FLOOD04704

• Designation Number: 212
• County: Larimer
• Community: Fort Collins
• Stream Name: McClellands and Mail Creek
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Major Drainageway Planning - McClellands and Mail Creek
• Date: 12/1/1980
• Designation Date: 3/1/1983
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

PREfACE

This study presents flood plain information for Mail Creek and McClelland,
Basins in Fort Collins and Larimer County, Colorado, and includes a preliminary
design af drainage improvement facilities ta eliminate or alleviate flow hazards
along these channels. This is a drainageway planning study to be used by the
City of Fort Collins and Larimer County to guide flood plain development and
design of drainage facilities in these drainageways. All proposed drainage
improvements within the basin should be checked for consistency with those
facilities presented herein, and will be subject to the approval of the City
or County. The hydrology used for design of all future facilities in this
study reach shau1d be obtained from this report.

This study was authorized and jointly sponsored by the City of Fort Collins
and the Colorado Water Conservation Board. The study was completed by Cornell
Consulting Company of fort Collins, Colorado under an agreement with the City
of Fort Collins dated June 23, 1980.

A Technical Committe was established for this project to review the pr09ress of
the study and to provide technical input from the sponsoring agencies. The
Technical Committee included the following individuals:
Mr. Robert Smith, City of Fort Collins
Mr. Marc Engemoen, City of Fort Collins
Mr. D. Randolph Seaholm, Colorado Water Conservation Board
The assistance and cooperation of this committee during the course of this study
is acknowledged and is greatly appreciated.

We wiSh to extend appreciation to all individuals, agencies, fi~s and organi.
zations who provided assistance and cooperation during the course of this study.
In particular, appreciation is expressed to the following irrigation companies
who met with us and Shared their views regarding storm water runoff conditions
affecting their irrigation policies:
Pleasant Valley and Lake Canal
New Mercer Canal
Larimer County Canal No. 2
~e also wish to aCKnowledge the assistance of the following individuals whose
guidance and cooperation was particularly helpful:
Mr. RexBurns-LarimerCounty;
Mr. D. Randolph Seaholm. ColoradO Water Conservation Board;
Mr. Bob smith - City of Fort Collins, Engineering; and
Mr. Marc Engemoen . City of Fort Collins, Engineering.

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