FLOOD10843

• County: Pitkin
• Community: Pitkin County and Incorporated Areas
• Title: FIS - Pitkin County and Incorporated Areas - Vol 1
• Date: 10/19/1994
• Prepared For: Pitkin County
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Current FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

TABLE OF CONTENTS -- VOLUME 1

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

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

1 . 2 Author i ty and Acknowledgments ............................. 1

1. 3 Coordination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2 . 0 AREA S T U DIE D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2 . 1 Scope of Study ............................................ 2

2 .2 Comm.uni ty Description ..................................... 5

2.3 Principal Flood Problems ..................................6
2.4 Flood Protection Measures .................................8

3 . 0 ENGINEERING METHODS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3 . 1 Hydrologic Analyses ....................................... 9

3 . 2 H Y dr a u 1 i c An a 1 y s e s ....................................... 14

4.0 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS .............................15

4.1 Floodplain Boundaries .................................... 15

4 . 2 Floodways. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

5 . 0 INS URAN C E AP PL I CAT ION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5

6 . 0 FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

7 . 0 OT HE R S T U DIE S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8

8.0 LOCATION OF DATA............................................... 48

9 . 0 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES.................................... 48

10 . 0 REVI S ION DE S CRr PT ION S . . . . . . · · · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

10 . 1 Fir s t Rev is ion ........................................... 51

10.2 Second Revision ..........................................51