FLOOD01637

• County: Chaffee
• Community: Buena Vista
• Title: FIS - Buena Vista
• Date: 3/30/1982
• Prepared For: Buena Vista
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Current FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

A second coordination meeting was held on October 26, 1979, attended
by town and county officials, longtime residents of Buena Vista, and
the study contractor, Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. infonned the Town of
their intentions and solicited any infonnation on new developments or
existing problems in the study area.

A legal notice was placed in the Chaffee County Times one day a week,
for three consecutive weeks, beginning October 23, 1979. This was to
notify a 11 interested persons of the begi nni ng of the study and its
objectives and to sol icit any relevant facts and technical data con-
cerning local flood hazards.

Federal, state and local agencies were contacted regarding the avail-
ability of any reports, studies, or investigations which may contain
infonnation relative to flooding problems in the community. Infonna-
tion was received from FEMA, CWCB and SCS.

During the course of the study, the results of hydrologic analyses and
flood elevations and boundaries, in the fonn of a Flood Hazard Anal-
ysis for Cottonwood Creek, prepared by SCS in cooperation with CWCB,
Cha ffee County and the Town of Buena Vi sta (Reference 1), were re-
viewed. As a result of this review and coordination with FEMA and
CWCB, the infonnation supplied was used in this Flood Insurance Study.

2.0 AREA STUDIED

2.1 Scope of Study

This Flood Insurance Study is confined to the
areas of the Town of Buena Vista, Colorado.
shown on the Vicinity Map (Figure 1).

designated incorporated
The area of study is

The limits of detailed and approximate studies in Buena Vista were
detennined by FEMA with community and study contractor consultation at
the meeting in June, 1979.

Floods caused by overflow of Cottonwood Creek were studied in detail
within the corporate limits of Buena Vista. The areas studied by
detailed methods were selected with priority given to all known flood
hazard areas, and areas of projected development or proposed construc-
tion for the next five years, through January, 1985.

Floods caused by overflow of the Arkansas River were studied by
approximate methods, within the corporate limits of Buena Vista.
Approximate analyses were used to study those areas having a low
development potential or minimal flood hazards. The scope and methods
of study were proposed to and agreed upon by FEMA, and the Town of
Buena Vi sta .

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