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<br />in~ criteria for floodprooflng, s~d, in ~ome inbtclnceS,
<br />where structur~l protsctivs work~ ehould be cons ids red.
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<br />dster::tlning
<br />The deci~ion~
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<br />:o~oorv~tion Soard, ~ndor the co~tinuin; ~uthority 9ra~ted by
<br />Ssc~ion 20E of the 195C Flood Contrcl Ac~, es arrendsd. The a.~i6-
<br />tance ~nd coooeratio~ of the J.5. Na~ional Octianic a~d ~t~o3~heric
<br />Adm:nistr~tian ~~O^A) ~.at~er Se~vic~, Colo:ado Wat~~ Con~~~vaticn
<br />3<Hrd, Colnr~do Stah Hi':JI'~ay Cepart""ent, Pik8s ~eak ^!:ea Coc~cil
<br />of GOV8rn~ents, Co~nty of E1 P3sa, City cf Ccicr~oc Spri~g., Tc~~
<br />of Fo'~ntain, GazEOtte T~l"gr~ph, Cdor~do Springo Sun, Sec.rity Ad.
<br />ve!:tis8c ~nd Fowntain Vall~y Newo, At~hi$a~, Topeka, and Sant~ Fa
<br />~oll~~y Cnmp"ny, Jen'Jer ~~d Rio Cr,,~de '~~st~'n Raiho~d Co"p~~y,
<br />~~d ~wnerou" priv~te cltiL~ns in ~wp~lyi~9 wseful data 3tS 3~pr~-
<br />ci~ted "~d 9r~tef~~ly ackno~led~sc.
<br />All clevatio~s ~ppeari~g in thi~ r~port a,~ ba.ed On
<br />U.S. C03st and Cead<!tic Su:vey lS29 ~,esn sea level (m,s,l.) datu'll.
<br />The nctual limi~~ of flood plsin ~reas on tht ground ~ay vary slightly
<br />f!:o~ thase sho~n on various pl~t8 lllu"tr~tion9 in the report be.
<br />C~uSG of ~ap scale limitatio~s which do ~~t permit p'eci~~ plotting
<br />of the flooded ~re~ bound~ries.
<br />Ar. infor'll~tive ~rochure, entitlad "Fload. on 'C>l;ntain
<br />and Ji,n~y Camp [r..",," _ Colol'>lca S~l'ing~, fou~tdin, El ;:>~~O Co~"ty,
<br />r(ll"r~Mo," hM bee~ prgp~red to accompany thA noort. Copio~ of
<br />the oro~hwre, this raport, and rel~ted infarmatio~ C3~ oe obt~i~~d
<br />from the affic~ of the Pikes P~8k Ar~~ Counoil of Governments in
<br />Colorado Springs, office of the City Clerk of Fountain, and from the
<br />Color~do Water Co~serv~tio~ Boa~d in Denver, Colorado, Tho Albuquerqua
<br />District af the Carps af Engineers ~ill, upo~ request, provld~ i~ter_
<br />pretetia~ a~d li~ited technical assista~c~ in use of the information
<br />ccnteined herein,
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<br />PREFACE
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<br />Th.. r"rpDr,,,, of this report is ta fwr"ie.~ infor"atio~
<br />on the flood hazard ~re~s that ~djoin Fount~ln and Ji~my Camp Crooke
<br />in the vicinity of Colarado Sprin~s, Calor~da, As shown on Plate 1,
<br />the study ~re~ considered encompasses 29.8 miles of Fountai~ Croak
<br />ch~~nel, extending south fram the mouth of Mo~ument Creek in Colo-
<br />r~do Sprin9s, thrcugh the town of fountain, to the southern El
<br />P~so County line, and 4.3 mil~s of Jimmy Camp Creek's ohan~el above
<br />its Fount8in conflu8nce,
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<br />The report's conte~ts ~re designed to provide local
<br />government agencies, commercial intorests, and concerned citi2e~s
<br />in the Colo~ado Springs_El Paso County area with definitive data
<br />that will ~id in plan~ing the best use of flood prone lands or othar~
<br />wise contribute to the solwtion of local flood probiems. Aside from
<br />s~rving as a tool for imprcving flood plai~ m~n~gement, the report
<br />Can be helpful in locating end designi~g bridges and roads, estnolish~
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<br />m~king precess muet conside~ the existi~g environmental attributes
<br />of the flood pl~in arOaS and av~luate their probable role in the
<br />o~unity's plannad futwra grawth,
<br />The r~port indudeo inform"tion, not only on pa~t floodS,
<br />but also o~ the n~ture ~~d exte~t of probable future floods ~hich
<br />Can be ~cason"oly axpoctod on the FOcJntai~ Creek and Jl'lYny Ca~.p
<br />Creok ~tudy reaohe", Its oonclwding section provides guidance on
<br />variou~ flood pl~in ~an"g..r"..nt techniqu~~ which could b~ arJopt"d in
<br />a re"lisUc flood d~"'~ge ,eduction program. The report does not
<br />~onbin ~peclfi~ pl~ns or recommendations for the solution of flood
<br />problems as these are, in moat inst~n~es, the responsibility of
<br />local gavern~ont.
<br />The repo,t WaS prepared at the request of the Pikes Pe~k
<br />Area Council of Gova~~me~~s, throwgh the St~to of Colora~o ~~ter
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