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<br />UiMFEE COUNTY, C01.0RAOO
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<br />I'l,.l~ {~for",,,tioll 3tlldi,,~ nnd ls resp""g{ble for ~~'rin8 ~riorirl~< "nd
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<br />sch~duling th~~e studLQs. The C\le8 and the SoU Conservarion S~fvk,-,
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<br />~ntered into a Joint Coordin"ti<>n Agree"enr f<.>r flood haT."rd '''lalyse~ 1"
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<br />JarlUary 1972 (revt.,'d No",,'mber 1978). The Plan of Study for Ch"lk Creek '~,'6
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<br />INTRODUCTION
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<br />pr"pared Ln ~Jrch 19/8 al1d ""I'pt~"'<!nted Ln April 1979 to include ;,ddltLonal
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<br />"",pping in th" debris flo,", (llIudflow) a.rea.
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<br />ThL~ Hood ll<l~"rd report present~ the r~sult. of a. study on ~he flood plains
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<br />and debris flo"(r.\udf1o...) "r"as "long Chalk Creek in Chaffee County ,
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<br />Scction 37-1>0-101>(1 lee), Colo<ado Revlsed 5tntutes 1973, "uthort~e8 the
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<br />Colorado. It WaS pr~pared by the U. 5. l).,part",.,nt of Ap,dcuttOJre, Soil
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<br />Colorado \oIater COllServ"tion Board "to designate and approve storm or flood-
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<br />COnservation Service, in eooperaUon ...1th th.e Colorado Water COllServation
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<br />...ater runoff channels or bas L"" , and to rnake such deslgn<lUons available to
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<br />80ard, Colorado Ceologtcal Survey and Chaffee County.
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<br />legtdatl""l>odteaofcltiesandincorporatedto"",,,s, to county planning
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<br />eO"'",1ss1ons, and to boards of adjuat:nent of dUes, tncorporated to""s, and
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<br />The obJective of this ~tudy is to provide natural ha~ard i"for_Uoo and
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<br />eountiasofthi6otata.
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<br />Tha Soa<d is prov1dingasslstance tolocll.l govern-
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<br />mapping to Chaffee County sO thnt flood ptain management progran\s can be
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<br />"",-nts1nthedeveloplllCntandadoptio"ofeffectlvefloodplalnordinanc"s.
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<br />illlple""'Ilt~d '"'hlch ...ill nllnlml,e the pote"n"l lo~ses from flooding aIld
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<br />In addition, the Board assists aud provldes flTlilncial assistance for flood
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<br />d"bris flo...s (mudfto...a). Induded tn the r~port ace ''''glneertng and hydro-
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<br />plain Infocmntton studies In Colorado.
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<br />l<>gtcdata...hich"Ul fae11itate the devclol'"..,nt ofa flood pl.o1 nlll/lnageroont
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<br />ph.n, rDad ~"d hrl.dge pla"~ 'lnd d"~l;;:,,, and non-structur3i .1nd/or s~ructur,,1
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<br />S..rtl.-." 11l-2il-lil f...~ r"""ty ~:"v~r~""'~t~ "~~ ~eetl~n 11-21-2Ql fn ,,,..,,,i~t?,,l
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<br />flood ~ontrol me,1surcs (if "e"ded).
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<br />governlllents of the Color"do R.nvi~cd Stat.utes 1971, stiltes' The dtles,
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<br />Lncorporatedto...ns,..ndcount1es"irh.1nthestudy..rea""yprovide zoning
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<br />The <epun loclud~s a deaCflp~ion dnd deH"~atLon of debds fans "nd "sso-
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<br />regulations: "...to eat"bliah, regulate, <estrict, and limit sucll uses on
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<br />d<lted debrLs fto"" On the north slde of Chalk Creek. Interp.etntlons of
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<br />0< "long nny ~t"rlll oc floodwHer ..un<>if ch...nnel or Msln that has be..,n
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<br />the flood h.1~"rd study and <eeommc'nd.1tlons to cedu~e d3mJ.ges <lr" tneluded:
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<br /><I~~!e".'I~<! "rd a~:,c~ve"- !>y the (olor"d" \h~c~ Co:'l~cn'atJ.c~. .'lo::lrd, in o~dcr
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<br />ho,",,,ve r, It is heyond the scope of this report to provtde Je~d ll~d or
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<br />to lesseo or .1",01d thc h"'''f<ls to person~ allJ da"",!;.' to property result Lng
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<br />~~edfLc plans t<> rectify thI' fV"'dtng <'lnd Milrh fto,", pr"hle:ns.
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<br />fr<.>m the ,Jceu",,,htLon of atom or fteod..."t"rs.....
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<br />This H"dy ....." <~qlL('"""d ~y Ch"ff,,~ Cn"flty ~\'w"l,\h ~he Colorado '/later
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<br />Therefore, Ilpon offid.ll '~provill '.If tld, report by tile C"l"rado '.;ater
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<br />Co"""rv..~ii\n ~o",rd (CWf.ij). The' C.'C~ Ls the 31."~~ c'",cdlrt'ltor for "II flood
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<br />C<.>ns~r"'at1on Bo.ud, ~he ,,.cas de3crlh~d .~" heIng l"undat~d by ~he lOO-yc,u
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