FLOOD02668

• County: Denver
• Community: Denver
• Stream Name: South Platte River
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Floodplain Information Metro Denver Region Volume I Report and Technical Appendix Waterton to Brighton
• Date: 10/1/1963
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: US Army Corps of Engineers
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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for the location

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See study index mop
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The degree of accurocy of
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of the technical appendix.
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.eo PLATES 24,25

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SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN, COLORADO
DENVER METROPOLITAN REGION
FLOOD PLAIN INFORMATION STUDY

FLOOD OUTLINES
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, WATERTON TO BRIGHTON

SCALE IN FEET
1000 0 1000
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u. S. ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT, OMAHA
CORPS OF ENGINEERS OMAHA, NEBRASKA
OCTOBER 1963 SHEET 4 OF IS