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<br />4. Development policies of any municipality can and should limit the <br />availability of services in areas of high n';od risk. <br /> <br /> <br />One example of this reasoning was the existence of many trailer courts <br />in the flood plain of the South Platte when the 1')65 flood occurred. In <br />addition to the damage <:tnd loss to and of the house-trailers, tht>y floated <br />against bridges downstream and s'lbsequent water pressure against the <br />trailer s, ultimately dallOaged many of the bridg"s. <br /> <br />Stream channelization for land reclamation is another exalnple of an <br />expensive and unattractive solution even when done properly as a continuous <br />project and especially when allowed to be done piecemeal over a period of <br />time. <br /> <br />CO~CLUSIO~ <br /> <br />In addition to the exhibits furnished for the Grasslands Seminar of <br />July 2,!, 1'}76, tllis report includes a small maE showing the entire wate.r..- <br />shed which was the object of this stud~ It was actLlally excerpted from an <br />SCS General Soil Map of Elbert COLlnty dated July 1972 and is intended to <br />shuw the phy::;icJ.l locatiun 01 the study area. In addition thiB niap shows <br />that ~r()m a flood-prodLlcing point of view,_ the watershed of Running Creek <br />can be considered a~J;.':'od" watershedin that ~Jong and narrow with,,?, <br />side tributaries therefore has a favorable ratio between the water travel <br />time and the land area. According to this study and the facts.Jt c:ontat~-s~l <br />Running Creek does~!,.rep'res~erlt_as~"lerefl()"~~U~~to the Town of <br />Elizabeth at this time based on the 100 year frequency flood, <br /> <br />Respectfully sllbmitt,ed, <br /> <br />J. W. Williams & Associates, Inc. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />A. P. Stansen, <br /> <br />-0- <br />