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<br />It is therefore reco~ended th3t: <br /> <br />~d} The Colorduo ~.ter Cons~rvdtior Board he requested to <br />redesignate the 100.year '.'ater surfac,e elevJtions and profiles <br />d~,cribed i~ this study; and <br />:tJ} The CityofCanQn City and Cour.ty of Frer.lOflt, adopt this <br />study iflcluding the lOO-year water surface €le~atior.s, profiles <br />and floodplain deli~eatio~, and imple~ent appropriate flood- <br />plain regulations; and <br />(c) This study, including the technical data, besubrnitted <br />to the Federal Emergency ~anagenent Agency for ~pdating the <br />ex i s tin 9 Flood 1115 ur dn ce f~ap s; an d <br />{d) The milin Jrainage WdY eil5t ~f the t;E Canon drdinage way, <br />kn\MndstheOrchardA'Il.'nuedrainilGe, illso l",sLudip(1 for <br />nazaro i~e~tlTlcatlon Jnd potentlJl cQrrective techniques. <br />Port ions of the stlJejy <Ire a ilnd Cdnon City can b~ pl'otected from <br />flooding by il1~rQ~in9 channel r7'ai~tenar'ce and chilri\cteristics, fl:lodwater <br />ret",'d ill~ ,trucbres, ""d v;Jgrading crill1~el cross ings. The des ig'l ~"d <br />irw\ementatiOIl ot tlles~ cO'Teet;.,,' techliques is lIeyond the sco~e of this <br />~e~orl, out 1 t ; s reconlmended that f'J>'l.rE'r stud i es be i~ it idled 10 ['rcvi de <br />S~'IC l1Ieans ot reducing the effect of flooding as sllo'^'n by this study. <br /> <br />~~CKWATtR EFFECT <br /> <br />C"MH,EL <br /> <br />CLOUDBlIRST <br /> <br />CO:,Fll'EKCE <br /> <br />C0~V>~A~CF rAPAC!TV <br /> <br />8~~ JI,N4Tf:1 FLUllll~L~i" <br /> <br />DISCHA.~GE <br /> <br />ORA I N,~GE BAS I:. <br /> <br />FLOOD <br />- <br /> <br />u <br /> <br />GlOSSAR~ <br /> <br />The rise in surface elevation of flowing water <br />upstreilm fro~ and d$ a result of an obstruction <br />of flow. <br /> <br />A natural or artificial w~ter course of perceptible <br />extent with cefinite bed and bankS to confine and <br />conduct cont inuously or periodically flowing wale~. <br />A sudden and extremely heavy downpour of rain that <br />issnal1 in areal exter.t; ofshortduratior; and <br />milybea:CO'llpaniedbylightning,thuncer, and strong <br />gusts of wind. <br /> <br />A point '~~ere tw') or ror~ streJJl:s r1eet. <br /> <br />~, C~a~rel co"'.'ey~"c~ c~racity is the q~e 0t '.';s- <br />charge, in cubic feet per second, which Ciln flow <br />in a wilter course with the water surface not greater <br />than the height of the Channel banks. <br /> <br />b. Floodway CO""eNnCe co~J.cily is the ra:;e of cis- <br />ch~rge in the overf 10'~ port i on of the flQocway wh ic!' <br />call pass through a specified area at depths and <br />velocities governed by th.. rydralJlicdimensions Gf <br />U,e flood'Naj'. <br /> <br />TI'~ are~ d~,i'Jndt",d ~, d floodpl~in by ,-,ffici~l ~ction <br />of the board of cuunty cornmissiullers or thetitycoJncil <br />with the prior concurrell~e of the Color~co Water Con- <br />servation Board. <br /> <br />The qUdntity of water pdssing agi'lcn streamcrO$s <br />se~tion per unit of time. Rate of flow in a stream <br />is usually expressed in cubic feet per Sl'f,ond. <br /> <br />A part of the surface of the earth that is occupied <br />~y a dr~illase sy~rem, whiCh co~,i,~s of a slJ>'foce <br />stream or a body of impounded surface water toq~ther <br />with all tributary surface streams dr.d bOdie, of im. <br />pounded surface water. <br /> <br />An overflow on lands not normally covered by ~'ater <br />which "re used Dr uSJble by >1'Jn. Floods ha,,~ t~o <br />ess~~t ial ChdrJcterist ic,; (1) 1118 irlunddt iun of <br /> <br />h <br /> <br />I <br />