FLOOD08263

• Designation Number: 535
• County: Montrose
• Community: Unincorporated Montrose County
• Basin: Gunnison
• Title: Flood Insurance Study - Montrose County, CO, Unincorporated Areas - Volume I of II
• Date: 7/1/1986
• Designation Date: 11/1/2000
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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TABLES OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents -- Volume 1

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INTRODUCTION.... .................... ................... ..........

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1.1
1.2
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Purpose of Study...........................................
Authority and Acknowledgments..............................
Coordination........................................... ............ ...................... ........ ........

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AREA STUDIED.....................................................

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Scope of Study.............................................
COIlUOuni ty Oeser iption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pr incipal Flood Problems...................................
Flood Protection Measures..................................

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2.2
2.3
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3.0 ENGINEERING METHODS.............................................. 16

3.1 Hydrolog ic Analyses........................................ 17
3.2 Hydraulic Analyses......................................... 19

4.0 FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS.............................. 23

4.1 Flood Boundaries........................................... 23
4.2 F1oodways. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

5.0 INSURANCE APPLICATION............................................ 32

5.1 Reach Determinations....................................... 32
5.2 Flood Hazard Factors....................................... 33
5.3 Flood Insur ance Zones...................................... 33
5.4 Flood Insurance Rate Map Description....................... 36

6.0 OTHER STUDIES... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

7.0 LOCATION OF DATA................................................. 37

8.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES...................................... 37

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