FLOOD03255

• Designation Number: 293
• County: Rio Grande
• Community: Del Norte
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Title: Floodplain Management Study - Rio Grande River near Del Norte
• Date: 9/1/1988
• Designation Date: 1/1/1989
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Correspondence

FPR 293

COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
721 State Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203

January 20, 1989

R ~ R Q ~ MIl Q N

WHEREAS, a floodpla in informat ion report ent i tled "Flood
Plain Management Study, Rio Grande Near Del Norte," dated
September, 1988, has been prepared by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, at the request of Rio
Grande County; and

WHEREAS, the said report includes detailed study reaches for
the Rio Grande (Unincorporated Areas) on January 20, 1989, in
Rio Grande County, Colorado; and

WHEREAS, the said
floodplains for the storm
study reaches: and

report describes and outlines the
and floodwater runoff channels for the

WHEREAS, the Board of County commissioners of Rio Grande
County has requested the Colorado Water Conservation Board to
designate and approve the floodplains set forth in the aforesaid
report; and

WHEREAS, Section 37-60-106(l) (c), Colorado Revised Statutes,
requires the <::0 I o_ta_do , Wat_er c::onservation Board to assist in the
prevention of floods and flood damages-therefrom; and

WHEREAS, Sections 3l-23-30l and 30-28-111. Colorado Revised
Statutes, provide that legislative bodies of local jurisdictions
may provide zoning regulations for land uses on or along any
storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin only after
designation and approval by the Colorado Water Conservation
Board; and

WHEREAS, Section 37-60-l06(l)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes,
directs the Colorado Water Conservation Board to designate and
approve storm or floodwater runoff channels or basins and to
make such designations available to legislative bodies of local
jurisdictions: and

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