FLOOD08183

• County: Summit
• Community: Breckenridge
• Stream Name: Blue River
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Title: Floodplain Information Breckenridge
• Date: 9/1/1974
• Prepared For: Summit County
• Prepared By: Leonard Rice Consulting Water Engineers, Inc.
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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PREFACE

iHE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TO PRESENT INFORMATION ON
THE FLOOD HAZARDS ALONG THE BLUE RIVER IN THE VICINITY OF
BRECKENRIDGE. COLORADO. IN GENERAL. THE STUDY AREA COMPRISES
THE FLOODPLAIN OF THE BLUE RIVER ONLY THROUGH THE TOW~ OF
BRECKENRIDGE. BUT TABULATES PEAK DISCHARGES ON THE BLUE RIVER
TO ITS CO~FLUENCE WITH DILLON RESERVOIR. RECORDS INDICATE
THAT HIO DAt1AGWG FLOODS HAVE OCCURRED \~ITHIN THE RECENT
PAST. BOTH OF THESE FLOODS WERE IN 1965. SINCE 1965. GOOSE
PASTURE TARNS RESERVOIR. A MULTI-PURPOSE PROJECT INVOLVING
RECREATION AND MUNICIPAL WATER PROVIDES A HIGH DEGREE OF
INCIDENTAL FLOOD PROTECTION TO THE AREA DOWNSTREAM. BUT FLOOD
DAMAGE OUT OF THE RESERVOIR AND FROM THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE
BLUE rrIVER MAY STILL OCCUR.

STUDIES MADE FOR THIS REPORT SHOW THAT FLOODS LARGER
THAN THOSE IN THE PAST COULD OCCUR IN THE FUTURE IN THE STUDY
AREA. THIS REPORT CONTAINS INFORMATIO~ ON PAST FLOODS AND
~lAPS. PROFILES Atm CROSS-SECTIONS THAT INDICATE THE APPRO)<IMATE
- EXTENT AND DEPTH OF INUNDATION FROM LARGE FLOODS THAT CAN
REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THE FUTURE. FOR THE PURPOSE
OF THIS REPORT THESE FLOODS HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS THE
INTERMEDIATE REGIONAL AND THE STANDARD PROJECT FLOODS.

THIS REPORT WAS PREPARED BY LEONARD RICE CONSULTING
HATER ENGINEERS. INC.. OF 9ENVER. COLORADO AT THE REQUEST OF
THE CITY OF 3RECKENRIDGE AND HAS THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE
COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD. FUNDS FOR THE STUDY ALSO
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CME FROM SUMMIT COUNTY, iT IS INTENDED THAT THE REPORT BE
USED BY THE TOI'!N OF BRECi(ENR IDGE. SU~1t~ IT COUNTY llJ:;) OTHER
COtlCERNED ENTITIES IN SUCH A I'IAY THAT FLOOD HAZARD AND FUTURE
FLOOD DAMAGES ARE MINIMIZED. THE REPORT PROVIDES THEM WITH
A BASIS FOR FURTHER STUDY AND PLArlNING FOR OPTIMUM USE AND
DEVELOPMENT OF FLOOD-PRONE AREAS THROUGH ZONING AND SUB-
DIVISION REGULATIONS. CONSTRUCTION OF FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS.
OR BY A COMBINATION OF THESE O~ OTHER APPROACHES TO REDUCE