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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Acknowledgements

The assistance and cooperation of the agencies and organizations listed below,

in addition to numerous private citizens in supplying information and data, are

appreciated and gratefully acknowledged.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Consef\'ation Sef\'ice
U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological SUf\'ey
U ,So Department of the Army, Albuquerque District, Corps of Engineers
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Fremont County Public Works and County Land Use Departments
City of Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado

Maps and Surveys

Aerial photography and topographic maps contained in Appendix I of this

study were provided jointly by Fremont County and Canon City. Mapping at the scale

of 1" =100' with two-foot contour intef\'als were prepared by Kucera and Associates

from a ground control SUf\'ey performed by Ponderosa Engineering, Canon City. The

cross-sections for the hydraulic analysis were obtained by photogrammetric methods

by Kucera and Associates and Ponderosa Engineering and were supplemented by

field measurements by ADP, Inc. All bridges and other hydraulic structures I,'ere

field measured bv ADP, Inc.

Flood Insurance

The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (Title XIII of the Housing and

Urban Development Act, P.L. 90-448) recognized the necessity for flood plain

management. This Act makes federally subsidized insurance available to citizens in

communities that adopt regulations controlling future developments of their flood

plain. With respect to encroachment on the flood plain, the regulations require:

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