FLOOD03828

• Designation Number: 112
• County: Moffat
• Community: Craig
• Stream Name: Yampa River and Tributaries
• Basin: Yampa/White
• Title: Flood Hazard Information - Yampa River and Tributaries, Craig, CO
• Date: 11/1/1977
• Designation Date: 11/1/1978
• Prepared By: USACE
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

CONTENTS (Continued)

FIGURES

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1-2 Fortification Creek Floodwaters in Craig, Februarv 1904
~-4 Fortification CrC€k Floodwaters, March 1921
f> lceJamonFortificationCr~k.March 194.7
6-8 Fortification Creek Floodwaters, Craig and En,.ir<m",
Marehl917 ......."......_
9-10 Snowmelt flooding. Cedar Mountain Gulch, March 19j1
\l Yampa River Floodflows, April 1974 . . , . . .

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28-44 Flood Profiles

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COVER I'HOTOGRAPIIS:
Fortifi~atiol1 Creek floodwater
easterly of Craig, March 1947.
Photographs, from Corps of
Engineer,filo;s.believedtohave
been taken by L. S. McCandless,
CraiR Empire Courier.

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INTRODUCTION

PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF REPORT
The purpose of this report i~ to describ~
and illllstrate the flood hazard in anu around
the Cit.. of Craig. ~loffat County, Colorado,
The report will aid in planning thp bpst use of
land~subjc<.ttoinundationfrom l00-and500-

LIMITS OF STUDY

Thi~ report covers a 7 mile reach of the
Yampa River JUSt ""uth of Craig and thp
lower reaches of ~'ortific"tion Creek and
rlrotherton.Cedar ;.,.lountain.and PinpRidge
Gulch"", Fortification Creek is tributary to
the Yampa River by wa)" of a rem~ant
anabranch channel. Pinp Ridgt: Gulch is a
direct tributary to the ri\'cr, but tbe lower

year flood,. Howevel.. it do,,, not clmtain
recommpndations for oolving flood problems
or plans for uS>' of flood lJlain areas becau~c
thp~e iictivities ><re the rpspon~ibilitic:s of local
j(ovl'rnment.

tbr<'c.fourth:smileofchannel ha~be<'nlargely
obliteratpdbyagriculturaloperation"Brotb_
crton "nd Cedar Mountain Gulches are
tributary to Fortification Creek and Pine
Rid!(cGulch.respeetively, Plate I is a general
map of tht: Craig area. Data on the stream
reache> studied a,.eshown in Tablp I.

TABLE 1
STREAM REACHES STUDIED

Length 01
St'eam Reach Reech
From: To: (mile,)
'lamp" Ri,.cr HivcrMilc Rivcr ~file 1\,9.
l:jH.;;~! 145.:,:;
Fortification Creek M"uth ~lrpam ~tation 402
21.20'
Ilrothcrlon Gulch M,mth Stream Station 1,2(;
6.63
Pine Rid"e State llil[hwa.'" StrcamStation 1.~:1
13/7~9 6.50
Cedarl\lountain MOllth Str~arn Station 2,64
13.95
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