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<br />I. INTRODUCTION <br />The Town of Telluride, Colorado, is located in San Miguel County, <br />Colorado, near the headwaters of the San Miguel River. The San tiliguel River <br />flows through the southern portion of the Town of Telluride. Th,= Town is a <br />participant of the National Flood Insurance Regular Program, The flood boun- <br />daries and profiles of the San Miguel River were determined in an engineering <br />study completed in 1977 (Reference 1) and ,adopted by the Town, the Colorado <br />\jater Conservation Board (eWCB), and the F,ederal Emergency Management Agency <br />(FEMA) in 1978 (Reference 2). <br />Since the effective date of the Tellul"ide Flood Insurance Study (1978) <br />Inny changes have occurred to the physical surround'ings of the San Miguel <br />River. The Town selected the engineeY'ing firm of Simons, Li & Associates, <br />Inc. (SLA) to perform hydraulic calculations to account for all changes to the <br />floodplains and flood profiles of the San Miguel River. <br />The purpose of the study was to provide updated floodplain information <br />that takes into account the cumulative effects of floodplain modifications <br />that have occurred since 1978 and to provide the Town with an effective means <br />of regulating future flood fringe development. <br />The scope of this study included hydraulic computations to determine <br />water surface profiles for the 10-, 50-, 100-, and 500-year floods; deter- <br />mination of 100- and SOO-year floodpla,in boundaries and det.ermination of <br />100-year floodway boundari es. Additi onal study tasks i ncl uded preparati on of <br />a report, technical addendum, and fl oodpl ai n maps and water surfacE~ profil es. <br />