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<br />St(lnd(l,dP'(IjectFlwd(SPF) <br /> <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />g <br />- ) . <br />..../ '--./ ~ <br />i/?IIQ/A STReFT <br /> <br />IntermediQte RegionQI FlOOd IIRF) <br /> <br />GUIDELINES FOR rLOCD PLAI~ ~~AG&M~~~ <br /> <br />rloods caused very little damase until the work3 of man <br />inv"de<l the flood plair.s. 'Ihro"g~. bit":er o"perience, man has learned <br />that floods quite often Cover portions of the flood plains, damaginq <br />Or sweeping away roaJ~. buildings, ho~es and often POg~ a severe <br />threat to human life. ~he continuing growth of cities results in <br />ever-increasing e~croac~e~t of the flood plains. <br />OVer the years, reservoirs, cr~nnel improvements, levees, <br />and other flood-protection works have hoen constructed to protect <br />the works of man against the force of nature's floods, But encroach- <br />ment of the flood plains has taken place faster than flood-protection <br />works have been constructe~ with the result that flood damages have <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br /> <br />FLOODED AREA <br />SCALE: I'" ~OO' <br /> <br />f701 <br />LEGEND' ~Mil..AD<N.MOIII" <br />~.....~c'o..SeclionR;'"'Milo <br />690 a Pooitlon <br />'t<<m<>d'"",~""",'IoodO:i<voIion <br /> <br />bP.~n steadily inc~easing ~oross the natio~. <br />~espite the e"penditu~e of tax funds running into <br />billions of dollars for flood control works, the increase in flood <br />damages has led to a new approach for reducing these damaqes. Called <br />"floo<l plai~ :nanage:ner.t," thb nB'" appro,,"ch consis~s of applying cOn- <br />trols over the use of land lying adjacent to the st.ea~g. Land-us" <br />control, most ofte" ""nown ;os "'rloo<l Pl;oinRcgubtions," dc",s not <br />attempt to re<lu~e or dlmi"""te flooding but i~ d""sisnO"d to fOOt,\ tll" <br />flood plain d~volop"'''-nt in suet, a "'anTler as to les",,,, the damdging <br />effects of flood", Uanr,ed dev"lopmene and mil""ge"."nt of flood <br />hazdrd areas can be accompli,hed by a variety of ~cans, ~o~ are <br />described in the following tcxt; however, no rcco~endation is ~~ce <br />for the use of a specific ~echnique. Flood plaln rcsulatic~s ~r~ <br />the ~'~~jX.>ll~ibillty of Stat,e and local goverr.lng agenc~cs. <br /> <br />, <br />o <br />" <br />< <br />o <br />~ <br />. <br />> <br />. <br />~ <br />< <br />~ <br />Z <br />< <br />. <br />, <br />, <br />" <br />. <br />. <br />c <br /> <br />" <br /> <br /> '" , <br /> " <br /> - 'SPF ~ <br /> , < <br /> , <br />0 - <br /> ~ ,/IRF ~ <br /> ~O ~ -' ~ <br /> --::0 , <br /> C_C-- -- B~'dg. <br /> S:'.am~tf , .J.. j--- , /-Fkxu <br /> < --- __CIOQI"tM<:fJ' <br />0 <br /> i " ill ---==- <br /> u <br /> u <br /> '" <br />0 <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />." <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />" <br />10.4 <br /> <br />10.3 <br /> <br />10.2 <br /> <br />10.1 <br /> <br />"" <br /> <br />,,' <br /> <br />RIV~R MILES ABOVE MQur>< <br />FLOOD PROFILE <br /> <br />z <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />~I <br />< - <br />, <br /> <br />Citi€~ ~"d c"'H~H..~ withi., ~r.~ s~atc -::f C-::lcr.1dc ~::-e <br /> <br />m <br /> <br />is <br />" <br />> <br />u <br />~ <br />. <br /> <br />,<::IRf <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />Blolm"!'''. <br /> <br />authorized to enact dn~ enforce la~d-use controls. AdVisory assist- <br />.lnce relating to their d..t~i1ed deVelopment for flOOd plair. manage- <br />m~nt needs is available from the Colorado water CQn8ervation Boar~. <br /> <br />eo> <br /> <br />f'~M' C <br /> <br />Poin' 8 <br /> <br />"0 <br />o <br /> <br />POfMA <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />200 300 <br />01 S r A 1'1 C l': I~ FO:Er <br /> <br />." <br /> <br />CROSS SECTION 30 <br />VIEW tooKING OOWNsrREA~ <br /> <br />3;1 <br /> <br />" <br />