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FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose of Study The purpose of this Flood Insurance Study is to investigate the existence and severity of flood hazards in the City of Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County, Colorado, and to aid in the administration of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. Initial use of this information will be to convert Idaho Springs to the regular program of flood insurance by the Federal Insurance Administration. Further use of the information will be made by local and regional planners in their efforts to promote sound land use and flood plain development. 1.2 Coordination The streams. studied in this report were agreed to by representatives of the City of Idaho Springs, the Federal Insurance Administration, and Black & Veatch, Consulting Engineers. A meeting was held on May 26, 1976, to acquaint the Mayor and town officials with the Flood Insurance report. A library search was made for historical information on past flooding and other background data. On April 14, 1976, review drafts of this report were submitted to the Federal Insurance Administration Consultation Coordination Officer and to the Mayor of Idaho Springs for review. On December 12, 1977, this Flood Insurance study was reviewed at a final coordination meeting attended by personnel of the Federal Insurance Administration and Black & Veatch, Consulting Engineers, as well as members of the community, including the Mayor. No problems were raised at this meeting. 1.3 Authority and Acknowledgments The source of authority for this Flood Insurance Study is the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended. The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for this study were performed by Black & veatch, Consulting Engineers, for the Federal Insurance Administration, under Contract No. H-3834. This work, which was completed in March 1978, covered all significant flooding sources affecting the the City of Idaho Springs.