FLOOD10652 ‎(2)‎

• County: Chaffee
• Community: Chaffee County and Unincorporated Areas
• Title: FIS - Chaffee County and Unincorporated Areas
• Date: 3/4/1987
• Prepared For: Chaffee County
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Current FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Purpose of Study

This Flood Insurance Study investigates the existence and severity
of flood hazards in the unincorporated areas of Chaffee County,
COlorado, and aids in the administration of the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of
1973. This study has developed flood risk data for various areas
of the community that will be used to establish actuarial flood
insurance rates and assist the community in its efforts to promote
sound flood plain management. Minimum flood plain management re-
quirements for participation in the National Flood Insurance Pro-
gram (NFIP) are set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations at 44
CFR, 60.3.

This Flood Insurance Study was prepared by compiling existing hydro-
logic and hydraulic technical and scientific data prepared originally
for purposes other than the NFIP. The data were identified as the
best available at the time of compilation of this Flood Insurance
Study and should depict the general conditions of the flooding
sources with relative accuracy. The Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) performed a cursory review and accepted the data as
valid for purposes of this Flood Insurance Study and the NFIP.
However, if better information is known to exist or has been de-
veloped since the date of this study, the information should be
immediately forwarded to the address below for consideration for
revision of this study.

Natural and Technological Hazards Division, FEMA
Denver Federal Center, Building 710
Box 25267
Denver, Colorado 80225-0267

In some states or communities, flood plain management criteria or
regulations may exist that are more restrictive or comprehensive
than the minimum Federal requirements. In such cases, the more
restrictive criteria take precedence and the State (or other juris-
dictional agency) will be able to explain them.

1.2 Authority and Acknowledgments

The sources of authority for this Flood Insurance Study are the
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protec-
tion Act of 1973.

The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for the South Arkansas River
and Poneha Creek performed by Water Resources Consultants, Inc.,