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<br />+Iood e"ent. ,"II" be LJ!led
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<br />section were used
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<br />f..equ"ne'"'' tor '''''ilin..",.1''9 d.."i'3n I'l..I"po..,.... ","..re <;Ire;l;1.",.
<br />....curlt" trem Itru<:1.U"" failure;5 desired.
<br />However, 1."" ,"0"1. important use 0+ 1.1,.. 10D-y....r flcod event
<br />I i".. In +Iood "I.in ,..."..",,,,,,,nt and land u5e plannin9 135 ..et torth
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<br />flood I',ofi '''9, 5hu,1.5 1 throu9h 25, wl-.ich show th.. streambed
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<br />ele"ation In ",I..tior> to ",ate,. ",,,rfa,,,.. ..I.."atlc".. fer 1.1,,, 10-,
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<br />50-,100-, andSOO-""..r trequency floods.
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<br />The flood "refil.... mil" be us..d in ..,.....5 wher.. contrOl"""""
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<br />in the slate statutes.
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<br />The State ot Colorado conside.s th~
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<br />...i.....ov... th.. 100-y"a. tlood bound".y shown on the Flood Plain
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<br />100-,.,0'''. t'~'lu..ney t lood as th.. flood event to b.. us.d ,n
<br />d..s i '3n i"9 and ~.oteet i n9 ..t....."tu..... _nd dOle I I I n9" to. human
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<br />Sin",.. th" tlood ".otile exhibits 9iv" the "..t". ..u.t.."e
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<br />oeeu"ation.
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<br />Th..."to..., ..I
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<br />flood plain "'9ulations a.. ba.."d
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<br />elevation at.. s"eeitic "oint On th.. .ef".ence linl!. the tlood
<br />elevation.. c..n be &u.veyed On th.. 9.ound to .11..viat..any
<br />disc.e".ncies On thO' b..e ma".
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<br />",,,on th..ICC-y..... tlood.
<br />;:;OD.:::1"",,,~_f.1 ood EV"'lt
<br />ThO' SOO-y..a. t lood event i.. USltt", I ,n m"~ i n9 the pub I i c
<br />."are that floods 1""ger than the 100-y..... tiood can and do
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<br />Flooded Areas
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<br />Flood pl..in map.., .h....ts 1 'throu"h ZO, ..how th.. boundary ct
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<br />the lOa-yea. tlood plain.
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<br />Nor.."lly the SOO-y"ar t.e'1uenCY tlood
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<br />Occur.
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<br />Just b..c:ause .. p..rocn
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<br />ivin9 above the 100-y"". tlood
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<br />plain i& ;olsc shown On th..S" mOl".., how..v... 'th.. ..id.. tlood plain
<br />involved in this study m...~e it im"cssibi.. in mcst io<:..tio".. to
<br />difte.entiat.. bOlt",..en the two fre'1uencies on th.. .."...1.. ot maps
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<br />bounD....y do.... not m.....n that ha is com"l.teiy sat.. t.om floodln9.
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<br />The SOO-year flood event "..n al..o be ",sed to. ."9ula'tin'3 hi'3h
<br />ri..k develo"ments wlth,n the tlood "I..in sueh ..s nuclea. "owe.
<br />"Iant.., o. the ..to.age o. ..anutactur.. ot toxic o. .."plosive
<br />mat..rials.
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<br />"ubllshed i" this r"po.t.
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<br />Th.. tlood "lain boundary ~~s plott~d
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<br />usin9 flOOd conto",~ ~Ievations ..nd Stationjn9 t.om thf "lotted
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<br />f Il:Iod p." ~ i I II".
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<br />Th i.. wa~ don.. at ~ I ..vat i on i "t,..v~ I S <:omp"tab I"
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<br />Flol:ld EI..vatlon
<br />Flood c' est e I ~vat ions to. tha 1C-, SC-, lCO-, a"d SOC-v..ar
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<br />with th" "af> contou. ;nt,,'v~I~.
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<br />Flood contour, 5ho~n as "i991y
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<br />Tab I.. 1 "F I ood F'~"'Ullncy-E I ..v..t i On and D i schar9" Data".
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<br />I in...., e~tend ""."end i cu I a, to the d i .ect i 0" ot t 11:1'" and
<br />;nt..rse"t th.. 9round "t th.. ~d9" 0+ the tiood "lain.
<br />The ..' "" i nC I ud~d "i th i n th~ 100-v""r flood I; ne boundar ~ is
<br />..bcut 3 ,850 ..".~5 tor the 16.7 .. i I,,~ at ., v~. .
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<br />t I OOolS, as ol~t,,' 01 i ned ~t ..ach crOSs sect i On, ma~ be found in
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<br />5 th'Ou9h 7, show " 9.''''1, i "'il i .e"r "".."tat i 0" Of "' i 91, w"t..~
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