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Floodplain Documents
Designation Number
375
County
Mesa
Community
De Beque
Title
Flood Insurance Study - DeBeque, CO, Mesa County
Date
4/1/1989
Designation Date
9/1/1994
Floodplain - Doc Type
Floodplain Report/Masterplan
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<br />FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY <br />TOWN OF DE BEQUE, MESA COUNTY, COLORADO <br /> <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />1.1 Purpose of Study <br /> <br />This Flood Insurance Study investigates the existence and <br />severity of flood hazards in the Town of De Beque, Mesa County, <br />Colorado, and aids in the administration of the National Flood <br />Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Di~aster Protection Act of <br />1973. This study will be used to establish actuarial flood <br />insurance rates and assist the commu'nity in their efforts to <br />promote sound floodplain management. Minimum floodplain <br />management requirements for participation in the National Flood <br />Insurance Program (NFIP) are set forth in the Code of Federal <br />Regulations at 44 CFR, 60.3, <br /> <br />This Flood Insurance Study was prepared by compiling pertinent <br />information for the flood hazard areas in the Town of De Beque, <br />Colorado, from existing technical and/or scientific data <br />originall y prepared by others for purposes other than those of <br />the NFIP. These existing data were reviewed by the Federal <br />Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) prior to their use in the <br />development of this Flood Insurance Study to ensure compl iance <br />with NFIP accuracy requirements. <br /> <br />In some states or communities, floodplain management criteri-a or <br />regulations may exist that are more restrictive or comprehensive <br />than those on which these Federal1y supported studies are basec, <br />In such cases, the more restrictive criteria take precedence and <br />the State (or other jurisdictional agency) will be able cb <br />explain them. <br /> <br />1.2 Authority and Acknowledgments <br /> <br />The source of authority for this Flood <br />National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 <br />Protection Act of 1973. <br /> <br />Insurance Study is the <br />and the Flood Disaster <br /> <br />The hydrologic <br />performed by the <br />Colorado. These <br /> <br />and hydraulic analyses for this study were <br />U.S. Soil Conservation Service (SCS), in Denver, <br />analyses were completed in August 1985. <br /> <br />1,3 Coordination <br /> <br />On February 9, 1988, the results of this study were reviewed and <br />accepted at a final community coordination meeting attended by <br />representatives of the town and FEMA.. <br />
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