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<br /> <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />Washington, D.C. 20472 <br /> <br />DEe 02 2002 <br /> <br />~~cc.o.. <br />on.: :,..",',r,P=,..... <br />I....ct t" . r./ <br /> <br />CERTIFIED MAIL <br />RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED <br /> <br />IN REPLY REFER TO: <br />Case No,: 02-08-269P Cofomdo'''t <br />C. C ,~va er Consbl1 <br />ommumty: Fremont ounty, CO '''''', <br />Community No.: 080067 <br />Panel Affected: 0342 C <br />Effective Date of MAR 1 9 2003 <br />This Revision: . . <br /> <br />DEe 04 [/Jut <br /> <br />The Honorable Joe Rail <br />Chairman, Fremont County <br />Board of Commissioners <br />615 Macon Avenue <br />Canon City, CO 81212 <br /> <br />102-I-A-C <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Rail: <br /> <br />This responds to a request that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) revise the effective <br />Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your community in <br />accordance with Part 65 of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations. In a letter dated <br />March 4, 2002, Mr. Bruce Beach, P.E., Chief, Hydrology and Hydraulics Section, US. Army Corps of <br />Engineers, Albuquerque District, requested, on behalf of the City of Florence, that FEMA revise the FIRM <br />and FIS report to spow the effects of improved hydrologic and hydraulic modeling that incorporated more <br />detailed topographiC information along Oak Creek from approximately 100 feet upstream of the Atchison, <br />Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (AT &SF) bridge crossing (approximately 5,500 feet upstream of the First <br />Street crossing) upstream approximately 4,300 feet to the Town of Williamsburg corporate boundary, <br /> <br />Additional modeling was performed within the Town of Williamsburg along Oak Creek from the corporate <br />boundary upstream approximately 3,000 feet to approximately 550 feet upstream of the Quincy Street <br />crossing. The flood hazard data shown on this area of the FIRM is for information purposes only. <br /> <br />All data required to complete our review of this request were submitted with letters from Mr. Beach. <br />Because this Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) is based on a detailed hydrologic or hydraulic study <br />conducted by a Federal, State, or local agency to replace an approximate study conducted by FEMA and <br />shown on the flood map, fees were not assessed for the review. <br /> <br />We have completed our review of the submitted data and the flood data shown on the effective FIRM and <br />in the effective FIS report, We have revised the FIRM and FIS report to modify the elevations, floodplain <br />boundary delineations, and zone designations of the flood having a I-percent chance of being equaled or <br />exceeded in any given year (base flood) along Oak Creek from approximately 100 feet upstream of the <br />AT&SF bridge to the Town of Williamsburg corporate boundary. As a result of the modifications, Base <br />Flood Elevations (BFEs) for Oak Creek were established, and the width of the Special Flood Hazard Area <br />(SFHA), the area that would be inundated by the base flood, increased in some areas and decreased in <br />other areas, The modifications are shown on the enclosed annotated copies of FIRM Panel 0342 C, Profile <br />Panels 6P(b) and 6P(c), and affected portions of the Summary of Discharges Table, This LOMR hereby <br />revises the above-referenced panel of the effective FIRM and the affected portions of the FIS report, both <br />dated March 17, 2002, <br /> <br />The modifications are effective as of the date shown above. The map panel listed above and as modified <br />by this letter will be used for all flood insurance policies and renewals issued for your community, <br />