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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as stated in 30-28-111 for county governments and 31-23-201 for municipal

governments of the Colorado Revised Statutes 1973.

Therefore, upon official approval of this study by the Colorado Water

Conser,ation Board, the areas described as being inundated by the lOa-year flood

can be designated as flood hazard areas and their use regulated accordingly by the

local agencies.

Purpose and Scope

This study was prepared to guide local officials in planning the use and

regulation of the flood plain areas such that flood hazards and future damages are

eliminated or minimized. It includes information on historical floods, existing

factors that influence the flood hazard, and the nature and extent of probable future

floods. The study data include flooded area maps delineating the loa-year flood

boundaries and flood profiles for the ten-, SO-, 100-, and soo-year recurrence

inten'als. A supplement to this study in the form of a technical addendum includes

the supporting engineering and hydrologic data that may further be used in

engineering studies in the location and design of roads, bridges and channel

modifications.

The technical information provided herein has been divided into two sections:

1) Four-Mile Creek flood plain information and 2) Mud Gulch flood plain

information. Flood plain maps and profiles for both areas are provided in Appendix

1. This study, in its entirety, comprises Volume I of the Flood Plajn Management

Stud}; Four-Mile Creek and Mud Gulch at Canon Oty, Fremont County; Colorado.

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