FLOOD04497

• County: Statewide
• Community: State of Colorado
• Stream Name: All
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: State of Colorado Streambank Erosion Study
• Date: 11/1/1984
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: USDA Soil Conservation Service
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Summary 1

Conclusions with Recommendations 5

Study Areas 13

Stream Inventories 37

Treatment Examples 39

Glossary (definitions) 73

TABLES
Table 1
Table 2A
Table 2B
Table 2C
Table 2D
Table 2E
Table 2F
Table 2G
Table 3
Table 4
MAP
Study Area

Study Area 15

Rock Riprap Cost Estimates - Comparison of
Benef i ts and Cost 17
Anchored Trees Cost Estimates - Comparison of
Benefits and Cost 18
Rock Jetty Cost Estimates - Comparison of
Benefits and Cost 19
Jacks Cost Estimates - Comparison of
Benefits and Cost 20
Vegetated Buffer Strip Cost Estimates - Comparison of
Benefits and Cost 21
Vegetative Sprig Revetment Cost Estimates - Comparison of
Benefits and Cost 22
Riparian Zone Cost Estimates - Comparison of
Benefits and Cost 23
Analysis of Economic, Environmental, and Social
Factors 25
Summary of Practices 41

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On the COVER: Elk River at Curtis Zabel headquarters
Photography by Gene Alexander, SCS, Denver, Colorado