FLOOD10845

• County: Pitkin
• Community: Pitkin County and Incorporated Areas
• Title: FIS - Pitkin County and Incorporated Areas - Vol 3
• 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 Purpo s e 0 f Study .......................................... 1

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

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

2 . 0 AREA S T U 0 I ED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2 . 1 Scope 0 f Study ............................................ 2

2 .2 COInInuni ty Description ..................................... 5

2 . 3 Pr incipal Flood Problems .................................. 6
2.4 Flood Protection Measures .................................8

3 . 0 EN G I NE E R IN G MET HOD S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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

3.2 Hydraulic Analyses ....................................... 14

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

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

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

5. 0 INSURANCE APPLICATION.......................................... 45

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

7 . 0 OTHER STUDIES.................................................. 48

8 . 0 tOCA T ION 0 F DA T A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8

9.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES ....................................48

10.0 REVISION DESCRIPTIONS ..........................................51

10.1 First Revision ........................................... 51

10 . 2 Second Revis ion .......................................... 51