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<br />A final coordination meeting for this reach of the study was held on <br />November 7, 1977. The meeting was attended by FEMA, officials from <br />the Town of Erie, interested local groups, and GAl. <br /> <br />On October 6, 1987, a meeting was held between representatives of <br />FEMA, the Town of Erie, and the U.S. Department of the Interior, <br />Bureau of Reclamation. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss <br />the detailed analysis of flood hazards along Coal Creek, south of <br />the UPRR. The Town of Erie provided maps, which were used in the <br />analysis. <br /> <br />In addition, the SCS, U.s. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Army Corps <br />of Engineers (USACE), and the ewcs were contacted for pertinent <br />technical information regarding flood hazards within the Town of <br />Erie. The SCS provided a copy of its flood hazard analysis, "Coal <br />Creek and Rock Creek, Boulder, and Weld Counties, Colorado," dated <br />October 1976. The SCS also provided hydraulic backwater computer <br />model input data for Coal Creek near Erie. The USGS provided copies <br />of floodprone area maps for the study area. The USACE indicated <br />that it had no pertinent technical information that could be <br />included in the Coal Creek study. <br /> <br />The CWCS provided a copy of the Technical Addendum, "Floodplain <br />Information, Flood Control and Floodplain Management Plan for Coal <br />Creek at Erie, Colorado," prepared by WRC, dated August 1980. The <br />addendum contained copies of the HEC-2 computer modeling for a <br />portion of the study area. Robinson Engineering, Inc. (REI), was <br />contacted in response to a recommendation from the Town of Erie. <br />REI provided detailed topographic mapping for a portion of the study <br />area (Reference 1). <br /> <br />2.0 AREA STUDIED <br /> <br />2.1 Scope of Study <br /> <br />This FIS covers the incorporated areas of the Town of Erie, <br />Colorado. <br /> <br />The areas studied by detailed methods were selected with priority <br />given to all known flood hazard areas and areas of projected <br />development or proposed construction through 1989. Floods caused by <br />Coal Creek and the Coal Creek West Line Overflow were studied in <br />detail. <br /> <br />2.2 Community Description <br /> <br />The Town of Erie is approximately 40 miles north of Denver, in the <br />southwest corner of Weld County and the northeast corner of Boulder <br />County, in north-central Colorado. <br /> <br />2 <br />