FLOOD08910

• County: Elbert
• Community: Elbert County
• Stream Name: Kiowa Creek
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Floodplain Information Report
• Date: 1/1/1976
• Prepared For: Elbert County
• Prepared By: United Western Engineers
• Contract/PO #: &&
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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iYlan Iii";!:':; boen b:Jilding on :::;.r;:J ~':,c:ufJying tole fl()~)d plains

of rivers .Jnd smCJller Gt1'8::.!ii1S since t.h'2 2J:~ival of the plofioer set-

tlers. The stre~rilS first provided tr2nspo=tation arlJ w3ter StJpply

and, laler, their usuDlly gentle valley gr2des encouraged ths =on-

SLrLJction of highw8YS and fnilroads. Tod~j, the continuing growth

of cities results in ever increasing 2ncro~chment on the flood plains.

Through bitter experience, man has learned that floods

pe~iodically inundate portions of the floQe plain, ~am2ging property

and often causing loss of life. Vast money and,material resources

have been expended for structural flo~d cODtrol projects--dams and

reservoirs, levees, channel improvements, 2~d similar protective

works--designed to secure man's habitat against the force of nature's

floods. Unfortunately, however, encroachm~nt on the flood plains

has taken place faster than control structcres can be built and

costly flood damages have continued to inc~ease across the nation.

This increase has led to a new approach for reducing flood damages.

Called "flood plain management," this new 2pproach consists of ap-

plying controls over the use of the flood prone land which lies

adjacent to the watercourses.

Guidance on various flood plain management techniques,

that can be adopted in a realistic flood dawage reduction program

is presented in the following text. Specific recommendations for

implementing any particular technique are not provided, however,

as such option generally remains the responsibility of local com-

munity, county, or State governing ag2ncie5.

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Interpretation of Data

Flooded area maps, profilss, and selected cross sections

are provided in the report to define the limits of flooding that

would occur during an Intermediate Regional Flood or Standard

Project Flood. Hypothetical examples of th85e presentations,

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