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<br />PREFl'.Cll <br /> <br />Assistance and coope~atlon of the Colo~ado water Conserva- <br />tion Board, Hue~h.no-La" Anlml'" Area Council of Gov..rnments, City <br />of La Veta, The lluerfano Wo~ld, and private citizens in supplying <br />useful data for the prepa~ation of this report a~" appreciated. <br />Copies of this ~eport can be Obtained from the Hucrfano <br />County Land Use ~inist~ator in Walsenburg, Oft ice of the Mayor, <br />La Veta, and the Colorado Water Conservation Soard in Denver. <br />The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, <br />on request, will provide technical assistance to governmental <br />planning agencies in the interpretation and use of the data presented <br />as well as planninq guidance and further assistance, inCluding the <br />development of additional technical information. <br /> <br />This report provides information on the ar"a$ in the <br />comm~ity of La Veta and vioinity that are subject to flooding fro~ <br />the Cucharas River and its tributaries (See Plate 1]. Properties <br />subject to flooding are primarily residential and agricultural. <br />There are extensive open spaces in the flood plains that may Come <br />under pressure for future development. This study indicates that <br />possible future floods ~ili be larger than any known past exper- <br />ience. <br /> <br />This report has been prepared because a knowledge of flood <br />potential and flood hazards is important in l"nd use planning of <br />flood plains. It identifies those areas that are subject to possible <br />future floods. Special emphasis is given to ~hese floods through <br />maps, photogr~hs, profiles, and cross s"ctions. The report provides <br />a suitabie basis for land use planning to guide fiood plain develop~ <br />ment and prevent future losses. It wili also aid in the development <br />of flood d'""age reduction teChniques bClCh as works to modify [loodillg, <br />flood proofing and other teChniques which might be embodied in an <br />overall Flood Vlain Msnagenent (FPM) progcdrn. Other FP~ program <br />studies -- those of enviro'~ental attributes and thc current and <br />futuro land use role of the flood plain as part of its surrounding <br />would also profit from this information. Th~ report does not contsin <br /> <br />specific plans Or recommendations for the solution of flood problems <br />as these are, in must instances, tho responsibility of looal govern- <br />ment. <br /> <br />This repar':: ~as prepared at tho request of the llu"rfar1O <br />County Board of County Commissioners, with the indorsement of the <br />Colorado Water Con.servation Board, under continuinq authority pro- <br /> <br />vided in Seotion 206 of the 1960 Flood Control Act (Publio Law 86_645), <br /> <br />as "",ended. <br /> <br />w <br /> <br />" <br />