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<br />Mapping Plan for Colorado <br /> <br />1.0 Introduction <br /> <br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) has been serving Colorado's floodplain management <br />needs since its creation 65 years ago in 1937. Since 1966 the CWCB has been participating in the <br />preparation of and state regulatory approval of floodplain maps for Colorado's watercourses. When the <br />National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) was created, the CWCB was designated as the State of <br />Colorado's NFIP state coordination agency. CWCB is proud of its long tradition of serving Colorado's <br />floodplain management needs, including the preparation and approval of floodplain maps. With that <br />tradition in mind, we are pleased to present the Colorado Map Modernization Implementation Plan <br />(MMIP) . <br /> <br />The Colorado MMIP incorporates features common to the plans of the other 49 states, as called for by <br />FEMA, and features unique to Colorado. The purpose of this plan is to guide the improvement of Flood <br />Insurance Studies and other Floodplain Information Reports in Colorado during the next decade and <br />beyond. While it is anticipated that many of the floodplain mapping projects in Colorado in the next <br />decade will be supported by substantial funding from FEMA, that will not be the only source of funding <br />of floodplain studies for Colorado's communities. This plan has attempted to consider the important <br />objectives of FEMA's Map Modernization program while simultaneously considering the objectives of <br />the CWCB's ongoing floodplain mapping program and the possibility of funding other than FEMA <br />funding for accomplishing floodplain mapping, including objectives not directly related to the NFIP. <br /> <br />1.1 Background and Purpose of Plan <br /> <br />The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) flood hazard maps are one of the fundamental <br />tools for flood hazard mitigation in Colorado and in the United States in general. In Colorado, many flood <br />hazard maps have been prepared by entities other than the Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />(FEMA). However, more of these maps have been prepared by FEMA than by any other entity, so <br />FEMA's maps are very important to current and future flood hazard mitigation activities in Colorado. <br />Unfortunately, as shown in the figure below, most of the FEMA flood hazard maps in Colorado have <br />become outdated. <br /> <br />Figure 1 - Age of Effective Map Panels <br /> <br />5% <br /> <br /> <br />33% <br /> <br />28% <br /> <br />Age of Effective Map Panels <br /> <br />0< 5 year old (5%) (102 panels) <br />.5 to 10 years old (33%) (610 panels) <br />010-15 years old (28%) ( 528 panels) <br />0> 15 years old (34%) (632 panels) <br /> <br />12/26/2002 <br /> <br />Page 1 of 38 <br />