FLOOD01727

• County: La Plata
• Community: La Plata County and Unincorporated Areas
• Title: FIRM - La Plata County and Unincorporated Areas - Panel 259C
• Date: 5/21/2001
• Prepared For: La Plata County
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Current FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

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KEY TO MAP

SOO-Year Flood Boundary
100-Year Flood Boundary

Zone Designations

100-Year Flood Boundary

SOO-Year Flood Boundary---------

Gravel Pit
Bridge

Base Flood Elevation Line
With Elevation In Feet**

513

Base Flood Elevation in Feet
Where Uniform Within Zone**

(EL 987)

Elevation Reference Mark

RM7X

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Zone 0 Boundary------

River Mile

-M1.5

**Referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929

EXPLANATION OF ZON E DESIGNATIONS

ZONE
A

EXPLANATION

Areas of 100-year flood; base flood elevations and
flood hazard factors not determined.

Areas of 100-year shallow 'flooding where depths
are between one (1) and three (3) feet; average depths
of inundation are shown, but no flood hazard factors
are determined.

Areas of 100-year shallow flooding where
are between one (1) and three (3) feet; base
elevations are shown, but no flood hazard factors
are determined.

Areas of 100-year flood; base flood elevations and
flood hazard factors determined.

Areas of 100-year flood to be protected by flood
protection system under construction; base flood
elevations and flood hazard factors not -determined.

Areas between limits of the 100-year flood and 500-
year flood; or certain areas subject to 1 OO-year flood-
ing with average depths less than one (I) foot or where
the contributing drainage area is less than one square
mile; or areas protected by levees from the base flood.
(Medium shading)

Areas of minimal flooding. (No shading)

Areas of undetermined, but possible, flood hazards.

Areas of 100-year coastal flood with velocity (wave
action); base flood elevations and flood hazard factors
not determ ined.

Areas of lOO-year coastal flood with velocity (wave
action); base flood elevations and flood hazard factors
determined.

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AH

A 1- A30

A99

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V1-V30

NOTES TO USER

This map is for use in administering the National Flood Insurance Program;
it does not necessarily .identify all areas subject to flooding, particularly
from local drainage sources of small size, or all olanimetric features outside
Special Flood Hazard Areas. .

Areas of special flood hazard (lOO-year flood) include Zones A, Al-30, AE,
AH, AO, A99, V, Vl-30 AND VE.

Certain areas not in the Special Flood Hazard Areas (zones A and V) may be
protected hy flood control structures.

Coastal base flood elevations apply only landward of the shoreline shown on
this map.

For adjoining map panels, see separately printed Index to Map Panels.

INITIAL IDENTIFICATION:
JUNE 3, 1977

FLOOD HAZARD BOUNDARY MAP REVISIONS:

FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP EFFECTIVE:
DECEMBER 15,1981

FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP REVISIONS:

Map revised MARCH 16, 1995 to change base flood elevations, to
change special flood hazard areas. to reflect updated topographic
Information, and to change floodway.

ZON E C

To determine if flood insurance is available in this community,
contact your insurance agent, or call the.National Flood Insurance
Program, at [phone].

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APPROXIMATE SCALE IN FEET

. NATIONAL FLOOO INSURANCE

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FLOOD INSURANCE RATE

LA LATA COUNTY,
COLORl-\DO
(UNINCORPORATED AREAS)

259 OF 875

(SEE MAP INDEX FOR PANELS NOT PRINTED)

COMMUNITY..P ANEL
080097

MAP

Federal Emergency Management