llood pia in and as ~ubl Ie InforrMtlon. Awareness ~nd use of <br />tllese data will help avoId the dangers and damages from future lloods. <br />Technical assistance to Federal, Stato, and local aRenclos <br />for Interpretation and use at t~e Information contained In this report <br />will, upon request, be provided by t~e Omah~ DistrIct, Corps of <br />Engineers. Zoning or other regulation of flood plain use Is a local <br />responslbillty,buttheCorpsotEnginoerswlllprovidoguldelInesl1 <br />requested. A pamphlet, "Guidelines for Reducing Flood Dllmages," and <br />a booklet "Introduction to Flood Proofing" can be supplied. Other <br />publiclltlonsand serv!cesa..eavalldble depending On supply and f unds. <br />The InforrMtlon given In this "aport does not Imply any <br />Federal interest or au-thorltyto zoneor"egula-teuse 01 the flood <br />plaIns. The llood prof i les and Ilooded area d~ta presented are based <br />On e~ Istlng conditIons 01 the dra Inage b"sln, stro~m ~nd va Iloy at the <br />time the report was prepared, and are reasonable, rather than precise, <br />indications of prob~ble occurrences. UrbanIzation of the d..alnage <br />basin may incr....se..unoff and lloodlng. The use to which flood plain <br />Infor"m/ltlonwlll be put is the responsibility of local authorities. <br /> <br />This report dollnes the flood char~cterlstlcz of flvc <br />streams in Jefferson County, Colorddo. Rdl~ton, Loyuon. and Van <br />Blbbor Crook5~ trlbutarios of Clear Creek, joi n In Arvilda whiCh Is <br />lQC:ated In nortm/estern metropol it~n Denver. lena Gulc~, a trlbu- <br />taryofCledrCro<Jk,cutsdlagonilIIYilcrossthepathofthewestward <br />(jrbanexpansionotthemetropolltanarea. SandersonGulch,atribu- <br />tary of the South Platte River, dra Ins ~ 5"'" II urban aroa in oastern <br />Jefferson County and tho southwost COrner of Denver. This is the <br />fifth volume of a series ot reports covering ~troams in the Denver <br />rcgionandwas;>repared Inrosponsotoan;,ppllca'tlonoltheDenver <br />Reglon~ I Co~ncl I of Governments through the Colorado State Water <br />ConsorvatlonLtoard. Alistofthostreamscoverod In previous <br />rcportsispresontod In table I, <br />The bJsi n ~nd stream characteri sties, 1 looJ J! histories <br />and prObable effects of major tloodlng are described in this report. <br />Twopotential/loods, IntermedlateReglonal;,ndStandard Project, are <br />ItswJ to represent two degrees 0/ major I lood I ng th<lt rn~y occur I n the <br />future. Th",setwolloodsarefullydefine<l intheGlossary-pages <br />3~ thru 36 - and should be 9 Iven dDpr"pri.lto consideration in <br />planning forsilletyol tJevelop",ent<, In tho llood clain. <br />The flOOd hazard arQas dctlnod by the 1"WO ~tcntial <br />110005 are shown on the pia tes tollowing the text of thi ~ nJpnrt. <br />;: IcO<J(~j Me" mc>pS ,;how h;e apcroxl"ate areas th~t would [)e Inunudted. <br />Flood prof i 105 J! show tne depths 01 w"ter relative to the stre~mbed <br />and b.:Jnk,; ~nd fl:>od clovatlon~ ~crO~~ tl,o width 01 1"he VQIIf'.Y. Toe <br />cros~ S(;(;j i<.ln~ i nJ ICilte grounJ 1,,,,,1 <lcr05S the v~ II"y "n~ ti;" <br />overlylngflooJuepths. <br /> <br />Tabla I <br />PUBLISHED FLOOD PLAIN INFORMATION REPORTS <br />DENVER METROPOLITAN REGION STREAMS <br /> <br />Volume <br /> <br />Stream <br /> <br />Date Published <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />South Platte River <br />Sand Creek <br />Toll GateCrllok <br />Lower Cherry Creak <br />Gear Creek <br />Clear Creek <br /> <br />October 1963 <br />AprIl 196.. <br /> <br />'I <br />See GIOSSilry of Tcrrn~ <br /> <br />III <br /> <br />J<lnU~ry 1966 <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />I <br />