FLOOD11637

• County: Montezuma
• Community: Montezuma County and Incorporated Areas
• Basin: San Juan/Dolores
• Title: FIS - Montezuma County and Incorporated Areas
• Date: 9/26/2008
• Prepared For: Montezuma County
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Current FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

Zone D
Zone D is the flood insurance rate zone that corresponds to unstudied areas where
flood hazards are undetermined, but possible.
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FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP
The Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) gs designed for flood insurance and floodplain
management applications.
For flood insurance applications, the map designates flood insurance rate zones as
described in Section 5.0 and, in the 1-percent annual chance floodplains that were studied
by detailed methods, shows selected whole-foot ~FEs or average depths. Insurance
agents use the zones and BFEs in conjunction with information on structures and their
contents to assign premium rates for flood insurance policies.
For floodplain management applications, the map shows by tints, screens, and symbols,
the 1-percent annual chance floodplain, and the location of selected cross sections used in
the hydraulic analysis.
The current FIRM presents flooding information for the entire geographic area of
Montezuma County, Colorado. Previously separate Flood Hazard Boundary Maps
(FHBMs) and/or FIRMs were
community within the county.
prone community, prior to this
Map History".
OTHER STUDIES
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prepared for each identified flood prone incorporated
Historical data relating the maps prepared for each flood
countywide FIS are presented in Table 4"Community
This Flood Insurance Study was prepared by compiling existing hydrologic and hydraulic
technical and scientific data. The data was identified as the best available at the time of
compilation of this Flood Insurance Study, and should depict the general conditions of
the flooding sources with relative accuracy. FEMA performed a cursory review and
accepted the data as valid for purposes of this Flood Insurance Study and the NFIP.
However, if better information is known to exist or has been developed since the date of
this report, the information should be immediately forwarded to FEMA, Mitigation
Division, Denver Federal Center, Building 710, Box 25267, Denver, Colorado 80225-
0267 for consideration of revision of this Flood Insurance Study.
This Flood Insurance Study supersedes the following studies:
The Flood Insurance Study for Montezuma County, Colorado, Unincorporated
Areas, which was prepared on May 4, 1989.
The Flood Insurance Study for flie Town of Dolores in Montezuma County,
Colorado, which was prepared on September 29, 1989.
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