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<br /> <br /> <br />CONTENTS (Continued) <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />~ <br />I <br />I <br />II <br />, <br />I <br />rl <br />I <br />I <br />il <br />il <br />"1 <br /> <br />PLATES <br /> <br />PLATES <br />1 General Map <br />2.6 Flood Profiles. Yampa River <br />7-8 Flood Profiles. Soda Creek <br />9.10 Flood Profiles. ButeherknifeCreek <br />I1-1S Flood Profiles. Spring Creek <br />14-19 FloodProf1les. }'ish Creek <br />20-21 Flood Profiles. Walton Creek <br />22-24 Flood Profiles. Burgess Creek <br />25-27 Flooded Areas........................... <br /> <br />............................ <br /> <br />Atend <br />of Re]XIrt <br /> <br />In poc:kel in. <br />side back eover <br /> <br />COVER PHOTOGRAPHS: Flooding in SteamboatSprinl(S <br />duringApri11974,Tneul'perpholoshowsanalleybetween <br />Hill and J..nles 8lreets. the middle photo shows DeyStrcet. <br />andthelowl'rphotoshowsaportionofllillStrcet.(Steamboat <br />Pilnt pholffl toy Lenny Rrook~ and M.S. Campestine.) <br /> <br />I <br />, <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF REPORT <br />The purpm;c of this report is to describe <br />and illustrate the flood hazard in and around <br />SteamboatSprin~, RoultCounty. Colorado. <br />The report will aid in planning the best US€ of <br />lands subject to inundation from toO. and <br /> <br />SOO.year floods. However, itd,x,s not contain <br />recommendations for solving flood problems. <br />or plans for use of flood plain areas.beeause <br />theS€ activities are the responsibiliticso[ <br />l,x,al!l;overnments. <br /> <br />LIMITS OF STUDY <br />The report covers the Yampa River from <br />near the mouth of Walton Creek downstream <br />to the vicinity of the waste walertreatment <br />plant, and the lower reaches 01 Soda. <br />Butchcrknife. Spring, Fish, Walton, and <br />Burge5sC~eksinandadjaccnttoSteamooat <br /> <br />Springs. The creeks are direel tributaries to <br />the Yampa River except for Burgess Creek, <br />whichisatributarytoWaltonCreek.Allofthe <br />di~ttributariesjointheriverinthecity. <br />Plate 1 isageneralmapofthearea.Thestream <br />reaches studied are shown in Table l. <br /> <br />TABLE 1 <br /> <br />STREAM REACHES STUDIED <br /> <br />Stream <br /> <br /> Reach Lenglh 01 Reach <br />From: To: (mUes) <br />River Mile River Mile 194.40 6.4 <br />188.04 <br />Mouth Corporate Limit 1.0 <br />Mouth Vicinity "f the 0.9 <br /> Corporatel.imit <br />Mouth Corporate Limit U <br />Mouth Corporate Limit 2.7 <br />Mouth Corporate Limit 0.' <br />;..louth Just upstream from 1.5 <br /> Slorm Meadows Dl'iw <br /> <br />YampaRiwr <br /> <br />Soda Creek <br />ButcherknifeCrcek <br /> <br />Sprinj\'Crcek <br />Fish Creek <br />Wa\tonCreek <br />Hurges. Cr~ek <br /> <br />, <br />