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PREFACE Basic objectives of this report are to delineate the flood plains and furnish information on the flood hazard areas t~t adjoin Fountain Creek in Manitou Springs and ~est Colorado Springs. 1\s shown On Plate 1, the study area exterAs along Fountain Creek from the junction of Monument and Fountain Creek to the western city limits of Manitou Springs. Contents of this report are designed to provide local government agencies, commercial interests, and concerned citizens with data that will aid in planning the best use of flood prone lands and contribute to the solution of flood problems. Aside from serving as a tool for improving flood plain management, the report can be helpful in designing bridges, roads, flood protection structures, and determining where they should be located. ~he decision making pro- Cess must consider the existing environmental attributes of the flood plain areas and evaluate their prObable role in the oommunity's planned future growth. The report inclUdes info~,ation on historic floods, the current flOOd situation, and on the nature and extent of prouable future floods whiCh can be reasonably expected on the respective study reaches.. Its concluding section provides guidance On '1liriou~ Go<)<l ~l"ln man"'J""..ent techni'lu,,~ which could Lu d(]Ql't,,<l in d .<e..lhtic flOOd da~gc reduction program. ~hc report doc~ not contain ~ecific plans Or reoommendations for the SOlution of flood prcblc~s as these are the responsibility of local gov"rnm~nt, ~his report was prepared at the request of the Pikes ~""k lire" Cou!:cil of C.avernments, through the ~oloraclo water Conser- vation Board, under the continuing authority granted by Section 206 ~f th~ lq~n ~1~1 ~~nt~ol ~~t, ~~ ~~~~~~. ~he assistance and cooper~tion of the U.S. Nation~l Oceanic and ~tmosph"ric Administration (~OAJ\) Weather Service, Colo- rado Water Conservation Board, Colorado State Righway Department, Pikes Peak Area Council of Governmente, cities of Colorado Springe and Manitou Springs, Colorado Springe and ~~nitou Springs Chambers of Com- merce, Manitou Springs Public Library, Colorado College Library, Gazette Telegram, Colorado Springs Sun, Pikes Pea~ Journal and numeX- ou~ private citizens in aupplying useful data are appreciated and gratefully acknowledged. All elevations appearing in this report arc based on u.s. Coast and Geodetic Survey 1929 mean sea level Cm.s.l.) datum. ~he actual limits of oVerflo~ areas on the ground may vary slightly from those shown on v~rious plate illustratione in the report because of map scale limitations which do not permit precise plotting of the flooded area boundaries. An informative brochure, entitled "Floods on Fountain Creek-COloradoSprings-ManitouSprings, Colorildo, " has been pre pared to accompany the report. Copies of the brochure, this report, and related information can be obtained from the office of the Pikes p~ak ~rea Council of Governments in Colorado Springs and from the Colorado Water Conservation Boilrd ir. Denver, Colorado. T~e ~lbuquerque District of the Corps of Engineers wilL, on rcgucs~, prnvide interpr~t~tion ana limited technical assistance in use of the information co~tained t~rcin. iii '"