FLOOD00342

• County: Fremont
• Community: Fremont County and Unincorporated Areas
• Title: FIS - Fremont County and Unincorporated Areas
• Date: 3/17/2002
• Prepared For: Fremont County
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Historic FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY
FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO (UNINCORPORATED AREAS)

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Purpose of Study

This Flood Insurance Study (FIS) investigates the existence and
severity of flood hazards in the unincorporated areas of Fremont
County, Colorado, and aids in the administration of the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act
of 1973. This FIS study will be used to establish actuarial flood
insurance rates and assist. in the conununity in their efforts to
promote sound floodplain management. Minimum floodplain
management requirements for participation in the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP) are set forth in the Code of Federal
Regulations at 44 CFR, 60.3.

This FIS was prepared by compiling pertinent information for the
flood hazard areas in the unincorporated lireas of Fremont County
from existing technical and/or scientific data originally prepared
by others for purposes other than the NFIP. The existing data
were reviewed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
prior to its use in the development of this FIS to ensure
compliance with NFIP regulations.

In some states or communities, floodplain management criteria or
regulations may exist that are more restrictive or comprehensive
than those on which these Federally-supported studies are based.
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
Insurance Act
1973.

of authority for this FIS are the National Flood
of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of

The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses used to prepare this FIS
were performed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE),
Albuquerque District in 1978 (Reference 1), Great Divide
Engineering & Surveying in October 1981 (Reference 2), and Camp
Dresser & McKee, Inc., in June 1982 (Reference 3) when preparing
Flood Plain Information Reports for the area.

1.3 Coordination

On December 13, 1988, the results of this study were reviewed and
accepted at a final coordination meeting attended by repre-
sentatives of the community and FEMA.