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<br />RECOXMENllA'rIONS <br /> <br />r.l,OSSARYOF TF,RMS <br /> <br />The fuUo"'inl; reco"""endat1<,,,," are induded for consideraUon in reducln>( <br />potential flood dama~es. <br />I, The To"'" uf lIeUin>:ton ~nd Larimer Co"n~y s-holllrl implement a f100rl pt"in <br />rnana~ement plan. <br />2, Edstinf( restrIetiuns that contribute to overbank noodinlol sho\lld",,_ <br />corrected, when. possible, <br />3. O\mers and occupants of builrlinl\s and moblle hurnes within ,>t adjacent to <br />thedel1neatedfloudboundaryshuuldconslderfl"..,dinsurance. <br />~. Publlc infurrn"-tion and educaUon programs on flood h"~atds should !><! <br />made available to the public. <br />5. Native vegetatIon alo"-f( ~uxelder Creek should be OlaintaiMd. <br /> <br />Channel - A natural or artificial water course of P<'rceptible e~tent with <br />defini te banks to confine and conduct con~inuousiy or oorlod icall y <br />fj,)wlng wat~r. Channel flow 18 tha~ water whIch is flowing within the <br />lInlHs of the a..fl"ed cha"nel. <br />Flood-Water from a river, stre,,-,", water course, l,,-keor other body of <br />st,,-nding "'ater, that temporarily overflows the boundaries within which <br />it ia ordinarily confined. <br />Flood Crest - The ,"aximum sta~e or eleva~ion reached by the waters of a <br />flood at a given location, <br />Flood Frequency - A me"-ns of expressin~ the probability of flood occuTrences <br />as determined from a statistical ~alysis of representative strea",flow <br />or rainfall and runoff recoTds. The frequenr_y of a particular sta~e. or <br />djschsrf(els\lsuallyexprf'sacdosoccurrlngoncelnaspeClf1ednwnber <br />"f years. The Hl-, 25-, 50-, JO()- and ~[lO-y"ar frequeno.y floO<fs ru;:v" <br />an aver"~e f rcqur_ncy of OCCnrrence in tll<! order 01 once 1n ~he numher <br />of years os indicated. <br />IO-Year Flood A flllOd havi"~ an ..ver"~e trequency ut oCcurrence of once in <br />IOyear8. It has a IOper'cent chance of beIng equaled or "xceeded in <br />any ~iven yenr. <br />lO0-Year Flood - A flood havin~ an avera~e lrequency ut occorrenc" ot once <br />in 100 years. It haa a I percent chance of being equaled or exceeded <br />In any ~iven year. <br />Flood HaT-ard Areas - Areas au"ceptible to flood da~ar.c. <br />FloOd Peak - The highest stage "r dbchar~~ ...ttained durln~ <l fl"oJ evenl' <br />al$o t,>ferred to as ooak stai!e or p""" dlseh.rr..,. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />2~ <br />