FLOOD05419

• County: Jefferson
• Community: Golden, Lakewood
• Stream Name: Lena Gulch
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Lena Gulch Master Drainage Plan
• Date: 6/1/1975
• Prepared For: Golden, Lakewood, Wheatridge
• Prepared By: UDFCD
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

No. 57

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COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
102 Columbine Building
1845 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203

Narch 17, 1976

RES 0 L UTI 0 N

WHEREAS, Wright-McLaughlin Engineers under date of June, 1975
issued a floodplain information report under the title of "Lena Gulch
Haster Drainage Plan," Volumes One and Two; and

WHEREAS, under date of July 9, 1975, the Colorado Water Con-
servation Board by resolution designated and approved as flood hazard
areas those areas which would be inundated by an intermediate regional
(IOO-year) flood as set forth in said Wright-McLaughlin report; and

WHEREAS, it has subsequently been determined that a portion
of the floodplain set forth in said report is incorrectly described;
and

WHEREAS, a revision has been made on sheet 8 of Volume Two
of said report to the 100-year floodwater surface elevation by Wright-
McLaughlin Engineers, under date of February 23, 1976 which revision
takes into consideration corrected topography for the channel and
floodplain of certain portions of Lena Gulch; and

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WHEREAS, the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District has
requested the Colorado Water Conservation Board to revise the flood
hazard designation made by the Board under date of July 9, 1975, in
accordance with the aforesaid revision; and

WHEREAS, the staff of the Board has. reviewed the revised
floodplain information, has consulted with Wright-McLaughlin Engineers
and the Urban Drainage and Flood Co~trol District, and concurs with
the revised floodplain information and does hereby recommend to the
Colorado Water Conservation Board that said Board approve the aforesaid
revision of the floodplain information heretofore made on Lena Gulch;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Colorado Water Conser-
vation Board in regular meeting assembled in Denver, Colorado, this
17th day of March, 1976, that it does hereby rescind and revise that
portion of the resolution adopted on July 9, 1975, describing a certain
floodplain along Lena Gulch in Jefferson County, insofar as such
resolution pertains to that portion of Lena Gulch in the vicinity of
Taft Street and West 34th Place extending from Station 92 + 00 to
98 + 50 Station of the plan and profile as shown on sheet 8 of Volume
Two of said report; and does adopt in lieu thereof within the described
reach the floodplain described on the revised sheet 8 dated February 23,
1976 of the (.,'right-t'lcLaughlin Engineers' report as being inundated by
an intermediate regional (lOO-year) flood; and

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