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<br />CHAPTER 1 HISTORIC FLOOD DAMAGES AND CAUSES OF FLOODS
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<br />Historic Flood Damages ....,..'.....................,....,.........
<br />Causes of Floods............. .. ' .,. .... ....... ........ .. ,., .........
<br />Precipitation Caused Floods.. ... ....... ..................., .........
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<br />General rain floOdS ...,........... ,. . . , . . .. . . . .. '" . . . . . ., . . ... . . . .
<br />Thunderstorm :Ioods ... . . . . . ., . ". . ,. . . . .. .. . . ... ... . . . . . ., . . . .. , " .
<br />Snowmelt floQ(js ..............".. '.. . ... . . .. ... .... . ... .. . . . .. . .. .
<br />Rain on snov.' Hoods ........... " . . . . .. . . .. , . . . . '" ... . , . . . .. . ... .
<br />Ice Jam floods. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . " " . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . ... . ... . . . . .. , ...
<br />Dam Failure Foods........... "......... ............., .........
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<br />CHAPTER 2 LEGAL ASPECTS OF FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
<br />Federal and State Legislation ,'.. ..."......................, .. .......
<br />Legal Principl.:!s .............."......'......................,.........
<br />Constitutionality.............., .....,..........,..........., ......... ....
<br />The "Pinpoint' approach.......,....."......................, ....,.... ....
<br />Relevant court cases........."............................, ......... ....
<br />Liability of government agencies constructing flood control or drainage
<br />facilities......................"....."......................,............ .
<br />Legal Basis for Dam Safety Programs in Colorado........, ......... ,...
<br />Colorado Division of Water Resources .....................,.............
<br />Hazard Classi':ications ........, . . ... . .. . ... .. . ... .. . ... .. . . , . . . . . . . . . . . ..
<br />Judicial Notice of Floodplains and Wetlands.,........... , .............
<br />Citations forC,:)urtCasesthat May Be of Interestto Floodplain Managers
<br />and Their Legal Counsel....., ..... , ....................... .........
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<br />CHAPTER 3 IDE NTIFICATION OF THE FLOODPLAIN................
<br />The Role of Floodplain Identificaltion in a Local Floodplain
<br />Management I'rogram ...............................................
<br />Procedures and Methods .....,......................................
<br />Approximate studies........... ,.......................... ............
<br />Detailed studiHS ...............,..................................... <
<br />Floodplain information studies .............................................
<br />Base mappin<;;l .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . , .
<br />Field surveys. " . .. . . .. . .. . .. . . , . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . , .
<br />Hydrologic methods ...................................................,.
<br />Hydraulic determinations................... ..............................
<br />Floodplain de ineations and datum con~,;stency .............................
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<br />Floodways . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . , .. . . . . .. . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . , .
<br />Mapping dam failure flood zones.......,.........................,...
<br />Master drainaqeway planning studies...... ,.. .. .......... ..., ......., '"
<br />Base mapping 3.nd field surveys .."....,....................................
<br />Hydrologic methods ............".........."....,....,.............
<br />Hydraulic determinations......,..,..... ... ." " .......... . .... .......
<br />FloOdplain delilleations ........."...........,....,......,...,.....,.
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<br />Floodways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . " . .
<br />Problem and damage assessments ...........'.......................,..,..
<br />Plan formulation.. . . . . .. . .. . . . . ." . ... . .. . .. . , . . . . . . .. . . . , .. . . . . . .. . . ". . , . .
<br />Plan selection , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
<br />Status of FloOdplain Studies in Colorado. .......................,...'.
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<br />CHAPTER 4 Fl.OODPLAIN MANAGEMENT ALTERNATiVES.,...........
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<br />Preventive Measures (Non-StrLlcturHI Approaches)....... ... ..... ,..
<br />Land use regulations.........., .....,. ....".... ......, ... ..,..,. ...... ,..
<br />Zoning...... ................ ... ..........,. , ..,.............. ... ......,..
<br />Subdivision ....................,.....,..................................,..
<br />Planned Unit Development ........................".................."..,...
<br />Building codes .................,...................................".....
<br />H.B. 1041 perrr it system (Section 24-65.' -1 01 et seq. CRS 1973, as amendE~d) . . .
<br />Development policies...... .. . .. . ... ........ . ..... .......................
<br />Open Space .......................................................
<br />Public services and facilities .....,..................................."..".
<br />Taxation, .. . . , ... .. . . . . . .. . . . . . , . ... . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . .. . . . . .. . ...' ... . .
<br />Urban Renewal.. ........... ..,.. .......... .. ... ......... ,.., ............ .
<br />Fee structure for flood control and storm (jralnage facilities.."........,.,
<br />Flood insurance...... ........ .. . .........., .... _........... .......".... .
<br />Emergency pmparedness .......,....,....,............,.........,.'.....
<br />F!ood forecasti 19 . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , .. .. , .
<br />Flood Warnlrl9 ...............,... ....... ...., .......... ..............
<br />Flood warning systems...... .. ......... ... .. ... ....... .. .. ..... .,., ,
<br />Means of diss~minalion ......................... _...................
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<br />Evacuation .............................................,...........
<br />Education/Awareness.........".......................,.......... .
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