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On December 13, 1977, the results of the study were presented at a final coordination meeting, which was attended by representatives of the study contractor, FIA, the Town of Wellington, and Larimer County. The study was accepted by all parties present at this meeting. Comments from the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) which affected hydraulic computations have been incorporated into this study. In 1991, the CWCB requested that information contained in the 1983 SCS study be used to revise the Flood Insurance Study for the Town of Wellington and Larimer County (Reference 1). 2.0 AREA STUDIED 2.1 Scope of Study . This Flood Insurance S,tudy covers the incorporated areas of the Town of Wellington, Larimer County, Colorado. The a~ea of study is shown on the Vicinity Map (Figure 1). Floods caused by the overflow of Boxelder Creek and Coal Creek affecting the Town of Wellington were studied in detail. The areas studied by detailed methods were selected with priority given to all known flood hazards and areas of projected development or proposed construction through 1992. 2.2 Community Description The Town of Wellington is located County, in northeast Colorado. miles northeast of Fort Coll ins. 1970, and grew to a population Census (Reference 3). in the eastern part of Larimer Wellington is approximately 10 It had a population of 691 in of 1,215, according to the 1980 Floodplain development in Wellington is residential and commercial, with most of this development occurring in the shallow flooding area of Coal Creek. Boxelder Creek flows southward through the western side of Wellington. Coal Creek flows southerly through Larimer County. The channel ends several miles north of Wellington and the water flows through agricultural fields until it enters the channel in the southeast part of town. For purposes of this study, a stream baseline has been delineated for Coal Creek through Wellington. 2