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<br />Zone B: <br /> <br />Areas between the Special Flood Hazard <br />Areas and the 1 imi ts of the 500-year <br />flood, incl uding areas of the 500-year <br />flood plain that are protected frOO! the <br />lOO-year fl ood by di ke, 1 evee, or other <br />water control structure; al so areas <br />subject to certain types of lOa-year <br />shallow flooding where depths are less <br />than 1,0 foot; and areas subject to <br />laO-year fl oodi ng from sources with <br />drainage areas less than 1 square mile. <br />Zone B is not subdivided. <br /> <br />Zone C: <br /> <br />Areas of minimal flooding. <br /> <br />The flood elevation differences, Flood Hazard Factors, flood <br />insurance zones, and base flood elevations for each flooding source <br />studied in detail in the community are summarized in Table 3. <br /> <br />5.4 Flood Insurance Rate Map Description <br /> <br />The Flood Insurance Rate Map for the City of La Junta is, for <br />insurance purposes, the principal result of the Flood Insurance <br />Study. This map (publ ished separately) contains the official <br />delineation of flood insurance zones and base flood elevations <br />lines. Base flood elevation lines show the locations of the <br />expected whole-foot water-surface elevations of the base (IOO-year) <br />flood, This map is developed in accordance with the latest flood <br />insurance map preparation guidelines publiShed by FlA. <br /> <br />6.0 OTHER STUDIES <br /> <br />A SPEC IAL FLOOD HAZARD INFORMATION report wa s done for the Ci ty of La <br />Junta by the Albuquerque District Corp of Engineers in August, 1977. No <br />other studies were found to exist at the time of this report. <br /> <br />7.0 LOCATION OF DATA <br /> <br />Survey, hydrologic, hydraulic and other pertinent data used in this study <br />can be obtained by contacting the office of the Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency, Region VIII, Denver Federal Center, Building 710, <br />Denver, CD 80225. <br /> <br />8.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES <br /> <br />1. Department of the Army, Albuquerque District, Corp of Engineers, <br />Special Flood Hazard Information, Arkansas River, Anderson and King <br />Arroyos, August 1977. <br /> <br />2. Colorado Planning Demographic Division, Colorado Population Report <br />Series CP-26 #79 (C-ll, October, 1979. <br /> <br />15 <br />