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<br />FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY <br /> <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />1.1 Purpose of Study <br /> <br />This Flood Insurance Study revises and updates a previous Flood <br />Insurance Rate Map for the Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, <br />Colorado. This information will be used by Estes Park to update <br />existing flood plain regulations as part of the regular phase of <br />the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The information will <br />also be used by local and regional planners to further promote <br />sound land use and flood plain development. <br /> <br />In some states or communities, flood plain management criteria or <br />regulations may exist that are more restrictive or comprehensive <br />than the minimum Federal requirements. In such cases, the more <br />restrictive criteria take precedence and the State (or other <br />jurisdictional agency) will be able to explain them. <br /> <br />1.2 Authority and Acknowledgments <br /> <br />The sources of authority for this Flood Insurance Study are the <br />National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster <br />Protection Act of 1973. <br /> <br />The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for this study were <br />performed by Gingery Associates, Inc., for the Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency (FEMA), under Contract No. H-40l7. This study <br />was completed in July 1977. <br /> <br />Revised hydraulic analyses for the Big Thompson River, Fall River, <br />and Black Canyon Creek were performed by Simons, Li & Associates, <br />Inc. (SIA), for FEMA, under Contract No. EMW-83-C-1167. This work <br />was completed in April 1985. <br /> <br />1.3 Coordination <br /> <br />The community base map was selected and streams requ1r1ng detailed <br />study were identified in meetings attended by personnel of the <br />study contractor, FEMA, Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) <br />Larimer County, and Town of Estes Park in March and April 1976. <br /> <br />The results of the study were reviewed at a final coordination <br />meeting in September 1977. No significant problems affecting the <br />study were identified. <br /> <br />Streams requiring revision were identified at a meeting attended <br />by representatives of the study contractor, FEMA, and Town of <br />Estes Park in April 1983. <br />