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<br />As is required for participation in the NFIP, each participating community has an official <br />map designating the Special Flood Hazard Areas. Within each county-by-county <br />accounting of hazard vulnerability, there is a list of the official flood hazard map panel <br />#'s. No flood hazard maps are included with this plan, due to their total number and <br />volume. These maps, however, are available through each community's Building or <br />Planning Department or at www.fema.gov <br /> <br />Within the entire planning area, Morgan County is the only county that has "Q3" <br />(digitized) flood data available. Morgan County is currently developing their GIS <br />capability, which will allow them to use this data. Some communities (Weld County, <br />Sterling, Limon, and Brush) have GIS, CADD, or other computer assisted graphic <br />capabilities where they can display, merge or otherwise manipulate their specific <br />floodplain data to facilitate the floodplain inventories that were completed. For the most <br />part, however, the FEMA/NFIP paper maps were utilized manually to conduct the <br />floodplain inventories. In some cases, such as Elbert County, this information was <br />supplemented with maps from the CWCB. <br /> <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />20 Miles <br />, <br /> <br />Morgan County Q3 Flood Data. Source: FEMA CD 98Q3CD2, FIPS 08087 <br /> <br />~r1'l(l <br /> <br />\) <br /> <br />Morga. 03 floodplain. <br />Ull00 ye.. floodplain <br />D 500 yo.. floodplain <br />DOut <br />T e'l County tlalt."" <br />D Counly houn dOli.. <br />Te.t Municipalky Ilamos <br />EEm Fire perimetenl 2002 <br />D Municipal boulIll..les 199 <br /> <br />N <br /> <br />w+. <br /> <br />s <br /> <br />Interestingly, the Q3 map above depicts that a significant percentage of Morgan County <br />is within an identified Special Flood Hazard Area. However, as the county-by-county <br />assessments and community flood hazard area inventories will reinforce, most of the <br />floodplains outside the incorporated communities are undeveloped. <br /> <br />28 <br />