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<br />0513 <br /> <br />REPORT ON FLOOD CONTROL REQUIREMENTS AND BENEFITS FOR <br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION NARROWS DAM AND RESERVOIR <br />SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN, COLORADO <br />November 1911 <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />REQUEST AND AurHORITY <br /> <br />This descriptive flood control report on the authorized <br />Narrows Unit was requested by letter dated 12 August 1971 from the <br />U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Regional Office, Lower Missouri Region, <br />Denver, Colorado, to the District Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer <br />District, Omaha, Nebraska. Data previously furnished in several <br />letter reports are included in this report. The authority for <br />preparation of tqis report is contai~ed in Section 1 of the 1944 <br />Flood Control Act. <br /> <br />SCOPE <br /> <br />The estimates of flood damages, flood control benefits, and <br />flood control storage requirements for the authorized Narrows Unit <br />project are of survey scope. Dam and reservoir operating data for <br />the Narrows Dam and Reservoir were furnished by the Bureau. <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION OF BASIN <br /> <br />LOCATION <br /> <br />The South Platte River basin is bounded by the North Platte <br />Ri ver basin on the north, .the Continental Divide on the west, the <br />Arkansas and Republican River basins on the south and southwest, <br />