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• Designation Number: 303
• County: Garfield
• Community: Parachute
• Stream Name: Parachute Creek and Colorado River
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Title: Floodplain Information Report - Parachute Creek and Colorado River
• Date: 10/1/1989
• Designation Date: 1/1/1990
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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Upon offical approval of this report by the CWCB, the areas described as
being inudated by the lOO-year flood can be designated as flood hazard areas and
their use regulated by the Town of Parachute.

Acknowledgments:

The assistance and cooperation provided by Larry Lang and Brian Hyde of the
CWCB, by David Rousseau of Parachute, and by Glade Wilkes of the USDA Soil
Conservation Service during the preparation of this report is greatly
appreciated.

Related Flood Studies:

The hydrology, development activities, cross-sections and napping prepared
by the Soil Conservation Service and presented in the report dated August 1985
(reference 2) are the basis for the revisions contained herein.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, prepared an analysis
of the Colorado River floodplain from DeBeque to Glenwood Springs which is
presently being published by the Colorado Water Conservation Board (ref. 1).
Information relative to the Colorado River was taken from a draft of this
report.

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