WSP07943

• File Number: 5700
• Description: Flood Protection Section - Flood Control Projects
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 10/25/1982
• Author: CWCB
• Title: Debris and Flood Control Plan for Portland and Cascade Creeks at Ouray - Colorado - Final Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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~.~ Available Data
Exiscing data from many sources were compiled to form much of the data

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used in this study. A portion of this work had been completed by the

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in this study.

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I. :lood Information Report, Uncompahgre River, Ouray County, Colorado,
prepared by A&S Consultants, Inc.,. April 1978.

2. "Flood Damage Assessment," prepared by David Vince, August 7. 1981.

J. Miscellaneous black and white photographs of floods in Ouray from 1951,
1965 and 1981.

4. Miscellaneous black and white photographs of the Ouray flume taken in
1978.

5. Copy of town minutes dated July 26, 1909, relating to the construction of
the f lUIne.

6. Miscellaneous newspaper accounts of the 1981 and 1982 floods.

7. Hydrology Report, Floodplain Information Study, Uncoapahgre River and
Tributaries, Ouray County, Colorado, prepared by Neil S. Grigg, August
1977.

8. USGS, "Flood Prone Area Map," Ouray Quadrangle.

9. Preliminary Flood Damage Assessment for the 1982 flood by David Vince.

10. The Ouray Herald; July 23, 30; August 20, 27; Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24;
October 15, 1909.

11. The Ouray Herald and The Plain Dealer; July 29; Sept. 2, 16; 1927, and
August 2, 1929.

12. The Ouray County !lerald; August 10, 17, 1951.

13. The Ouray County Plaindealer; July 16, 1981 and August 26, 1982.

Mapping and Aerial Photography

1. One set of sepias for mapping of Ouray with one-foot contours at 1"=200'.

2. Aerial photography of the area at scales of 1"=200' and 1"=1,000'.

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OSGS 7-1/2 minute quadrangle (Ouray, Colorado and Wetterhorn peak).

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