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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />PREFACE <br /> <br />This Floodplain Information Report (FIR) is part ofa program by the Colorado Water Conservation <br />Board (CWCB) to make approximate floodplain maps prepared by the Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency (FEMA) easier for local governments to use. This CWCB report provides <br />limited engineering information to support the approximate delineations on the FEMA maps, and it <br />provides floodplain management information to guide the local governments in the use ofthe maps, <br /> <br />The official floodplain information for Town of Ovid is the Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM), <br />dated November 21, 1978. The FHBM was originaIly prepared by the Federal Insurance <br />Administration. The map does not include any engineering information to describe the basis of the <br />approximate floodplain mapping. The initial purpose of this report, therefore, is to provide the <br />Town with limited supporting information for the approximate floodplain delineations. This FIR <br />includes a description of available hydrologic information for major flooding sources within or <br />adjacent to the Town. In addition, the FIR gives the Town some basic information about floodplain <br />management and it provides some alternatives that could be considered in formulating and <br />implementing floodplain management objectives. <br /> <br />A second function of this report is to assure that the FHBM meets the basic technical requirements <br />for designation and approval by the CWCR Without the inclusion of basic engineering <br />information, the approximate floodplain delineations shown on the Ovid FHBM cannot qualify for <br />CWCB designation. Colorado statutes require that local governments obtain from the CWCB the <br />designation and approval of floodplain information for its use in regulatory purposes. This FIR <br />provides a means for the FHBM to meet that statutory objective. As new and more detailed <br />floodplain information becomes available, the approximate floodplain areas shown on the FHBM <br />wiIl become superseded. The CWCB will designate and approve new information, and rescind old <br />information as appropriate. <br />