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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 0;)1133 7. Work Elanent: . Background: Lead Agency: Financing : Schedule: 8. Work Elanent: Background : Lead Agency: Financing: Schedule: 9. Work Element: Background : Lead Agency: Financing: Schedule: 'Make a study of existing public use facilities, . campgrounds and backcountry campsites in Ibcky l>buntain National Park relative to flood hazard. The rrore than 200 backcountry campsites, cross country camping zones, trails, and other park facilities need to be assessed relative to the oc=ence of catastrophic flood events. National Park service with assistance of other agencies National Park Service To be acccmplished during the next field season. (May-September of 1983) Request a Corps of Engineers Section 205 Sll'all Flood Control project study if a flood hazard is identified. Upon crnpletion of a revised flood insurance study and provided that a flood problan is clearly shown to exist, Estes Park, at their discretion, could request a Section 205, srrall flood control project be urrlertaken by the U.S. Army corps of Engineers. This study would identify both the non-structural as well as the structural alternatives to the flood- ing problans within Estes Park. Town of Estes Park Corps of EngineersjTown of Estes Park long-term mitigation opportunity Prepare a handl:xx>k for dam owners rntlinir,g a simple procedure for mapping the inundation zone below dams. Mapping of the inundation zone of a darn failure, also known as the catastrophic floodplain, can be ccmplex or simple, depending on the level of detail needed. A simple procedure has been developed by the Colorado Water Conservation Board which oould be used by dam owners to make a quick and inexpensive approximation of the flood toundaries. Colorado Water Conservation Board/I'he State Engineer Under investigation One year 10