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<br />FUTUREFLOOOS <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />~- <br />- <br /> <br />This sectlon of the .epo.t disCusses the Stdnd~.d Pr~_ <br />Jed n~od ~"d the lnt"rmedhte RegionHl flood on t~'" Rio G"",d8 <br />i~ the vici~ity ~f ~ontc Viat~. and ~~m8 of th~ h~lards of great <br />floods. The St~nds.d Project flood reprcse~to thO re~sonuble upper <br />limih of expected fln"ding. floodo of Inte.n1udi~te Rogion..l Flood <br />size mey be exp~cted to occ~r more otc~~, but th~y ~ill not be as <br />severe eS the infrequBnt St"nd"rd Project Flood, <br />La.gg floods h~ve occurted in the past o~ the Rio Grande <br />e~d its tr1butario$ in the gsneral geogruphic~l end phyeiographic~l <br />region of Monte Vist~. Heavy storn~ and ~nowmelt conditio~s, 5i~_ <br />il~r to those ~~~~i~S ~~At floods, undoubtedly ~ill .~cur in the <br />Ri~ Grande ~atBr~hcd to CHUSe future flood. of similer or gr6at~r <br />size ot ~Ionte Vi~ta. In any deter~i~ation of fut'~re floods which <br />may occur on a glv~n 8~ ream, it is desirable to considsr all ator,,'~ <br />~nd floods thot have occur rod in ths rogion o~ "",tershcds with sim- <br />il~r topogr~~hy, ",-,ter9he~ nC"Rr, "nd physic"l charocteri"tico. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />-~- <br />- . , <br /> <br />~.;-. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />~etn,minaticn of !ntor~~di8te Reaion~l Flood <br />The Intermediate Regional Flood l~ d~fined as having <br />an average froquency of oc~wrrence of once in 100 years, olthTIu)~ <br />it ~.ay OC"UL' in any yetor waJ p"s~iLJly ~v~r' ill ,"ucceosive ,ears. <br />This flood 10 calculated fr~ stati~tioal endlysRs of etre~flow <br />records eViLileble for the wetorsh~d under study and anfllyses of <br />rainfall an~ runoff ch;;r"cteL'iellc. Qf other .tNom5 in the genoral <br />cogior of thQ watorshea. Tho lntormodiate RPQiona1 fLood rspr~- <br />GRnte ~ m"jor flood whi"h lUoulri bo h$$ "ever~ th~" th~ 8t~n~urd <br /> <br />"""" <br /> <br />.l, <br />", <br />, <br /> , <br />.~ ~ <br />, <br /> <br />Proj~ct Flood o. th~ 1')27 rLuud "n LI,~ 11ia G."'t'\do ~t '~ont" '.'bt~. <br /> <br />ri'l>Jr~ S. I1ISTORIC rLOOl) SCENES IN RIO GRANDE '~ATERSHEO <br /> <br />Th~ Intac"'.Bcti~t~ H,,~iorl~l Flood ~~s d"t~rmin"d fCM, <br />~toti,tiG~l studie, of flood nat~ aoquired over a 79-y~~, peri~ <br />"t dr",,~ gac;ing ~tatia"5 in thu vicinity of OHl Norte, ~onte "'ist", <br /> <br />~n" ~L"""9~. ;'l~o. lil~ 'll~h:'y V"":'d~l~ <_,:'"id:l d"~ tu;'~t'f <br /> <br />26 <br /> <br />" <br />