FLOOD07952

• County: Fremont
• Community: Canon City
• Stream Name: Four-mile Creek, Mud Gulch
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: Floodplain Management Study - Four-Mile Creek and Mud Gulch at Canon City
• Date: 10/1/2002
• Prepared For: Canon City, Fremont County
• Prepared By: USDA Soil Conservation Service
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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analysis into the contribution of spring snowmelt to flooding suggests it is not a

significant factor. Late spring and summer rains are the most likely to produce

flooding in the study area.

Study Reach Description

This study is a supplement to the Flood Plain Management Study for Four-

Mile Creek and Mud Gulch at Canon City, Colorado, prepared by the USDA Natural

Resources Conser,ation SeI"\ices, dated June 1996.

The study limits for the Four-Mile Creek flood plain begins at cross section

700 ofthe NRCS Study and continues south from Section 310 to the confluence \\ith

the Arkansas River. The Mud Gulch study limits cover the channel reach from the

bridge at Four Mile Lane to the confluence \\ith the Arkansas River. The study reach

lengths for this report are as follows:

Reach Name
Four-Mile Creek
Mud Gulch
Total Reach Length:

Reach Length
4.55 miles
2.0<; miles
6.60 miles

A map of the study area is included as Figure 2. An index map sho\\ing the location

of flood plain mapping is included in the appendixes. The flood plain maps,

themseh'es, are shown as Sheets 1 through 7 follo\\ing the index map and can be

found in Appendix A & B.

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