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. . . INTRODUCTION Authorization The CWCB has certain statutory responsibilities relating to the designation and approval of flood water runoff channels or basins as follows: ... "to devise and formulate methods, means, and plans for bringing about the greater utilization of the waters of the state and the prevention of flood damages therefrom, and to designate and approve storm or floodwater runoff channels or basins, and to make such designations available to legislative bodies of cities and incorporated towns, to county planning commissions, and to boards of adjustment of cities, incorporated towns, and counties of this state"..., Section 37-60-106(1)(c) of the Colorado Revised Statues (CRS). A CWCB designation and approval of current floodplain information is needed for the incorporated areas of the Town of Walsh, Colorado. The CWCB has prepared this report as a means of designating Walsh's FHBM so that the community can better implement its floodplain management program. Purpose and Scope This Floodplain Information Report (FIR) was prepared to provide supporting documentation for the approximate IOO-year floodplain boundaries shown on the Walsh FHBM, dated June 28, 1974. The FHBM was prepared using approximate floodplain techniques. It was not accompanied by a report detailing its engineering basis or its uses for floodplain management. This FIR provides engineering information to fulfill that need. This FIR includes: Authorization for the report and its purpose and scope; Study area description including information on the community, the watershed, and any known flooding history/flooding problems; A brief discussion of the community's response to the CWCB' s designation and approval process; Description of hydrologic and hydraulic information; Floodplain management program; and Copy of the community's Flood Hazard Boundary Map.