Site Five - El Paso Bridge and City Hall

City Hall is located near El Paso Bridge, one of the many stone arch bridges in Manitou Springs. Let's take a closer look at the area to determine whether city government would be disrupted by a major flood. Please answer the following question, and be sure to use data and information from other parts of the exercise to support your answers.

Question:

(1) The large ruler on the wall of El Paso Bridge (Fig. 1) shows the highest flood of the year. What is the projected height of the 100-yr. flood in this location?


Figure 1. El Paso Bridge.

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