FLOOD06714

• Designation Number: 195
• County: Rio Grande
• Community: Unincorporated Rio Grande County
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Title: Flood Hazard Study - South Fork Rio Grande and Rio Grande in the Vicinity of South Fork, Colorado
• Date: 10/1/1980
• Designation Date: 8/1/1982
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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FLOOD HAZARD STUDY

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PREFAcr;;

This repofC includes inforllnion on the flood hazard ....u ~dj8cent to

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SOUTH FORK RIO GRANDE
AND RIO GRANDE
THE VICiNITY OF SOUTH FORK,
COLORADO

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tll.. South Fork Rio Grande and Rio Grande in tile viei..ity of tll" ToWl'1 of

SOllthfork,ColQt4do.

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8""au... of potential flood d3~g"5. detaiLed flood hazard studies have

been re"o~nized as an essential item in ~uidin~ the use of flood plains.

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The purp""",,f thi".."",ort is tOI'"Co"ide A<lequate mappint and data for

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implementing flood plain management progralls.

Included in tile report are infor.....rion on past Hoads, flood pOtential,

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0141'8, profites,eross sections, dia<:harge dua, andrec"""",,ndations for

reducin~ potential flood damages on the South Fork Rio Grande and Rio Grande

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studystea.

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Th"SoilConsetvatiooSuvicecooducted the technical studies and

prcp3rcd the report. Theae services .....e caHied OU~ in ,"ccorda""" with the

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Plan of Study of December 1978.

The assistance a"d cooperation p.ovided by the ColorAdo Water

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Conservation Bo".d, Rio GrAnde County And the Rio G.ande Soil Con"ervation

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District are App.eciAted ""d ltrAtefully"tknow1edged. FinAncial Assistance

provided bv the 80a.dand the County includ.,.! funds fo.phnt<>!H_.....ie

Prepared by the
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservotion Service
Denver, Colorado
in cooperation with the
Colorado Water Conservotion Boord

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<C<Ips,c.oss-sectiondAt"andse.vices for ""blic informationandcotlection

of historical flood d3ta. The Rio Gunde Soil Conservation District p.o-

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vided a.ssi~tAnc" in Held surveys And public info...stion.

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The s"rvey, hydrologic, hyd.Aulic, and other pertinent dsta and

computations ..re On file <lith the U.S. Department of Agricultun, Soil

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Rio Grande

Soil Conservation

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Cun~"rv"tion Servicl!. 24'/0 Ilest 26th Avenue, Denver, Color"do 80117,

lelep"one (303) S37-5653.

October 1980

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