FLOOD06982

• County: Weld
• Stream Name: Cache La Poudre River
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Flood Plain Information Report Cache La Poudre River
• Date: 4/1/1996
• Prepared For: Orr Land Company
• Prepared By: Messner Engineering Associates
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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Flood peak -

Flood fringe -

Flood profile -

Floodway -

Runoff -

Sheet flow -

Stream -

Watershed -

The maximum instantaneous discharge of a flood at a given location It
usually occurs at or near the time of the flood crest.

That portion of the flood plain between the floodway district boundary and
the upper limits of the base flood. The flood fringe is the portion of a
drainage channel or watercourse outside the floodway portion.

A graph showing the relationship of water surface elevation to location, the
latter generally expressed as distance above mouth for a stream of water
flowing in an open channel. It is generally drawn to show surface elevation
for the crest of a specific flood, but may be prepared for conditions at a
given time or stage.

The channel of a river or other watercourse in the adjacent land areas that
must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively
increasing the water surface more than 0.5 Run-off
The quantity of rainfall which flows over the surface to enter the stream as
discharge volume. The difference in quantity between rainfarun-off runoff
represents losses to infiltration and interception.

Broad, shallow overland flood flows varying from a few inches to 2 feet in
depth.

Any natural channel or depression through which water flows either
continuously, intermittently or periodically, including any artificial
modification of the natural channel or depression.

The drainage area situation above a specified point on a stream including
the area drained by tributary streams which enter the main stream above
this point.

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