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<br />~LOOD PLAI~ MANAGEMENT STUD~
<br />BOXELDERCREEK
<br />COLORADO
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<br />S~Hl()n 37-t<O-106(1)(c). C()lora~o Revised Statutc~ 1973, ~uthor1zc~ the
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<br />Coloradol<laterConscrvationl0ard "todesignate"nd,1ppruvestoI'1llorf!uod-
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<br />INTRODUCTION
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<br />...ater runoff ~h,""-I,' ." "'1", ,,' " -,"~ '"-. '" 1 'l
<br />~ ~." Ua~ 3 a"u ".~~c suc.. ueS ~nn onS Mal 11." e to
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<br />This flood plain "'~na~c"'ent report ...as pre;>arcd by the U. S.
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<br />le~islatlve bodies of cities and incorporated tuwns, to county planning com-
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<br />Dep~rtrncnt uf Agriculture, Soil Conaervation Service, in cooperatlon ~ith
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<br />mlssi,)ns, 8nd to boards of adJu~t,"ent of citles, incorpora.ted to"ns, and
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<br />theColorad"WaterCunservatioflR"ard,T"Im"fWell1n.o:tonandl,arimer
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<br />~()unties of this state." The Board provides assistance to lOCal ~overnments
<br />in development and adoption of effective floadpl~in ordinances. In
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<br />County. Iflterpretations of the flo<>d plain Olsnar,emeot study ~nrl
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<br />reco"""endstions to reduce d~m~~es are included: ho~ever, it is beyond the
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<br />addiCion, the Roard ~ill provide technical assistance to Local entities
<br />~uring the performance of floodplain InforMation studies ~lthln Colorsdo.
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<br />scope of this report to provide speCific proposals or plans to rectify the
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<br />floo<l!n~ prohl"'M.
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<br />Presently, finanCial assistance for the perfurman~e of flOOdplain studies Is
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<br />OhjectJ,.ves
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<br />nolon.o;er"vailablefromtheboard.
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<br />The objective of this study is to provide fiood pln1n mann~ement
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<br />Section 30-28-111 for county .o:O'lCrnments and Section 31-23-201 for
<br />mUflicipal governments of the Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, states: The
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<br />informatlon and mappin~ to the To~ of Wellington and Larimer County fot use
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<br />in lnplementing flood plain Mana~ement pro~rams which ...ill "inimize
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<br />cities, lncorporated towns, and counUes "tthin the study aren may provide
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<br />putential flood losses. rnclodcd in the report are engineerin~ and
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<br />~onin~ n'l;ulations:
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<br />...to e~tablish, reguLHe, r"strict, ""d llt>a s""h
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<br />hydrologic d~ta ~hich ...Hl facil1tate the deuel"p"'''''t of '" flood plain
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<br />uBeS.m or alon.o: any "t()r",,,r floodwnterrun"U channel or basin thn th"D
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<br />mana~"m"nt plan, road and bridge plans and d,,"i~n. and non-sttuctural and/or
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<br />been desi~nated n1\d approved by the Col"rado Water Conservation Board, in
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<br />str\lctur"lfloodcontrol"",asure8(ifn""ded).
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<br />ordet' to tessenor avoid the ha?Ilrds to perSllflS and damar,e t<>
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<br />prop"rty
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<br />Authurity
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<br />~,,"tllting fro", thoe accumolatlon of stonn "r fio"d"'.lt~u..."
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<br />Thh ~tll.ly ...as requeste<l hy the 'l'mro of Welltnl;t"n and l,artmer r..,unty
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<br />Therefor",uponofflc1alapprovalofthisreport bv the Colorado Wilt.. r
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<br />th....>ul!h the Col"rado Hater Conservati<>n B~ard (CWCB). The CWCB is the sttlte
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<br />Conservation Board, ~he "rea~ de~~rlhed as heln~ inundated by th~ lOO-year
<br />flood (Intermediate Re.o:ional Fl<>od)I can be desl~n"ted as flo"d hdzard
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<br />co()rdln>ltor for all flood ptatn inforrn"tiun Hudle.. nnd i.. responsible for
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<br />"Htin~ prlarities and ~ch"d"ltn~ th(>se Hudies. The eWCB and the SoH
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<br />are8. ""d their u,e re.o:uiated a~eoT,1111g1y by the t...cal i1~"nc1",s,
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<br />e"n~"ryati"n Servloe entered into a Joint CoordinAtion A>("-"..ment for n""d
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<br />tnr .h" ~t"dy ...as rrep~r"d in ~.3reh. l~~2.
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<br />ITh" terms "'lntermedinte Re.o:i"nal Fl",,,J," "tOO-year ftu"d," "nd "'"n",
<br />percent fl""d" C.,n hp "sed Int"rehangeably as they nre ,1U dofln~d by tbe
<br />~"m", type of fl(",d even~ (St'" r:l"s~"ry).
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<br />haz-",l ;l1\alys~s in J"nu~ry 1972 (re,'ised _~"v"'mber 1978). The Pin" of Work
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