FLOOD01577

• County: Hinsdale
• Community: Hinsdale County and Incorporated Areas
• Title: FIS - Hinsdale County and Incorporated Areas
• Date: 9/30/1987
• Prepared For: Hinsdale County
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Current FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

6.0 FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP

The Flood Insurance Rate Map is designed for flood insurance and
floodplain management applications.

For flood insurance applications, the map designates flood insurance
rate zones as described in Section 5.0 and, in the rOO-year floodplains
that were studied by detailed methods, shows selected whole-foot base
flood elevations or average depths. Insurance agents use the zones and
base flood elevations in conjunction with information on structures and
their contents to assign premium rates for flood insurance policies.

For floodplain management applications, the map shows by tints, screens,
and symbols, the 100- and 500-year floodplains, the floodways, and the
locations of selected cross sections used in the hydraulic analysis and
floodway computations. Historical data relating to the maps prepared
for Hinsdale County, Colorado, and Incorporated Areas are presented in
Table 5, Community Map History.

7.0 OTHER STUDIES

This Flood Insurance Study was prepared by compiling existing hydrologic
and hydraulic technical and scientific data prepared by other organiza-
tions originally for purposes other than those of the NFIP. The data
was identified as the best available at the time of compilation of this
Flood Insurance Study and should depict the general conditions of the
flooding sources with relative accuracy. FEMA performed a cursory
review and accepted the data as valid for purposes of this Flood
Insurance Study and the NFIP. However, if better information is known
to exist or has been developed since the date of this report, the
information should be immediately forwarded to the Natural and
Technological Hazards Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Denver Federal Center, Building 710, Box 25267, Denver, Colorado
80225-0267 for consideration for revision of this study.

A Flood Hazard Boundary Map has been published for the community
(Reference 4). The differences between the Flood Hazard Boundary Map and
this study are justified due to the more detailed nature of this Flood
Insurance Study.

This report either supersedes or is compatible
published on streams studied in this report
authoritative for the purposes of the NFIP.

with all previous studies
and should be considered

8.0 LOCATION OF DATA

Jnformation concerning the pertinent data used in the preparation of
this study can be obtained by contacting the Natural and Technological
Hazards Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Denver Federal
Center, Building 710, Box 25267, Denver, Colorado 80225-0267.

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