FLOOD06258

• Designation Number: 25
• County: Mesa
• Community: Grand Junction
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Title: Floodplain Information Report - Colorado and Gunnison River, Grand Junction, Colorado
• Date: 3/1/1973
• Designation Date: 10/1/1973
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

CONTENTS

PREFACE. . . . . . . . . .
BACKGROUND INFORMATION. ... .

SETTLEMENT. . ... .. .
THE STREAMS AND THEIR VALLEYS . .
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FLOOD PLAIN. . ..
FLOOD SITUATION. . . . . . . . . . . . .

SOURCES OF DATA AND RECORDS . . .
FLOOD SEASON AND FLOOO CHARACTERISTICS.
FACTORS AFFECTING FLOODING AND ITS IMPACT.

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Obstructions to Floodflows . . .

Flood Damage Reduction Measures.

Other Factors and Their Impacts. ..

Flood warning and forecastIng .

Flood fighting and emergency evacuation

Storage of floatable materials In flood
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PAST FLOODS. . . . . . . . . . . . .
SUMMARY OF HISTORICAL FLOOOS.
FLOOD RECORDS . . .
FLOOD DESCRIPTIONS.
FUTURE FLOODS. . . . . .
INTERMEDIATE REGIONAL FLOOD
STANOARD PROJECT FLOOD. .
FREQUENCY . . . . . . .
HAZARDS OF LARGE FLOODS .. .. ...
FLOODED AREAS AND FLOOD DAMAGES
OBSTRUCTIONS. . . . . . . . . .
VELOCITIES OF FLOW. . . . . . . .
RATES OF RISE AND DURATION OF FLOODING.
PHOTOGRAPHS. FUTURE FLOro HE I GHTS

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