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<br />PREfACE
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<br />assistance and caoperatian af the U.S. N~tional Oceanic and Atma.
<br />spheric Adrnlni.,tr"tion (r>lOAA) OJ..ath~r Service. Colorado Water Con_
<br />servatian Board, Colorado State Highway Depart~ent, Pikes Peak Area
<br />Council of Gavern~ents, th9 city of Colorado Springs, Gazette Tele_
<br />graph, Colorado Springe Sun, Color~do Spring5 Chamber of Commerce,
<br />Stew~rt6 Commeroial Photographers, Chicngo, Rock Island, and Pacific
<br />Railway Co~p~ny, Denver and Rio Granda We6tBrn Railroad Co~p~ny,
<br />and numerous privata citizens in supplying useful date are appre_
<br />ciehd",'d gratsfully acknowledged.
<br />All elevations appearing in this rsport are based an
<br />U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 1929 mean Sea level (m.s.l.) datum.
<br />The actual limits of overflow araa~ on the ground may vary slightly
<br />from those shown on various plat~ illustrations in tha r~port be-
<br />cause of map scale limitations which do not permit precise plotting
<br />of the flooded area boundaries.
<br />An infor.."tive brochure, enHtl~d "flood~ ~ ~Jonu~ent
<br />Creek-ColoradoSpringe. Colorodo," hae besn prepared to accO"lp any
<br />th~ re~ort. Copie~ of the bro~hure, this ruport, dnd related in-
<br />formation can be obtained from the office of the Pikee Peek Area
<br />Council of Governmente in Colorado Springs, and from the Colorado
<br />'~ater Con$ervaHon Board in D.mver, Colorado. The Albuquerquo
<br />Dl$hict of th~ Corps of Engine~r::; ..ill, upun r..que,,!.. ~rovlu<.l in-
<br />terpretation end limited technioal assistance in use of the infor-
<br />OIetion contained herein.
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<br />Ths purpose of this report is to furnish infor~ation
<br />on the flood he<eru araes th~t adjoin ~on..ment Creek in the vicin_
<br />ity of Coloredo Springs, ~oloredo. As shown on Plate 1, the
<br />etudy ar~a consider~d encompasses 10.8 miles or channel, e~tend_
<br />ing north from Monument Crsek's confiwence with ,euntain Cr~ek
<br />to the mouth of Kettle Cresk.
<br />The report's contents ere designed to prouide locel
<br />government agencies, commerCial interest~, end concerned citizsns
<br />in the Colorado Springs area with definitivs data thst will sid
<br />in planning ths best use of flood pron~ lands or otherwise con-
<br />tribute to the solution of local flood proble~9. Aside from
<br />serving as a tool for i~toving flood plain msnngement, th~ report
<br />Can be halpful in locating and designing bridges and roads, es-
<br />tabl;ishing criteris far fload;lroofing, and. in ~o"'o inst"nces,
<br />dste~mining wh~re structur~1 protective works should be considered.
<br />The dec191anmoking pro~s$s m~$t consider. the ~~lsting environ~ental
<br />attributes of the flocO plain ere sO end evaluate their probable
<br />tola in the oor",~wnity's plsnned future gro,"th.
<br />The report includes information, not only on pest floods,
<br />but ~l$o on tho nsture end e~tent of probable future floods which
<br />c~n be reasonably e~pectsd on Monument Creek at Colorado Springs.
<br />Tt" cnncluning saction provinas guidence on vorioua flood plain
<br />menagement techniques which could be adopted in ~ raslistic flood
<br />damaga teduction program. The report doea ~ot cuntain ~~~~ific
<br />plens or recommendations for the solutio~ of flood problems as
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<br />th~s.. ~l'e, i" ",,,~l .Ln~l~n~~~. "..~ r,,~,,~"6.LLil.Lly uf 1"<.,,. ~'J\.~"'i,,~nl.
<br />The report w~~ prepsred ~t the request of the Pikaa
<br />Pe~~ Area Council of Governments, through the St~te of Colorado
<br />Weter Conservation Board, under the oontinuing autharity granted
<br />by Section 206 of th~ 1960 floo,j Central Act, ~s ","ondec. Hm
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