FLOOD05193

• County: El Paso
• Community: El Paso County
• Stream Name: Jimmy Camp Creek
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: Flood Hazard Analyses
• Date: 10/1/1975
• Prepared For: El Paso County
• Prepared By: USDA Soil Conservation Service
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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In carrying out flood hazard analyses, the Soil Conservation Service

is being responsive to Executive Order 11296, dated August 10, 1966,

especially to Section I(~), which directs that all executive agencies

responsible for programs which entail land use planning shall take flood
hazards into account when evaluating plans and shall encourage land use
appropriate to the degree of hazard involved.

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tion Service are in accordance with the joint coordination agreement of

of EI Paso County, originates in the high plains about seven miles

northeast of the City of Colorado Springs. Flowing in a southwesterly

direction, Jimmy Camp Creek drains into Fountain Creek near the town-of

Fountain. Fountain Creek is a major tributary to the Arkansas River in

the Arkansas-White-Red, Water Resources Council Region. The watershed

is 17 miles long, averages about 4 miles in width, and drains an area of

approximately 66 square miles. Upper reaches of the watershed begin at

about 6,900 feet mean sea level elevation and Jimmy Camp Creek JoIns

Fountain Creek at 5,~84 feet elevation. The topography is characterized
by rolling hills and ridges which are generally steeper in the upper
watershed.

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As coordinator for all water studies in the state, the Colorado

Water Conservation Board establishes priorities and sch~dules these

studies on a priority basis. Study priorities with the Soil Conserva-

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Janua ry 1972.

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EI Paso County and the Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments

The study area begins about 2,700 feet east of link Road approxi-
mately ~.33 river miles upstream from the Jimmy Camp Creek confluence
wi th Founta'l n Creek. Th b .. . (1 )
. e eglnnlng pOint o~/er. end of study coincides
with the upper limit of the Corps of Engineers Flood Plain Information
Report. l! The study area extends upstream along the flood plains of
Jimmy Camp Creek and its major tributaries: East, Franceville, Corral,
and Strip Mine Tributaries. Total length of stream reaches studied in
this report is about 33 miles. The flood plains vary In width from
about 200 feet in the upper reaches to about one-half mile in the lower
flat areas. A map of the flood hazard study area Is shown on page 5.

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participated in the study by providing: aerial photographs, estimates

of present and future flood plain use, survey crew assistance, and funds

for printing the final report. Technical services by the Soil Conserva-

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tlon Service were funded through regular agency appropriations in accor-

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dance with the Plan of Study of March 1973.

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The survey, hydrologic, hydraulic and other pertinent data and

computations are.on file with the Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Depart-.

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ment of Agriculture, 2~90 West 26th Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80211.

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Flooding Characteristics

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GENERAL CONDITIONS AND PAST FLOODS

Jimmy Camp Creek Is an intermittent stream and is normally dry

except for a short reach near the confluence with Fountain Creek. In

1/ Flood Plain Information - Fountain and Jimmy Camp Creeks - Colorado
Springs, Fountain, EI Paso County, Colorado. Department of the Army
Corps of Engineers, March 1973.

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Description of the Study Area

Jimmy Camp. Creek drainage basin, located in the west central portion

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