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<br />FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY <br /> <br />1,0 INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />1.1 Purpose of Study <br /> <br />The purpose of this Flood Insurance Study is to investigate the <br />existence and severity of flood hazards in the Town of Steamboat <br />Springs, Routt County, Colorado, and to aid in the administration <br />of the Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protec- <br />tion Act of 1973. Initial use of this information will be to <br />convert Steamboat Springs to the regular program of flood insurance <br />by the Federal Insurance Administration. Further use of the infor- <br />mation will be made by local and regional planners in their efforts <br />to promote sound land use and flood plain development. <br /> <br />1.2 Coordination <br /> <br />Prior to initiation of this Flood Insurance study, the u.s. Army <br />Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, was engaged in making a <br />Flood Plain Information study of the steamboat Springs area. That <br />study, which was being conducted under the authority of Section 206 <br />of the 1960 Flood Control Act (Public Law 86-645), as amended, was <br />discontinued on authorization of the Flood Insurance Study. A <br />brief, interim report on the flood situation in steamboat Springs <br />was published in lieu of a Flood Plain Information report, and <br />information and materials developed for the Flood Plain Information <br />study were used in the Flood Insurance Study (Reference I). The <br />search for basic data for both reports included sending a notice of <br />study initiation to a standardized list of interagency addressees. <br />Each notice included a request for an expression of interest in the <br />study and information on pertinent data and materials that could be <br />made available. Possibly productive leads, thus developed, were <br />followed up during the course of the studies. A summary of contacts <br />made follows: <br /> <br />Date <br /> <br />Contact <br /> <br />May 1974 <br /> <br />u.S. Soil Conservation Service <br /> <br />May 1974 <br /> <br />Colorado Department of Highways <br /> <br />June 1974 <br /> <br />Routt County Regional Planning <br />corrunission <br /> <br />June 1974 <br /> <br />The Steamboat Pilot (local newspaper) <br /> <br />,Tune 1974 <br /> <br />Bud Werner Memorial Library <br /> <br />October 1974 <br /> <br />Dismuke & Dismuke, Inc. <br />