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<br />STUDY TO BE DESIGNATED <br /> <br />J?EMAlFIA Floodplain Mappinv: <br />\VHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Insurance <br />Administration (FIA) completed a Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM) entitled "Flood Hazard <br />Boundary Map, Town of Kiowa, Colorad.o, (Elbert County)" dated September 6, 1974 and <br />subsequently revised said map on February 27, 1976; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said map dated February 27, 1976 includes approximate floodplain <br />delineations for specific geographic areas within incorporated portions of the Town of Kiowa, as <br />they were on February 27, 1976; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Town of Kiowa does not participate in the National Flood Insurance <br />Program (NFIP), but said map would serve as the official map for the Town of Kiowa for purposes <br />of the NFIP if the town chose to participate in the NFIP; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said map is deficient due to a lack of technical information to support the <br />approximate floodplain delineations and due to approximate floodplain delineations which are <br />inaccurate and outdated; and <br /> <br />CWCB Floodplain Information Re'port <br />'WHEREAS, the Colorado Water Conservation Board has prepared a new report entitled <br />"Floodplain Information Report, Town of Kiowa, Elbert County, Colorado" (FIR) dated March <br />1999 that provides technical and floodplain management information to revise and update the <br />approximate floodplain delineations contained on said floodplain map dated February 27, 1976; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said FIR includes, for reference purposes only, the approximate floodplain <br />delineations dated February 27, 1976 prepared by FIA, without the revisions and corrections <br />subsequently made by the CWCB; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said FIR includes approximate floodplain delineations prepared by the <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board for the: following drainageways within the Town of Kiowa <br />and adjacent portions of unincorporated Elbert County, as listed in Table 2 below; and <br /> <br />Table 2 <br />Drainav:ewav~: in the Town of Kiowa <br /> <br /> <br />Eastern Tributary to Kiowa Creek <br />Southeast Tributary to Kiowa Creek <br /> <br />confluence with Kiowa Creek <br />confluence wjth Kiowa Creek <br /> <br />North subtributary to Southeast <br />Tributary to Kiowa Creek <br /> <br />confluence with Southeast <br />Tributary to Kiowa Creek <br /> <br />u/s corporate limit <br />confluence with North <br />subtributary <br />U/S corporate limit <br /> <br />2 <br />