FLOOD04682

• Designation Number: 42
• County: El Paso
• Community: Colorado Springs
• Stream Name: Fountain Creek
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: Floodplain Information Report - Fountain Creek, Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
• Date: 8/1/1974
• Designation Date: 2/1/1975
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

Ectimated futur~ flccd crests and ~ertinent elevations

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various bridges crossing the streams, most are obstructive to the
lntermediate Regional flood and even ~ore are obstructive to the
Standard Project Flood. For study purposes herein, it has been
assuned that limited clogging would oCCUr and all bridge structure.

woUld stand intact.

Significantchangesinthisp,,,mise. i,"posedby

differing conditions of a future flood, could alter the estimated
flood crests and flood limits shown in the tables and related plates.

Future Flood Heights
;,....eragedwater surface elevations for the Standard
Project Flood exceed those of the Intermediate Regional Flood by
3 feet in the upper reach and 1.2 feet in the lower reach. Figures
6 through 9 show the heiqhts that ~uld be reached hI' th~ respec-
tive fut~e floods on facilities p~esently e~i~ting within t~e flood
plains considered in the study.

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