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<br />INTRODUCTIilN <br /> <br />Preface <br />This floodplaln Information feport for reaches of Lake Fork of the <br />Gunnison River and Henson Cr~~k, located in tne vicinity of the Town of <br />Lake City. '~dS prepared by '~est'~ater Engineering Inc. of Pal isade, Colorado. <br />The parties requesting the study included the Town of Lake City, Hinsdale <br />County ano the Colorado ~ater Conservation Soard. <br /> <br />Author:zation <br /> <br />This report was authorized by the Colorado '~ater Conser'la-:ion Bcaf'J <br />jointly ~ith the Town of LaKe City and HinSdale County. Specific tasks <br />fOf tnis study were performed according to the terms of the contract <br />dated April 22, 1985 between westWater Engineering, Inc. oi pali sade, <br />Colorado, and the Town of LaKe City. <br /> <br />Copies of this report are available for public distribution upon request <br />and availability of the stock at the below listed offices. A nominal fee, to <br />cover the printing cost, is charged for each copy. The Technical Addendum to <br />this report is also available at the same offices. A limited number of the <br />Technical Addendum copies were published, thus making it available for review <br />purposes only rather than public distribution. The Addendum inclUdes the basiC <br />data and calculations used to perform the hydrology and hydraulic analysis for <br />this study. <br /> <br />The Board's power and duty is .. <br />"to devise and formulate methods, means and plans for bringing <br />about the greater utilization of the waters of the state and the <br />prevention of flood damages therefrom and to designate and appro~e <br />5tor~ or floodway runoff channels or basins, and to make such <br />designations available to legislative bOdies of cities and Incorporated <br />towns; to county planning comnissions; andtOboardsofadjustrnentsof <br />cities; incorporated towns; and counties of this state..." <br /> <br />Town of Lake City Town Hall <br />P,O.Box544 Municipal Building (3rdStreet) <br />Lake City, Colorado 81235 <br /> <br />as stated in Section 37~60.106 (1) (c) of the ColoradO Revised Statutes. <br /> <br />~insdale County Court House <br />Gunnison Avenue <br />lake City, Colorado 81235 <br /> <br />The cities, incorporated towns, and counties within the stUdy area may <br />>,rovidewnirlg regulations ... <br /> <br />"toestablish,regulate, restrict, and limit such uses on or along <br />any storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin, as such storm or flood. <br />water runoff channel or basin has been designated and approved by the <br />Colorado "ater Conservation Board, in order to lessen or avoid the <br />hazards to persons and damage to property resulting from the accumulation <br />of storm or floodwaters..." <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Soard <br />721StateCentennla!Building <br />1313 Shenman Street <br />Denver, ColoradO 80203 <br /> <br />as stated in Section 30-28-111 for county governments and Section 31-23-201 <br />for municipal governments of the Colorado ~e~ised Statutes. <br /> <br />Therefore, IJPon official approval of this report by the Colorado '~ater <br />Conservation Board, the areas described as heing innundated by the 100-year <br />flood (Inten'!'tediate Regional Flood) 1/ can be designated as flood hazard <br />areas and thel~ use ~egulated accordingly by the local agencies. <br />11 <br />The terms "lntermediateR~ional Flood", "100-Year frequency flood" and <br />"one percent chance flood" can be used interchangea!>lyas they are de fine<! by <br />t~e same type of flood event (see Glossary). However, for consistency, the <br />term "100-yedrflood" 'dill lle used exclusively throughout tnis report. <br />2 <br />