FLOOD08078

• Designation Number: 169
• County: Eagle
• Community: Unincorporated Eagle County
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Title: Flood Insurance Study - Eagle County, Colorado, Unincorporated Areas
• Date: 5/1/1980
• Designation Date: 12/1/1980
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1. 0 INTRODUCTION.................................................... 1

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1.1 Purpose of Study...........................................
1. 2 Coordination. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . ., . . . . . . . . .. . . .
1.3 Authority and Acknowledgments..............................

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2.0 AREA STUDIED....................................................

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2.1 Scope of Study............................................. 2
2.2 Community Description...................................... 4
2.3 Principal Flood Problems................................... 7
2.4 Flood Protection Measures.................................. 8

3.0 ENGINEERING METHODS.. ........................................... 8

3.1 Hydrologic Analyses........................................ 9
3.2 Hydraulic Analyses......................................... 9

4.0 FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS............................. 12

4.1 Flood Boundaries........................................... 12
4. 2 Floodways.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

5.0 INSURANCE APPLICATION........................................... 21

5.1 Reach Determinations.... ......... ...... .................... 21
5.2 Flood Hazard Factors....................................... 22
5.3 Flood Insurance Zones...................................... 22
5.4 Flood Insurance Rate Map Description....................... 24

6. 0 OTHER STUDIES................................................... 24

7. 0 LOCATION OF DATA................................................ 25

8. 0 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES..................................... 25

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REVISED: 1/25/83