<br />DEBRIS FLOWS
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<br />Debris
<br />On A Debris
<br />At The Base
<br />The Chalk
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<br />Flaw Channe I
<br />Fan
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<br />Debris Flow Channel
<br />Crossing State High-
<br />way 162 West Of
<br />Mount Princeton Hot
<br />Springs
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<br />[)ue to the llllcectdinty or the di.."ctio~ t~t 'lJc"~edi~g dc-brL" ftow,; will
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<br />take, the entire d.,)>rh h:'l ,Hea .hollld be reg"r(l"-d "s a geotog.tc h,.~ard.
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<br />'io portion of ""y f~n sh(}old be consid"red safe for development llnl,-,~"
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<br />addi.:lonal l~ol"l!tt and/or hyd~ol"g\c l~v~stiga~t"M d,""",r\"trote th.'t the
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<br />p"~~lbtlay of debris flow damage d<>"s not "-,,l~t, 'H that the ha~~rd can be
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<br />adequ~tely mltLgMed.
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<br />PLOOD PLAI~ ~^f,EMENT
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<br />The need to convey the flows of Ch.alk Creek safely <lnd to ",inirnhe property
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<br />damage d....e to tloodi.ng h.~~ been recognized by cou"ty planners. Subdi.viders
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<br />and developers are [equt~ed to g"bmlt p,oro""d sto,," dr,lLn~g" plUM to the
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<br />comay commlssione,s fo, apl"o~at. In the [last, drfitnage pl"n~ lm~e be,,,..
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<br />pr..paredaingularlyor<>nilplat-by-r1at Msis, Ioform;,cloocont",tn<,dln
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<br />thts rupon ~111 he "sduL In dev,'Ioping il "",gter dr"-!.o"ge plall for tl\"
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<br />st\ldy"rea, Thh rep"r~ I'rovlde," the ,,,,,11,,,, of flood hazar<l arcas On larile
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<br />.,<::..Le map. s;>eeUlcaUy for tnt, purpose.
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<br />CoLorado Natural Hnzard Area ~eguliltions - fiood ~lilin and Geolo~ic Ha~ard
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<br />rn 1914, tl\.. CoLorado (;cClcral Aosu",bly I',,"sud flo"sc BUt LOioi.., hUt
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<br />"co.~ccrnlng land os.., and provtdin~ for IdcntiHcat1on, dcotgnaUon, and
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<br />,,-d;"11l1str"~lon of .Hea" ,~od .u;Uvltl,'s of :;t<lt"- Interest, ..." (H.~. 1041,
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<br />'tltl.. 24, "'rnele 6';.1, CRS 197>, ,~s ,~"e",led). An'a~ of Sc~te tocQr"~c
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<br />indLldc ,"'tur"L h."~:,,d ar"."l, ,or t1\o~" ;1r<,,,~ thaL .H~ '"'0 .."h'crs~ ~o pan,
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<br />eut"rot\c, o~ forsee"~L(' coostrualon or l:\od u~e .," ~') <:",'"tlt,,~~ ~
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