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<br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />will, upon request, beprOivded by theCmaha District, Corosof <br />Engineers. Zoning or other regulation of flood f\laln use 15 a lcea I <br />responslblllty, but the Corps of Enq!neerswill provide guidelines <br />if requested. "pamphlet, "Guldel ines for Roouclng Flood Damages," <br />IIndabooklet"lnfroductiontoFloodProollng"canbesuopllad. <br />The Information given In this report doos not Imolyany <br />Federa! Interest or authority to:!:oneor regulate use of the flood <br />plainS. The flood profiles and flooded area data presentedarebasoo <br />On existing conditions of thedr",ln<lgeb",sln, stream and valley at <br />the time the report was prepared, ",nd are reasonable, r",ther than <br />precise, indications of probable occurrences. Urbanization 01 the <br />drainage basin may Incrwserunoff and flooding. Theusetowhlch <br />floodplain Information will bepu1" Is the responslbi I l1"y of lceal <br />au1"horltles. <br /> <br />This report defines the flood characteristics of 8a~r <br />Creek in Morrison, ColoradO and vicinity and of I~unt Vernon Creak <br />whicn joins Bear Creek at Morrison. Morrison Is 7mlles w"st of <br />Denver and IS situated just to the WAst of tMHooback, a north- <br />south trending high ridge that roughly marks the physloqraphlc <br />change from the mountains eastward to the high pl<llns. This report <br />was prepared In response to an applicatIon frm the Town of Morrison <br />through the Colorado Water Conserv~tlon Soard. <br />ne basin ~nd stream characteristics, fIOOd..!/ histories <br />and probable future etfects of major tlooding are described In this <br />report. Two potontia I floods, lnterm"d iate Reg iona I and St~ndard <br />Project, are usod to represent two dt!grees of major flooding that <br />may occur In the future. These two floods are fully defined In the <br />Glossary--pcagos20and21--andshouldbegivenapproprlatecon- <br />51doratlon In planning tor safety of developments in the flood plain. <br />neflood ha:!:ard <lreasdeflned by the two potential floods <br />are shOwn on the plates followl"'l tbe text of this report. Flooded <br />area maps show fho approximate areaS that would be inundated. Flood <br />prof i Ie.,..!! show the depths of w~ter relative to the streambed and <br />banks and flood elevations across the width of the valley. The cross <br />soctiorlslndicateground level across the valley and the overlying <br />flood depths. <br />Possible future improvements to con1"rol floods are not a <br />consideration of this report. Flood hazard information is provided <br />for the guidance of locelofflclllls In planning the use and rogullltlon <br />of the flood plain and as public lnlormation. Awarenossanduseof <br />these dat,~ will hel p avo I d the danqers and dam"ges from future flood s. <br />Technical asslstilnce to Federal. State, and localaqencies <br />for Interpretation and use of the information contained in this report <br /> <br />1/ <br />Soe Glossary of Terms <br /> <br />" <br />