FLOOD05142

• County: Dolores
• Community: Rico
• Basin: San Juan/Dolores
• Title: Floodplain Information Report
• Date: 9/1/2000
• Prepared For: Rico
• Prepared By: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE .......................................................................................................................................ii

TABLE OF CONTENTS ...............................................................................................................iii

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... I

Purpose and Scope............................................................................................................... 1

Authorization ..... ................................................................... .............. ................................. 1

STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................................... 2

Community Description ................... ................................................................................... 2

Watershed Description ...... ................... ................... ............................................................ 2
Flooding Problems and flooding History ........................................................................... 2

Previ ous Studies.................................................................................................................. 2
Community Response to the CWCB Designation and Approval Process ..........................3

ENGINEERING METHODS .......................................................................................................... 4

Hydrologic Analysis ............................................................................................................ 4
Hydraulic Analysis .... ............ .............................................................................................. 5

floodplain Mapping ............................................................................................................ 6

FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT ..................................................................................................7

Local Ordinance Requirements .................................. .........................................................7

Flood Insurance ............... ................................................................................ ....................7
Floodplain Management Alternatives ................................................................................. 7

APPENDIX ..................................................................................................................................... 9
Designation Request Letter
flood Hazard section, "Documentation for Hazard & Constraint Maps, Town of Rico,
Colorado", Wilbur Engineering, Inc.
CWCB Hydrology Worksheet
FFAlPeak Discharge at Ungaged Sites worksheets

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