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<br />~LOOD PLAI~ MANAGEMENT STUD~
<br />BOXELDERCREEK
<br />COLORADO
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<br />S~Hl()n 37-t<O-106(1)(c). C()lora~o Revised Statutc~ 1973, ~uthor1zc~ the
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<br />Coloradol<laterConscrvationl0ard "todesignate"nd,1ppruvestoI'1llorf!uod-
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<br />INTRODUCTION
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<br />...ater runoff ~h,""-", ,,' '--'0', ." '0 -,'"~ '"-. '" 1 'l
<br />~ ~., Ua~ 3 a"u ".~~c SuC" ueS ~nn onS Mal 11." e to
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<br />This flood plain "'~na~c"'ent report ...as pre-parcd by the U. S.
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<br />le~islatlve bodies of cities and incorporated tuwns, to county planning c"m-
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<br />Dep~rtrncnt uf Agriculture, Soil Conaervation Service, in cooperatlon ~ith
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<br />mlssi,)ns, 8nd to boards of adJu~t,"ent of citles, incorpora.ted to"ns, and
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<br />theColorad"WaterCunservatioflR"ard,T"Im"fWell1n.o:tonandl.arimer
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<br />~()unties of this state." The Board provides assistance to lOCal ~overnments
<br />in development and adopti"n of effective floodpl~in ordinances. In
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<br />County. Iflterpretations of the flo"d plain Olsnar,emeot study ~nrl
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<br />reco"""endstions to reduce d~m~~es are included: ho~ever, it is beyond the
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<br />addiCion, the Board ~ill provide technical assistance to Local entities
<br />~uring the performance of floodplain InforMation studies ~lthln Colorsdo.
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<br />scope of this report to provide speCific proposals or plans to rectify the
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<br />floo<l!n~ prohl"'M.
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<br />Presently, finanCial assistance for the perfurman~e of flOOdplain studies Is
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<br />OhjectJ,.ves
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<br />nolon.o;er"vailablefromtheboard.
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<br />The objective of this study is to provide fiood pln1n mann~ement
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<br />Section 30-28-111 for county .o:O'lCrnments and Section 31-23-201 for
<br />mUflicipal governments of the Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, states: The
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<br />informatlon and mappin~ to the To~ of Wellington and Larimer County fot use
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<br />in lnplementing flood plain Mana~ement pro~rams which ...ill "inimize
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<br />cities, lncorporated towns, and counUes "tthin the study aren may provide
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<br />putential flood losses. rnclodcd in the report are engineerin~ and
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<br />~onin~ n'l;ulations:
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<br />...to e~tablish, reguLHe, r"strict, ""d llt>a such
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<br />hydrolof(ic d~ta ~hich ...Hl facil1tate the deuelop"'''''t of '" flood plain
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<br />uBeS on or alon.o: any "t()r",,,r floodwnterrun"U cha""el or basin th nth,,"
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<br />mana~"mcnt plan, road and bridge plans and de"i~n. and "on-structural and/or
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<br />been desi~nated n1\d approved by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, in
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<br />str\lctur"l flood control """asure" (i f n..~ded).
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<br />ordet" to lessen or avoid the ha?Ilrds to perSllflS and damar,e t<>
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<br />prop"rty
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<br />Authurity
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<br />~~"tllting fro", the accum~latlon of stotm "r fio"d"'.lt~u..."
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<br />Thh ~t'l(ly ...as requestert hy the 'l'mro of Well1nl;t"n and l,arImer C,ounty
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<br />Therefore, upoT\offlc1al approval o{this report bv the ColoradoWat.. r
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<br />th....>ul!h the Col"rsdo Hater Conservati"n B~ard (CWCB). The CWCB is the sttlte
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<br />Conservation Board, ~he "rea~ de~~rlh~d as heln~ inundat~d by th~ lOO-year
<br />flood (Intermediate Re.o:ional FIQod)1 can be desl~n"ted as {loud hdzard
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<br />co()rdln>lt<>r for !Ill flood plaIn inforrn"tion Hudle.. nnd i.. responsible for
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<br />"ettin~ prloritles and ~ched"ltn~ th(>se Hud!e". The eWCR and the SoH
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<br />are8. ""d th~lr u,e re.o:uiated a~cor,lillgly by the l",c!ll i1~"nc1",s,
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<br />C"n~ervatiun Servloe entered into a Join~ CoordinAUon A>:rcement for flo"d
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<br />tnr ,h" ~tlldy ...a~ prepared in ~.3rch. l~~2"
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<br />IThetcrms"'1nterm"dinteRe.o:i"nnlFl",,,J," "lOO-yearftoud,""nd"'nn"
<br />percent fl"ud" c.1n he ,,~ed Interchangeably as they nre ,1U deflned by tbe
<br />~"m~ type of fl(",d eVent (St'" r:l"s~ary).
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<br />haz"r,l analyses in J"nu~ry 1972 (re,'ised _~"v"'mber 1978). The Plnn of Work
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