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<br />FLOOD INSURANCE STUDIES <br /> <br />TELLER COUNTY <br /> <br />HYDROlOGY <br /> <br />Detailed Studies <br /> <br />The flooding sources studied In <br />located in the Fountain Creek and <br />former belongs to the Arkansas <br />latter to the South Platte basin. <br /> <br />d"'(:,oll in Teller "oullty are <br />T,.o\lt: Creek suh..bas ins. Th e <br /> <br />Ri\'e-r catchment area and the <br /> <br />B0'~ Fountain Creek and Trout <br /> <br />Creek basins include urbanized areas, <br /> <br />Th., TCH.7!l of Hoodland Park <br /> <br />lies on parts of both basins. with most of its u]'baniz.~d ar2as <br />draining to Fountain Creek. Woodlanc; Perk is near to \'7hat can he <br />called the transition zone between th., Plains Region and the <br />~lountain Region of Colorado. <br /> <br />The geomorphic charact,'rlstics of FcuTtain Creek are different <br />from those of Trout Creek in the stu,'y area. Fouw::ain Creek <br />channel widths are wider than those of Trout Creek and the tyees <br />of channel vegetation in each basin are also diffE,rent. These <br />differences and their implications a- to the type of storms that <br />produce the most severe flooding in ('ach basin w'E,re discussed <br />with representatives of area cOF"'Jnities. Colorado water <br />Conservation Board and FEMA. A field visit by the' TPO and <br />Project Manager on 11/12/84 confirmed these differences. There- <br />fore, it was concluded that a Type ITA (Plains Region) storm <br />distribution could he used for the upper Fountain Creek basin and <br />Type II for Trout Creek. <br /> <br />Fountain Creek <br /> <br />The hydrology of Fountain Creek \"as Htl1died previous'.y :In the <br />197(, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hyd:~ology Report fOI~ El Paso <br />County (Reference 1). Fountain CrE'pk's peak flow rat"s for <br />different recurrence intervals at tl'e Teller County .- El Paso <br /> <br />-6- <br />