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<br />f <br /> <br />l <br />~. <br />. <br /> <br />AU'IORITY, AC~WLE8GEHE~TS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA <br /> <br />,,; <br /> <br />drdinage basin is I oc/lted , excluding extremely rare combinaticms. <br />Peak discharges for these floods are generally about 40 percent to <br />60 percent of the Probable I.\<>ximum Floods tor the same basins. Such <br />floods, as used by the Corps of Englneors, are intended as practica- <br />ble expressions of tne degrue of protection that s~ld be sought in <br />thedesignoffloodcontrolwork5,thefallureofwhiCh,,-,tghtbc <br />disastrous. <br /> <br />This report has ooon prepared Tn accordance with the authority <br />granted by Section 206 of the Flood Control Act of 1960 (i'ublic Law <br />66-645), as am&nded. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />The assistance "nd Cooper/ltion of the Donver Regional Council <br />of Governments, Inter-COlJnty RegIon", I PlaMlngC<;<nm;5s1on, and County, <br />City,and local offlc:ials In supplying usetul data are appreciated. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Top of '~aterway <br />This is the roof of the opening in a stredm crossing through <br />which water flows under norm,,1 conditions. It is the underside of <br />the deck span - sometimes C(lII",d "low steel," the roof of a l>ox <br />culvert or the crown of an arched or circular culvert. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />This report presents the flood situation along tho downstroam <br />reaches of CherryCroek and of S<lnd '.Hld Toll GateCreoks in the <br />Denver metropolit<ln area. The Omaha District at the Corps of Engi- <br />neerswill provide Interpretation and limited technical assistance <br /> <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />I in application of data presented herein. <br />i <br />, <br />I <br />i <br />i <br />I <br />I <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />" <br />