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<br />FPR 97-447 <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />721 State Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />March 20, 1997 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency completed a floodplain <br />information map entitled" Floodplain Hazard Boundary Map, Town of Aguilar, Colorado" <br />dated July II, 1975; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said new report includes approximate floodplain delineation for Gonzales <br />Creek within the corporate limits of the Town of Aguilar as they were on July II, 1975 but does <br />not include hydrology information for Gonzales Creek; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Colorado Water Conservation Board has never designated and <br />approved the approximate floodplain information included in said FHBM; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, a new floodplain information report entitled "Floodplain Information Report, <br />Town of Aguilar, Colorado" dated March 3, 1997 has been prepared by the Colorado Water <br />Conservation Board; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said new report for the Town of Aguilar includes approximate floodplain <br />information for Gonzales Creek within the corporate limits of the Town of Aguilar as of July II, <br />1975; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said new report incorporates floodplain delineations of the Flood Hazard <br />Boundary Map dated July 11, 1975; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the hydrology for Gonzales Creek has been estimated in accordance with the <br />Guidelinesfor Determining IOO-Year flood Flows For Approximate Floodplains; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the drainage basin for Gonzales Creek which extends upstream from the Town <br />of Aguilar is less than 12 square miles but larger than one-half (0.5) square mile; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the use of the U.S. Geological Survey publication, Techniques For <br />Estimating Regional Flood Characteristics of Small Rural Watersheds in the Plains Region of <br />Eastern Colorado, for stream reaches within drainage basins less than 25 square miles but greater <br />than one-half (0.5) square mile for Arkansas River Subregion Ark-2, was endorsed by the <br />Guidelines For Determining IOO-Year Flood Flowsfor Approximate Floodplains; and <br />