FLOOD02940

• Designation Number: 291
• County: Grand
• Community: Granby
• Stream Name: Fraser River & Tenmile Creek
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Title: Flood Hazard Identification Report - Fraser River and Tenmile Creek, Granby, Colorado
• Date: 2/1/1987
• Designation Date: 12/1/1987
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

~ODIJCTION

Authorio-;ation

PREFACE

TheColoradoWllter Conservation )loard received fund:lng from the
1985 legislature to implement a "flood hazard identification program".
Through this proflram, the Board is providinfl Colorado cOl'lmunities \<lith
the flood hazard data ,,"d information to administer", floodplain
"",nagementprogram,

The engineering analvsis of the lOO-year flood in the vicinity of
Gnl.~by was performed by \ojrig~t ,"'ater Engineers, Inc. This o.'CB report
su~arizes information presented in the Wright report, The area studied
is along Fraser River and Tenmile Creek within the Town of Granby'a
corporate limits and in projected growth areas identified by the town.
This report "as prepared by Wnliam J. Mullen, P.R. under the direction
of Larry Lang, Chief, Flood COlltrol and Floodplain Management Section of
the Colorado Water Conservation Board at the request of the Tolo'1l of
Granby.

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This r~port ~as Buthori7.ed by the Colorado Water Conservation Board
in joint sponsorship with the TO\<ln of Granhy, Colorado.
One of the Board's po~ers and duties is

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"todeviseandformulatelllethods, means end plans for hringing
about the greater utilization of the waters of the state and the
prevention of flood damagea therefrom and to designate and
approve storm or flood~ay runoff channels or basins, and to
make such designations available to legislstive bodies of cities
and incorporated tOIo'1lS; to county planning commissions; and to
boards of adjustment of cities; incorporated to~ns; and counties
of this state"...

Copies
nominalf",..,

of this reportare
at theo!fices listed

available
below.

for public distribution, for a

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stated in Section 37-60~106(1)(c) of the COloradO Revised

To"o of Granby
P.O, Box 17
Zero and Jasper Street_s
Granby, Colorado 80446

Statutes.

1985

11,,,, To"n of Granby requested this flood study by
fr~~ Mr. Lee Merkel, To"n Man~8er, To~n of Granby

letter of Nov.
(se", Exhibit 1).

5.

The Floo~ Control snd Floodplain
Management Section
Colorado Water Conservnr.ion Boar~
721 State Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver,Colorado80203

Purpose and Scope
This r"rort
adm1nistrat:lon of
flood damages are

"as prepared
floodplain areas
mirdmized.

to guide local officials in
such that flood h'l.7,ards

planning and
and future

The report d:.taincIudesfloodedarearnapsdelineatingthelOO_year
flood boundary and flood profiles. This report also :lnclu~es supporting
engineering and hydrologic dats ~r,ich !MY also he used i" the location
and d~sign of roads, bridg~s and channel modifications.

Ackno~led~~ments

Th~ assistanc" and cooperation of Peter Jotmson, '';right "'Rta
Engineers, Inc. is appreciated. This report is ha~ed nn B flnodplain
study prep,~r~d for Sil"ercre~k Dcvelopment Company b)' ,,'right Water
Engineers, Inc, (Ref. 5) in Febr'Jary, 1984. In that study, the tOO_nar
f.luu<lp:"in for Fraser River and Tenrnile Cr""'K wC.\~ ~f't.f'rlllinert tQr ~n "r~H
to b~ d~v~loped by Sil"~Tcreek Deve10pmenc Company in the vicinity of
Granby.

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