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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 7. Work Elenent: Background: Lead Agency: Financing: Schedule: 8. Work Element: Background : Lead Agency: Financing: Schedule: 9. Work Elenent: Background: Lead Agency: Financing: Schedule: Make a study of existing public use facilities, campgrounds and backcountry campsites in Rocky M:Juntain National Park relative to flood ,Hazard. The more than 200 backcountry campsites, =ss country camping zones, trails, and other park facilities need to be assessed relative to the cx::=ence of catastrophic flood events. National Park Service with assistance of other agencies National Park Service To be acccmplished during the next field season. (May-September of 1983) Request a Corps of Engineers Section 205 Small Flood Control project study if a flood hazard is identified. Upon COIlpletion of a revised flood insurance study and provided that a flood problem is clearly shown to exist, Estes Park, at their descretion, could request a Section 205, small flood control project be undertaken by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This study would identify both the non-structural as well as the structural alternatives to the flood- ing problE!lls wi thin Estes Park. Town of Estes Park Corps of EngineersjTown of Estes Park long-term mitigation opportunity Prepare a handbook for dam owners outlining a simple procedure for mapping the inundation zone below dams. Mapping of the inundation zone of a dam failure, also known as the catastrophic flOOdplain, can be =nplex or simple, depending on the level of detail needed. A simple procedure has been developed by the Colorado Water Conservation Board which oould be used by dam owners to make a quiCk and inexpensive approximation of the flood boundaries. Colorado Water Conservation Board;'rhe State Engineer Under investigation One year 10