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<br />TABLE 3
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<br />PEAK FLOWS
<br />101l- AND SIlIl-YEAR FLOODS
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<br />Stream
<br />Colorado Riv<er
<br />Reed Wash
<br />Big Salt Wash
<br />Little Salt Wash
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<br />Peak flow
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<br />100-Year SOO-Year
<br />flood Flood
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<br />Locallon
<br />Gaging Station (At Fruita)
<br />At DRGWRR
<br />Below Ruby Lee Reservoir
<br />At Grand Valley Canal
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<br />82,000
<br />3,500
<br />7,900
<br />4.300
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<br />107.000
<br />7.600
<br />16,700
<br />8,100
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<br />As noted previously,informationoncloud_
<br />burst flooding inthe Fruitaarea is practically
<br />nonexistent. However, measurements of 2.45,
<br />2.50, and 2.55 inches of rain have been
<br />recorded at nearby locations in the region
<br />during 24,hour periods (actual storm
<br />durationsunknown),lnanotherlocation,2.15
<br />inches Were rceorded in a2 hour period. Duc
<br />to similar precipitation and runoff
<br />characteristics between the Indian Wa,';h
<br />watcr~h"d in the Granrl Junction area and the
<br />tributary watersheds in the Fruita area. a
<br />standard project storm'for tlwstudy area
<br />washes was developed from a depth-area
<br />curve drawn from a frequency computation of
<br />pl"~ipitationrecordsfol"GrandJunction.The
<br />standard project storm, designated as 40
<br />percent of the 3-hour probable maximum
<br />storm, was then centered over the portion of
<br />Big Salt Wash drainage basin that is above
<br />Book Cliffs and O"er the entire drainage
<br />basin" of Little Salt and Heed Washes. The
<br />ratiosoftheloo-aod500'yearfloodstothe
<br />standard project flood were determined from
<br />frequency cur,'es developed for other retrional
<br />drainage basins that are similar in size to the
<br />study area tributary drainages and
<br />experience essentially the same typc cloud,
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<br />burst eYents as occur on those tributaries.
<br />Loss rates for the tributary drainage basins
<br />were estimated because cloudburst floods in
<br />the area could not be reproduced due to
<br />limited streamflow data. Information on
<br />runoff in the IndianWashareuindieatesalow
<br />OAOinch initial IO$s. Howewr, in accordance
<br />with "trcamflow and precipitation data from
<br />similar basins in other parts of the area.
<br />initial loss rates for 100. and 5oo'year
<br />cloudbursl floods wcrc increased to 1.00 inch
<br />on BigSaltand LittleSaltWa~hesandtoL20
<br />inches on Reed Wash,ConstantlosscgofO.13
<br />inch per hour for Big Salt and Little Salt
<br />Wa~hesandO.20inchperhourforRe-edWash
<br />were adopted. Higher loss rak8 were used On
<br />Reed Wash beeaus-c that basin has more
<br />intensive agricultural u"ethan the other
<br />basins, The resulting flows arc contained in
<br />Table 3.
<br />Informationonl0-and5Q'yearfloodevents
<br />was al!lOdevelopcd as part of the hydrologic
<br />studies conducted for this report. Basically,
<br />these would aloo be snowmelt floods on the
<br />Colorado River and cloudburst floods on the
<br />tributary washes, but. with the <exception of
<br />showing thcir water surface profiles On Plates
<br />43.55. arc not covered in the report.
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<br />OBSTRUCTIONS
<br />Natural obstl"uctions to floodflow include
<br />trees, brush, a~d other vegetation growing
<br />along "trcams, During flood., vegetation
<br />impedes floodflow and results in backwater
<br />conditions and increased flood heights. Brush
<br />or trees washed out during floods and carried
<br />downstream could collect on bridges or plutr
<br />cuh'erts.thuscreatingadammingeffectand
<br />overbank flow, Asfloodflow increases, masses
<br />of debris Can destroy a bridge or cause water
<br />le,'e15 to rise higher and more rapidl~' than
<br />normal, thus eroding and damaginj!:
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<br />'abutments. approaches, and the overlying
<br />roadbed,
<br />In generaL obstructions restrictfloodflows
<br />and may cause overbank flows, unpredictable
<br />areas of flooding, po,~ible damag" to or
<br />destruction of bridges and other stream
<br />crossings, and increased velocity of flow
<br />immediately downstl'eam. Most of the stream
<br />crossings in the study at'ea arc obstructive to
<br />floodflows, Pertinent data on all structures
<br />are shown in Table 4, page 8, The effect of
<br />obstructions may be "een On Plates 43,55,
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<br />VELOCITIES OF FLOW
<br />Duringa100.yearfiood,a\'eragevelocitics
<br />offiow in main channel and overbank areas
<br />would be as shown in Tablc 5, pagil9,
<br />In sheet flow' areas. yelocities would range
<br />from 1.3 feet per second, In some localized
<br />stream reaches, dowMtream from natural or
<br />man made obstructions, for e:<ample,
<br />velocities of flow could significantly e:<ceed
<br />those shown in Table 5. Velocity of flow
<br />durin.o: lL SOO,year flood woulll be slightly
<br />higher than during a 1oo,ycarflood.
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<br />Water flowing at a rate of7 f"et per "econd
<br />or greater will cause severe erosion of
<br />streambanks and is capable of transporting
<br />large rocks, Streambank,and the fill around
<br />bridgeabutmentsm~'beerodedand1arge
<br />amounts of gravel. sand, and silt may be
<br />transported by wawr flowing at a rate of 5,7
<br />feet prrsecond. Water flowing at about 2 feet
<br />perseoond or less will depo,itsand,silt,and
<br />other debris.
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<br />FLOODED AREAS
<br />The areas that would be inundated by the
<br />100-and 500,year floods arc shown on Plate"
<br />2.42, As may be "",-,n frem tho~c plates,
<br />flooding during a 100'year flood on the
<br />Colorado River would be out of banks
<br />throughout the study area and closely l-'aral1el
<br />the channel within the natural flood plain.
<br />Flooclflows will inundate sand bar islands,
<br />and bottom lands and gravel pits on both sides
<br />of the riyer. InteF'tate IIighway 70 would be
<br />overtopped for several hundred feet between
<br />21 Road (extended) and the Highway 6,50
<br />acresstothesouthlS70srrviccroad,forabout
<br />\jl mile extending west from the Big Salt Wash
<br />erossing,and forabout~milce:<tendingeast
<br />from the Reed Wash cros,ing, Scattered rural
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<br />r~8idences, principally between Interstate
<br />Highway 70 and the river, would suffer flood
<br />damage. Floodwaters WQuld in~ndate ma"y
<br />county roads. inclullirlg most of the river
<br />access roads. Some agricultural lands would
<br />be flooded,and,"outh of Fruita. the northern
<br />approach to the old highway bridge would be
<br />inundated.
<br />Flooding On Reed, Big Sa1t. and Little Salt
<br />""ashes would be rcstrieted t(l immediately
<br />adjacent overbank areas except in the lower
<br />roaches where floodw&terswould spre&dout
<br />along the north side of Intrrstate Highway 70.
<br />Practically all flooding on the washes would
<br />beeonfinerl to altTiculttlral l"nds except fora
<br />short reach of Little Salt Wash that tr"ycrses
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