FLOOD02373

• County: Teller
• Community: Teller County and Incorporated Areas
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: FIS - Teller County and Incorporated Areas
• Date: 9/30/1988
• Prepared For: Teller County
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Current FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Purpose of Study

This Flood Insurance Study investigates the existence and severity
of flood hazards in the geographic area of Teller County,
including the Cities of Cripple Creek and Woodland Park and the
unincorporated areas of Teller County (hereinafter referred to
collectively as Teller County), 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 for this Flood Insurance Study are the
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973.

The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for this study were
performed by J.F. Sato and Associates, Inc., for the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), under Contract
No. EMW 84-C-1631. This study was completed in September 1985.

Previous hydrologic and hydraulic studies were used in developing
the hydrology and flood elevation data. On Fountain Creek, the
results of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (CaE) hydrologic study
(Reference 1) were utilized for discharges at the downstream study
limit. Local drainage reports were also used (References 2 and 3)
for comparative purposes. On the Loy Gulch basin, a hydrology
report by Aspen Engineering (Reference 4) was used as the basis
for estimating flows above State Highway 67.

1.3 Coordination

Streams requiring study by detailed and approximate methods were
identified at the initial community coordination meeting attended
by representatives of the study contractor, FEMA, the City of
Woodland Park, and Teller County on April 6, 1984.