FLOOD02815

• Designation Number: 280
• County: El Paso
• Community: Monument
• Stream Name: Crystal Creek & Dirty Woman Creek
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: Flood Hazard Identification Report - Crystal Creek and Dirty Woman Creek, Monument, Colorado
• Date: 2/1/1987
• Designation Date: 5/1/1987
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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RECOMMENDATIONS

The findings of the hydrologic and hydraulic investigations can be
used for a number of floodplain management activities, These activities
include:

Implementation of floodplain zoning.
Floodproofing structures,
Sizing stream crossings and bridges,
Preparation of a flood control feasibility analysis,
Public awareness of flood problems,

By authority vested in Section 30-28-111 of the Colorado Revised
Statutes for county governments and Section 31-23-201 for municipal
governments, the cities, towns, and counties within the study area may
enact certain flood-related controls and regulations ,"

",.,to establish, regulate, restrict, and limit such uses on
or along any storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin, as such
storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin has been designated and
approved by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, in order to
lessen or avoid the hazards to persons and damage to property
resulting from the accumulation of storm or floodwaters.,,"

Therefore, upon official approval of this report by the Colorado
Water Conservation Board, the areas described as being innundated by the
100-year flood can be des ignated as flood hazard areas and their use
regulated accordingly by the local agencies, It is recommended that such
regulation be enacted upon such designation,

Following acceptance of this study, the Town of Monument may
request to be converted from the Emergency Phase of the Nati ona 1 Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP) to the Regular Phase through the "special
conversion provision" of the program. It is recommended that the results
of this study be incorporated into any new Flood Insurance Rate Maps
(FIRM's) put out by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for this
area, Specifically, the flood boundary shown in the "Flooded Area Maps"
in this report could be used to replace the flood boundary as shown in
the Federal Emergency Management Agency's FIRM of December 18, 1986 (see
Exhibit 2). Upon Monument I s conversion to the regular phase of the
National Flood Insurance Program, additional amounts of flood insurance
coverage will be available to dwellings within the 100-year floodplain,
Exhibit 3 gives some information on National Flood Insurance Program
coverage available.

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