FLOOD10307

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Guidelines for Determining Flood Hazards on Alluvial Fans
• Date: 2/23/2000
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

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Figure 1

Alluvial Fan With Entrenched Channel Leading to
Active Deposition at Distal Part of the Fan (Reproduced with permission from the National
Research Council, Figure 3-2, @ 1996, The National Academy Press, Washington, DC;
annotations added by FEMA)