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<br /> <br />~ !fo,L :':[" '-OR 'Leer! P~Ai \' i' Ar,AC['fNT <br /> <br />~an ~~" besn cuildin9 On ~~d o~cupyin9 t~o flood pl~ins <br />of =i',cr~ il.-.d smd:,,= $tI"",,,~ .~""~ th~ ~rriv,,-l of ch.. pioneer s"t- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />.... ~" . <br /> <br />~:::. . <br /> <br />0-" <br />"'O"{:" <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />tlsr". Th~ Qtr~~~s first provided ~r~nsportat~cn ~nd watsr supply <br />and, l~ter, ~hei~ usually ;~ntle v~llsy gr~des encour~y~J lha con~ <br />etruotion of highw~ys ~nd r"ilro~ds. Tod~y, th~ contin~in9 growth <br />of cities re"ult~ in ever increasing encrD~chnent nn the flood ~l~ins. <br />Through ~itter axpcrion~~, ~~n ~~s le~r~ed that floods <br />periodio~lly in~nd~te pa~tions of the flood pl~in. d~m~g~ng prepcrty <br />~nd oftsn c~u~ing loss of life. Vast money and ~~teri~l reoourcee <br />h~ve bacn oxpended for ~tructural flood control proJ~~~o--d~m5 ~nd <br />r~~~rvoi,s, leveee, channel i~prove~ent", ~nd si~ilar protectivs <br />~orks--d"signed to secure m~n'" habitat ~9ain~t the fOrce of nature's <br />flood~. Unfortun~tely, however, encronchment on th~ flood pl~ino <br />ha~ t~ken place f~ster thun control s~r~cturas cen be built ~nd <br />~tlst1y flo'lrl d~m~ge" h~v~ Gont.inu~d to ;ncreese ecros~ the n~tion. <br />This increaee ha5 led to ~ new appro~ch for reducing flood d~mage". <br />Called "flood plain "'anagement," this new approach consists of ap- <br />plying oontrole over the u5e of the flood prone land which lies <br />~dj~cent to the watercourses. <br />Guid~nce on v~rious flood plein manegsment techniquee, <br />that can b~ adopted in a re~li~tio flood damage reduction progra~ <br />i" presented in the following text. 5psoific reoommendetions for <br />implementing ~ny perticular technique are not provided, however, <br />as such option g~nerally remaine the re~ponsibility of loc~l com_ <br />munity, county, or 5tat~ govsrning agencies. <br /> <br />'--.-- <br /> <br />..,.,..... '""". <br />.... . <br /> <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />:.::o,,'~o~"'...,:. ^. " <br /> <br />,. <br />. <br /> <br />, <br />'", <br /> <br />figurs 9. rUTURE fLOOD HEIGHTS--fDUNTAIN CREEK <br />Top view is Carden Valley ~obile Purk at Mile 47.53. <br />Bottom view i9 88rn Store in rountein st ~ile 35.93. <br /> <br />InterprEtation of D~t~ <br />flOOdEd aree maps, profile5, ~nd 5elected cross se~tions <br />are provid~d in th~ ~eport to define the limits of flooding th"t <br />WU1.JIJ 'w~u" uUl'i,',y ~n I"t~l"""dh,t,, n"Gion,,1 flood 0' :t~nd~Id <br />Project flOOd. Hypotheti~~l ax~mples of these pre2ent~tion5. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />" <br />