FLOOD04414

• Designation Number: 306
• County: Morgan
• Community: Wiggins
• Stream Name: Kiowa Creek
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Floodplain Information Report - Kiowa Creek at Wiggins, Colorado
• Date: 5/1/1990
• Designation Date: 9/1/1990
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXE:CUTIVE SUMMARy.............,.......

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PREr'ACE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

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INTRODUCTION
Aut.horization........... ,." . ... . . ,
Purpose and Scope........... .....,
Acknowledgements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CO~iMUNITY AND BASIN CHARACTERISTICS
General Conditions........,.......,
Flood History............... ...... ,
Related Reports................... ,

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HYDRO]~OGIC AND HYDRAULIC ANALYSES... . , , , . . . . . . . . " . .. . ., . . . . . . .5

PROBLEMS AND NEEDS
Economic Overview and Impacts...."...............,...... 7
r'lood Risk...............,........, ,.......................7

PROJECT SUMMARy......................., ,.......................8

PROJECT BENEFITS
Approved Letter of Map Revision..., .... ....... ........... .10
Residual IOO-Year Floodplain...... .... .... ... ... ........ .10

BIB L IOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES. . . . . . . . . . ._, . . . . " . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 11

EXHIBITS

No. 1 - The Wiggins Courier. Newspaper Article "Phase II of
Kiowa Creek F lood Con1~ro ;LPr-'LL!,~!'-!;.-ill>.P.roved~~~.;-._--_.
February 11. 1988.

No. 2 - The Wiggins Courier. Newspaper ArtiCle ~.WiSI.(W)EC Removed
From Floo~~Ein".. December JA, 1989.

No. 3 - Federal Emergency Management1\qency. 1.~1.~~L_.Q"L"MaQ_
Amendment. December 5. 1989.

No. 4 - Town of Wiggins. ~etter oK-~~W~~~~~f_D~j,gnil~ion
~nd Approval. May 30. 1990.

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