FLOOD06908

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: State of Colorado Streambank Erosion Study
• Date: 11/1/1988
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: Colorado State Soil Conservation Board
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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Summary

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

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Conclusions with Recommendations 5

Study Areas 13

Stream Inventories 37

Treatment Examples 39

Glossary (definitions) 73

TABLES
Table 1
Table 2A
Table 2B
Table 2C
Table 20
Table 2E
Table 2F
Table 2G
Tab I e 3
Table 4
MAP
Study Area

Study Area 15

Rock Riprap Cost Estimates - Comparison of
Benefits and Cost 17
Anchored Trees Cost Estimates - Comparison of
Benefits and Cost 18
Rock Jetty Cost Estimates - Comparison of
Benefits and Cost 19
Jacks Cost Estimates - Comparison of
Benef i ts and Cost 20
Vegetated Buffer Strip Cost Estimates - Comparison of
Benef i ts and Cost 21
Vegetative Sprig Revetment Cost Estimates - Comparison of
Benef i ts and Cost 22
Riparian Zone Cost Estimates - Comparison of
Benef i ts and Cost 23
Analysis of Economic, Environmental, and Social
Fa~tors 25
Summary of Pract ices 41

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On the COVER: Elk River at Curtis Zabel headquarters
Photography by Gene Alexander, SCS, Denver, Colorado

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