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<br />The flood elevation differences, Flood Hazard Factors, flood insurance <br />zones, and base flood elevations for each flooding source studied in <br />detail in the community are summarized in Table 3. <br /> <br />5.4 Flood Insurance Rate Map Description <br /> <br />The Flood Insurance Rate Map for the Town of Buena Vista is, for <br />insurance purposes, the principal result of the Flood Insurance Study. <br />This map (published separately) contains the official delineation of <br />flood insurance zones and base flood elevations lines. Base flood <br />elevation lines show the locations of the expected whole-foot water- <br />surface elevations of the base (lOO-year) flood. This map is devel- <br />oped in accordance with the latest flood insurance map preparation <br />guidelines published by FEMA. <br /> <br />6.0 OTHER STUDIES <br /> <br />In July 1979, SCS completed a flood study of Cottonwood Creek, in the <br />vicinity of Buena Vista, Colorado (Reference 1). Information of this study <br />was made avail abl e to the study contractor and the results of thi s fl ood <br />study are reasonable and, therefore, were adopted for this flood insurance <br />study. <br /> <br />Thi s study is authori tati ve for the purposes of the Na ti ona 1 Flood I nsur- <br />ance Program; data presented herein either supersede or are compatible with <br />all previous determinations. <br /> <br />7.0 LOCATION OF DATA <br /> <br />Survey, hydrologic, hydraulic, and other pertinent data used in this study <br />can be obtained by contacting the office of the Federal Emergency Manage- <br />ment Agency, Region VIII, Denver Federal Center, Building 710, Denver, <br />Colorado 80225. <br /> <br />8.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES <br /> <br />1. U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, Denver, <br />Colorado, in cooperation with the Colorado Water Conservation Board, <br />Chaffee County, and the Town of Buena Vista, Flood Hazard Analyses <br />Cottonwood Creek in the Vicinity of Buena Vista, Chaffee County, <br />Colorado, July 1978. <br /> <br />2. Colorado Planning Demograhic Division, Colorado Population Report <br />Series CP-26 #79(C-1), October, 1979. <br /> <br />3. WSP2 Computer Program, Technical Release No. 61, Engineering Division, <br />Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture, <br />1976. <br /> <br />14 <br />