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2002.
Description
This plan provides a general profile of mapping needs for Colorado utilizing statistical data, some of which is specific to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The plan focuses on the highest priority counties in Colorado, including the municipalities within those counties, and the floodplain mapping need of those counties. 25% of the counties in Colorado (16 counties), have been identified as "high priority". CWCB proposes to initiate work...
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Quick response research report volume 118
Pub. Date
[1999]
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This study analyzes the performance of emergency actions taken by local government in response to a major flash flood event.
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 300
Pub. Date
1978.
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During the evening hours of 31 July 1976 heavy precipitation fell along the Colorado Front Range resulting in flash flooding in the Big Thompson Canyon causing the death of 139 people with 35.5 million dollar damage. This report utilizes GOES-1 infrared (IR) imagery to estimate the heavy convective precipitation during the Big Thompson Flood.
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1975.
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This report was prepared by the Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Colorado Water Conservation Board, El Paso County and the Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments. Primary purposed of this report is to provide maps of the flood hazard areas so that local governments can develop flood plain regulations.Included in the report are engineering and hydrologic data which will facilitate the use of the maps....
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2016.
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"The CWCB selected the Big Thompson Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 8 Watershed (HUC ID 10190006) for Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14) Discovery effort. The watershed is in North Central Colorado, encompassing parts of Larimer, Weld, and Boulder Counties, and was significantly impacted by the 2013 floods. This Discovery effort aims to optimally leverage and integrate post-flood engineering analyses, mitigation initiatives, and lessons learned. The 2013 flood...
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2004.
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This 2004 Business Case Plan (Plan) for the State of Colorado serves as the States "notice of interest" to participate in Flood Map Modernization activities. This Plan was prepared to assist the CWCB with identifying statewide map update goals and objectives and to assist FEMA in the development of regional and national plans for implementing the Multi-hazard Map Modernization Program. This Plan summarizes the role that Colorado intends to play in...
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"What if Atlantis wasn't a myth, but an early precursor to a new age of great flooding? Across the globe, scientists and civilians alike are noticing rapidly rising sea levels, and higher and higher tides pushing more water directly into the places we live, from our most vibrant, historic cities to our last remaining traditional coastal villages. With each crack in the great ice sheets of the Arctic and Antarctica, and each tick upwards of Earth's...
19) Flood warning
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[2016]
Accelerated Reader
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You are lying in bed listening to the soft sound of rain. It has been coming down for hours. Now something is changing. The rain sounds harder and louder, and there is water running down the road, which looks like a small river. What is happening? You are hearing and seeing the start of a flood. Read and find out about the different kinds of floods, how they start, and how to stay safe. Featuring vocabulary bolded throughout the text, this book also...