FLOOD10800

• Designation Number: 592
• County: Routt
• Community: Routt County and Incorporated Areas
• Title: FIS - Routt County and Incorporated Areas
• Date: 2/4/2005
• Prepared For: Routt County
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Current FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

1. 0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 1

1.1 Purpose of Study ...................................................................................... 1

1.2 Authority and Acknowledgments................................................................... 1

1.3 Coordination ........................................................................................... 2

2.0 AREA STUDIED .............................................................................................. 4

2.1 Scope of Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4

2.2 Community Description.............................................................................. 6

2.3 Principal Flood. Problems.......................................................................... 17

2.4 Flood. Protection Measures ........................................................................ 22

3.0 ENGINEERING METHODS............................................................................. 23

3.1 Hydrologic Analyses ............................................................................... 23

3.2 Hydraulic Analyses................................................................................. 30

4.0 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT APPLICA nONS............................................... 34

4.1 Flood.plain Boundaries ............................................................................. 36

4.2 Flood.ways ............................................................................................ 37

5.0 INSURANCE APPLICATION ........................................................................... 38

6.0 FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP .................................................................... 56

7 . 0 OTHER STUDIES........................................................................................... 56

8.0 LOC A TIO N OF D A T A.. · · · · · · · · · . . . . . . . . . · . · . · · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 58

9.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES............................................................... 58