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<br />5.3 Flood Insurance Zones <br /> <br />After the determination of reaches and their respective Flood <br />Hazard Factors, the entire a.r.ea of the City of Aspen ',vas <br />divided into zones, each having a specific flood potential or <br />hazard. Each zone was assigned one of the following flood <br />insurance zone designations: <br /> <br />Zone A: <br /> <br />Special Flood Hazard Areas inunda':"d <br />by the lOa-year flood, determined by <br />appr 0]( ima te method s; no ba s e flood <br />ele'vations shown or Flood Hazal:ci <br />Factors determined. <br /> <br />Zones AI, A2, and A3: <br /> <br />Special Flood Hazard Areas inundated <br />by the 100-y'~ar flood, determined by <br />detailed methods; base flood <br />el~;~v(;ltions shown, and zones <br />subdivided according to Flood Hazard <br />Facto:!::3 .. <br /> <br />Zone B: <br /> <br />Areas between the Special Flood <br />Hazard Areas and the limits of the <br />500-year flood, including areas of <br />the :'d)O-year floodplain that are <br />protected f,:om the lOa-year flood by <br />dike, levee, or other water control <br />structure; also areas subject to <br />certain type,s of lOa-year shallow <br />flooding where depths are less than <br />1.0 foot; and areas subject to 100- <br />year flooding from sources with <br />dra'.nage areas J.E~SS than J. square <br />mile. Zone B is not subdivided. <br /> <br />Zone C: <br /> <br />Are,,,,: of minim"ll flooding; <br />subdivided. <br /> <br />not <br /> <br />The flood elevation differences" Flood Ha2:ard Factors, f;'ood <br />insurance zones, and bGlse flood elevations for each flooding <br />source studied in detail in the community are summarized in <br />Table 3. <br /> <br />5.4 Flood Insurance Rate Map Description <br /> <br />The Flood Insurance Rate Map for the City of Aspen is, for <br />insurance purposes, the princif~l result of the Flood Insurance <br />Study. This map (published sE!paratelyl contains the official <br />delineation of flood insurance zones and base flood elevation <br /> <br />-.9,- <br />