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FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY TOWN OF FRUITA, MESA COUNTY, COLORADO 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose of Study This Flood Insurance Study revises and updates a previous Flood Insurance Study/Flood Insurance Rate Map for the Town of Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado (Reference 1). This information will be used by the Town of Fruita to update existing floodplain regulations as part of the Regular Phase of the Nat ional Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The information will also be used by local and regional planners to further promote sound land use and floodplain development. In some states or communities, floodplain management criteria or regulations may exist that are more restrictive or comprehensive than the minimum Federal requirements. In such cases, the more restrictive criteria take precedence and the State (or other jurisdictional agency) will be able to explain them. 1.2 Authority and Acknowledgments The sources of authority National Flood Insurance Protection Act of 1973. for thi s Act of Flood 1968 Insurance and the Study Flood are the Disaster The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for the initial study were performed by MSM Consultants, Inc., for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), under Contract No. H-47l0. This study was completed in September 1979. The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for the restudy were performed by J.F. Sato and Associates, Inc., for FEMA, under Contract No. EMW-89-C-2838. These analyses were completed in June 1990. 1.3 Coordination The initial Consultation and Coordination Officer (CCO) meeting for the original study was held on March 23, 1978, and attended by representatives of the Town of Fruita, the Federal Insurance Administration, and the study contractor. During this meeting the nature and purpose of the study and the scope and the limits of work were discussed. On January 24, 1979, an intermediate coordination meeting was held in the City of Grand Junction to discuss the progress of the study and the limits of work. In attendance were representatives of the Federal Insurance Administration, the study contractor, and the Colorado Water Conservation Board. No representatives from Fruita attended the meeting.