FLOOD02557

• Designation Number: 91
• County: El Paso
• Community: Unincorporated El Paso County
• Stream Name: Cottonwood Creek
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: Floodplain Information Report - Cottonwood Creek, El Paso County, CO
• Date: 9/1/1976
• Designation Date: 1/1/1978
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

~nd f1ood'<l~Y standards ~re set forth I n the "Pi kes Peek Area Regio-
nal L~nd Us", Plan 1990", which the PPACOG formally ~doptM on ~:arch
11,1970.

IV. Flood"'",yOlstrlctlPi<)
.10.. The rlocjw~y District [rll) shall Include the chanMI
of watercourse and adjacent landa.-.,aswh1ch are roqul"'"d to
CiJrry and dlscnarge the fiood "ater or floodflcws of any
'..atercourse assOC1"t.ed "i ~h the I ntermedi ate ReJlcni>1 Flood.

Byarrend1'lOntdatedFebruary8,I973,thecountyofEI
Paso revised t~eir Zoning Resolution to include Flooo Plain Zones.
Pertir.ent !XlrtiOrs of the emended Section XXXII-A follow:

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Warnl1q and Forecastlro Services
The Natlo1al Oceanic and A~spherlc Administration
(NOAA) fi<ltional '1I<<.!,)ther Sorvlol provides no s>,<,cilic flood forecasts

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I. Purpose
[t Is the purpose at this Section to proMOte the public
~eelth. safety, end general "91 fare, and to mi nlmi ~e f load
105ses by provisions designed to:

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Protect individuals f,om buylns
for intBnded purposes bocduse of

lands which are un.
floochazard.

fer tributary stre<l"lS of the Ark<lns<lsRlver in the Co I oraoo Springs
ared. The technology of accurate river and flood forecasting [s de.
pendent upon adequate end tImely rainfall and rive, stage d~ta, ond
itisevenrr>;;>reessentlal thatsuchbasiCdatabeav('lllabie,parti.
cu larly r~i nfilll report-s, for areas subject to flash f loading. Cur-
rent funoing restraints prevent WelltherService operatIon ot th e
relatlvolyctensenetworksrequired. At present-, the prIncIpal service
the Weather Servlu can provide is a general alert to the dang<<r of
flash flooding. This is ctonebymea"sot forecasts of approaching
storm systems Or rJctardeted10nof ImmlnentoroccurrlnghMvy rain-
fall. The area Is wlthin theeflecti'va rafigeof theWSR-57 radilr
installation at Lkcn, Color&Oo. Thl~ facility, >11th IofBRR-68 [radar
faCSimile) remoted to the Weather Service Offices at Denver and
Puen 10, p,-ovides conti.~uous survalI Idn<p ~nd 1 nformat-loCl 0" preci pi-
tatlon intensity, storm location, and Dossible tlash flooding. The
WBRR-68 Is aiso planned tor Colorado Springs.
Ir.e NOAA \\'eather Servl<:e Office locored ot Colorc,co
Spri ~gs [Peterson Fiel d) soppl ies weather fOrDcasts fou, tl TIeS doi Iv
lor Colored" Spriags "",d vici ni ty. These forecasts cI'e dlS5~ml nated
directly to local newsme-diatly Ilmitedaccesstelephorw. Inadai.
tion to the routlneforocilsts, speciol forecJstsofseverestormsor
flood wornlngs are issued JS requl red.
A community flash tlood repo~lng ne~ork of river
and rainfall stations and a flood "arnlng program developed and op-
erated in connection "I rh the 2~-hour Weather Servi ce facll I ties

A. Restrlctorprohibit uses which are dangerous to
health, safety or property in times of flood or which cause
incro;asedfloodr.elghtsorv'eiocltlcs.

B. Require that USeS vulnerable to floods, including
publlclacilitieswhlchservesuchUSd,beprovidedwlth
/Iood protection aT the ti'T'e of initio'll construction.

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I I. Defln1tlons:
t./o(2) teet above
1'ions.

FLOOD PROTECTiON ELEVATION: an elev"tiOf'
the flood profile under existing .condi-

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III. [stab II~h.,..)nt of Zoninq D1stricts.
Tlie flood hazard arees >llthln the jur;sdlction of
tlteseresolutionsareherebydividedintothelollowing
dist-rl cts: ,~FloodwIlY DIstri ct (FW) and J Floodway Fri nge
Qls-trid(FPl.... .The Intermediate Regional Or Standard
Pruj,,<;t Flood pmtectlon elt\vation for the po Int i n q~est[on
shall be the governing facfor In locating the district boun.
dary on the land.

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