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, . and their ~ge regulated accordingly by the local Agencies. The terms "intermediate regional flood", "lOa-year flood", and "one percent flood" Can be "3ed interchangeably as they deline the 8""" flood. However, to avoid cunfusion, the term "'OO-year flood" will be used exclusively throughout this report. Report Acquisition Copies of this report are available for public distribution, for a no..1_ nalte"...ttheoffl"e"liBtedbelow, a Technlcal Addendwnto thIs report 19 also available for review at: the s~e offices, however, it has not been published In suff1cient: <f\.ant1ties for public distribution. TheT<!chnlclll Addendum inclUdes all pertinent data and calculations used in this report. Acknowledqemente A Technical Committee was established for this project to review the progress of the study and to provide technical input for the sponsoring agencies. The Technical Committee included the followlng indlvduals: Mr. Larry F. Lang, Colorado Water Conservation Board Mr. D. Randolph Seaholm. Colorado Water Conservation Board Mr. Charlee Martin, Town of Milliken Mr. Jim GramlIng, Town of Milliken Mr. Leroy Martinez, Town of Milliken Town of Milliken POBo,,97 Milliken, CO 80543 Colorado Watar Conservation Board 823 Centennial Building 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 Reh.t..d Studia~ A variety of studies hav.. been conducted for Milliken and nearby Mr. Jim Adkisson, Town of Milliken wate"ways. -Flood Plain Information, 81g Thompson River, Wald County, Also contributing greatly were Mr. Mervin Martin, Mayor, Town of Milliken and Ms. Gayle Packard-Seeburge", Town Manager. The aesistance and cooperation of this co~lttee and these indivlduals during tha course of this study are aCknowledged and greatly appreciated. The assistance and cooperation in supplying information and data of the agencies and organirations listed below are ,appreciated and grat efully acknowledged: USDA Soil Conservation Service Colorado State Department of Highways Colorado Water Conservation Board Colorado" {reference 1} prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha Dietrict determined Milliken to be outside the effected area. Gingery and ~sociates' repert "flood Ineurance Study, Town of ~illiken, Colorado, weld County" (reference 2) oonaideredthe effect of flooding On the Little Thompson River only. "Milliken Flood of June 3, 1981~ (referen"e 3) prepared by the 8U~Ulado W4ter Conservation Board presented an accounting of a recent flood event of bet~eon 35- and 100-year intensity in Milliken. Inoluded were unof- ficial rainfall estimates and an approximation of the extent of flooding in town. This report provided information for the current etudy. Sevc:el co",,"~~"c ~" to.,,, ct;:.dr "ro" ~''''r.. ""p"'''~''~~y l,.,.."r..:i.. :r:;,.,C"Uowlng Mapping and SUrveying Topo~raphic ~Vping of the study area was prepared ..sing photogra~etric methods by Northern Colnradn Pn~,ngr~~~trl.~_ of Greele1. Colcrado in .~:il 1'-181. The scale is 1" R 200' with two-foot conto..r lnterv"'l". Field surveys were cOlDpleted by Simons, Li ~ Associates, tnc. (SLA) to Town of Milliken OIeld County companies Were included: Thomp"on and Platte Ditch Company Union Pacific Railroad supl'lamentthe topogral'hic location" where ele"atiens ....ppinga"....quired. were critical to the Spot et.-vations wera taken at hydraulic computations. rn GreatlOest.,rnRailroad OUr t~anks and appreciation are extended to these companies for their co- nperation and ,nformation. general, field information was consistent ~ith ~he topographiC mapping. Monumentation for the Town of Milliken is pr~~ente~ in Fiqure 1.