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FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY ROUTT COUNTY, COLORADO (UNINCORPORATED AREAS) 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose of Study This Flood Insurance Study investigates the existence and severity of flood hazards in the unincorporated areas of Routt County, Colorado, and aids 1n the administration of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. This study has developed flood risk data for various areas of the community that will be used to establish actuarial flood insurance rates and to assist the community in its 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. In some states or conununities, floodplain management criteria or regul.ations 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 authori ty National Flood Insurance Protection Act of 1973. for this Flood Insurance Study are the Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for this study were performed by the U. S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey (USGS), for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), under Inter-Agency Agreement No. lAA-EMW-85-E-1823, Project Order No. 24. This study was completed in May 1987. 1.3 Coordination An initial community coordination meeting was held in February 1985 to determine the streams to be studied by detailed methods. The meeting was attended by representatives of the study contractor, FEMA, and the community. On August 23, 1988, the results of this study were reviewed and accepted at a final coordination meeting attended by representatives of the study contractor, FEMA, and the community.