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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />PREFACE <br /> <br />This Floodplain Information Report (FIR) is part of a program by the Colorado Water Conservation <br />Board (CWCB) to make approximate floodplain maps prepared by the Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency (FEMA) easier for local governments to use, This CWCB report provides <br />limited engineering information to support the approximate delineations on the FEMA maps, and it <br />provides floodplain management information to guide the local governments in the use of the maps, <br /> <br />The official floodplain information for Fort Morgan is the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), dated <br />February 5, 1986. The FIRM was prepared by FEMA, however it does not include any engineering <br />information to describe basis of the approximate floodplain mapping. The initial purpose of this <br />report, therefore, is to provide the City with limited supporting information for the approximate <br />floodplain delineations, This FIR includes a description of available hydrologic information for the <br />South Platte River that was originally developed by the Corps of Engineers. In addition, the FIR <br />gives the City some basic information about floodplain management and it gives some alternatives <br />that could be considered in formulating and implementing its floodplain management objectives. <br /> <br />A second function of this report is to assure that the FIRM meets the basic techoical requirements <br />for designation and approval by the CWCB. Without the inclusion of the hydrologic information, <br />the approximate floodplain information on the Fort Morgan FIRM cannot qualify for CWCB <br />designation. Colorado statutes require that local governments obtain from the CWCB the <br />designation and approval of floodplain information for its use in regulatory purposes. This FIR <br />provides a means for the FIRM to meet that statutory objective. <br />