FLOOD09664

• Designation Number: 171
• County: Eagle
• Community: Minturn
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Title: Flood Insurance Study - Minturn, Eagle County, Colorado
• Date: 3/1/1980
• Designation Date: 12/1/1980
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 INTRODUCTION..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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1.1
1.2
1.3

Purpose of Study...........................................
Coordination..... ....... .................. ...... _.. ... _. _..
Authority and Acknowledgments...............................

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2.0 AREi\ STUDIED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4

Scope of Study.............................................
Community Description......................................
Principal Flood Problems...................................
Flood Protection Measures................ .. . ... . . .. .. . . ....

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3.0 ENGI"lEERING METHODS............................................. 4

3.1
3.2

Hydrologic Analyses.... .... .. .... . . . . .. . . .... .. . .. . .. . ... ..
Hydraulic Analyses.........................................

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4.0 FLOOD PLi\IN ~ffiNi\GEMENT APPLICATIONS.. ....... .................... 7

4.1
4.2

Flood Boundaries. ..........................................
Floodways............... ......................... ............

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5.0 INSURANCE APPLICATION....... ...... .................. ...... ...... 10

5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4

Reach Determinations.............................. _ . . . . . _. .
Flood Hazard Factors. ...... ........ .... ...... ." ...... .....
Flood Insurance Zones......................................
Flood Insurance Rate Map Description..... .... ..............

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6.0 OTHER STUDIES............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

7.0 LOCATION OF DATA......................... _ . . . .. _ . . . .. .. . .. . .. .,. 14

8.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES..................................... 14

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