FLOOD08422

• Designation Number: 27
• County: El Paso
• Community: Colorado Springs
• Stream Name: Sand Creek
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: Flood Hazard Analysis - Sand Creek, Colorado Springs, El Paso County
• Date: 7/1/1973
• Designation Date: 10/1/1973
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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FLOOD HAZARV A~ALVSES
SAI!VCREEI<
ClrV OF COLORAVO S~lN,~ A~~ EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO

I!.'TROVUCno,~

This flood hazard analyses r~port presents tho r~sults of a COm.

prehensivestudyon-rhefloodplainlandsofSandCreek,Colorado. It

was prepared by the Soil Conservation Service, U. S. Department of

Agriculture, in cooperation with the Colorado Water Conservation ~oard,

City of COlorado Springs, and EI Paso County.

Primary purpose of this report is to provide maps of the flood

hazard areas so that local governments can develop floodplain reg ulations.

Because of bulk and size, the flood hazard maps are bound in an appendix

separate to the report. The report includes engineerinr. and hydrologic

data Which will facilitate the use of the maps. The data can also be

used ~n the location and design of roads, bridges, and channel modifi-

cation. The report contains interpretations of the flood hazard analyse, a~d

recommendations to minimize flood damages. The technical data should be

useful in preparing a master drainage plRn for Sand Crce~. Howcv~r, it is

beyond the scope of this study to provide specific propo~als or plans to

rectify the flooding problems.

The study was requested by the City of COlorado Springs and El Paso

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Countythroughth"ColoraJo\\'aterConservationlloard. Oneofth<.>rcspon-

sibilities of the Iloard is to guide tt<.> proper flood plain land use

and management to reduce pot~nti"l flood losses. Pefore local "ntitie,

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can prepare flood plain .oning regulations, the Colorado Statutes
provide as follows:

Ar'tide 149-1-11(1) CO~OI'adL! Rovi6ea Statutes 196~, r'equir'M that
the CoZorodo Watel" C0>;6ol"vatior. Bom:'d designate ana appr'ove storm or
fZoo~ter ~noff cr~nneZ$ and to ~~ke such designation available to
legislative bodies of woal jurisdictions; and
Ar'tiole 1J9-60-1, Colorado Revised Statutes 1963. provides that
such oities, t~~s, inoorpo>,atea a"eas ana local jurisdictions ehalt
provide zoning l'eg"lations fol' any stOm! or [toodLJatel' runoff o"'~nr.et
only aft"" desiGr.ction ar.d appl'ovat by the ColoI'ado Water Cons,,"vation
Board.

Flood ha.ard analyses are earri<.>d out by the Soil Conservation

Service as an outgrowth of the recommendations in A Report by the Taek

Forae on Federal Flood Control Polioy, House Document No. 465 (89th

Congress - August 10, 1966), <.>specially Reeo~endation 9(c), Regulation

of I~nd Use, which recommended the preparation of preliminary reports

for guidance in those areas where assistance is need<.>d befort a full

flood hazard infomation report can be prepared or where a full report

is rot sche~uled.

Authority f~r flmding flood h~tard nnaly~es is pr~vided by S~ctjon 6

of Public Law 83-566, which authorizes USDA to cooperate with other federal

and state and local agencies to make investigations and surveys of the

watersheds of rivers and other waterw~ys as a baSis for th<.> development

of coordinated programs.

In carrying out f1o~d ha~ard analyses, the Soll Conservation Service

is being responsiv.. to heeutjve Order 11296, ~ated A\lgusr to, 1966,

especially to Section 1(4), ~.hich directs that alt e:l'emrt{pe aB"nci<ls

l'esp""sible fol' programs which entail land use plan"ing shalt take flood

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