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FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose of Study This Flood Insurance Study investigates the existence and severity of flood hazards in the City of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, and aids in the administration of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. This study has developed flood risk data for various areas of the community that will be used to establish actuarial flood insurance rates and assist the community in its efforts to promote sound flood " plain management. Minimum flood plain management requirements for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) are set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations at 44 CFR, 60.3. In some states or communities flood plain management criteria or regulations may exist. that are more restrictive or comprehensive than the minimum Federal requirements. In such cases, the more restrictive criteria take precedence and the State. (or other jurisdictional agency) will be able to explain them. 1.2 Authority and Acknowledgments The sources of authority National Flood Insurance Protection Act of 1973. for this Act of Flood 1968 Insurance Study are the and the Flood Disaster The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for this study were performed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), Albuquerque District under Inter-Agency Agreement No. H-7-76, Project Order No. 12, Amendments No.2 and 6, and by Camp Dresser McKee, Inc. (CDM) , under Contract No. EMW-C-0046 for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This work was completed in July 1982. The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses of Dry tributaries were performed by KKBNA Incorporated. completed in January 1984. Creek This and its work was 1.3 Coordination . An initial coordination meeting was held in May 1975 and was attended by representatives of the COE, FEMA, Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB), and City of Colorado Springs Land Use and Public Works Department. A second coordination meeting was held on September 21, 1979, and attended by city and county officials; representatives of FEMA and CWCB, the pikes Peak Area Council of Governments, and the study contractor. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the nature of the study, the scope and limits of work, and flood information currently available concerning the community.