FLOOD03388

• County: Delta
• Community: Paonia
• Basin: Gunnison
• Title: FIS - Paonia
• Date: 9/16/1982
• Prepared For: Paonia
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Current FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

FLOOD INSURANCE STlmy

1. 0 I NTROD_UCTIOl>I

1.1 Purpose of Study

This Flood Insurance Study investigates the existence and severity
of flood hazards in the Town of paonia, Delta County, Colorado,
and aids in the administration of the National Flood Insurance
Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. This
study will be used to convert Paonia to the regular program of
flood insurance by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Local
and regional planners will use this study in their efforts to
promote sound flood plain management.

In some states or communities, flood plain management criteria
or regulations may exist that are more restrictive or comprehensive
than those on which these federally supported studies are based.
These criteria take precedence over the minimum Federal criteria
for purposes of regulating development in the flood plain, as
set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations at 44 CFR, 60.3.
In such cases, however, it shall be understood that the State
(or other jurisdictional agency) shall be able to explain these
requirements and criteria.

1.2 Authority and Acknowledgments

The source of authority for this Flood Insurance Study is the
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended.

The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for this study were performed
by MSM Consultants, Inc., for the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, under Contract No. H-4710. This work, which was completed
in September 19BI, covered all significant flooding sources affecting
paonia.

1.3 Coordination

An initial coordination meeting was held in paonia on March 24,
1978. This meeting, attended by representatives of the Town of
paonia, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the study
contractor, was held to discuss the nature and purpose of the
study and the scope and limits of work.

A legal notice announcing initiation of the study was placed in
the North Fork Herald-Chronicle on September 28, 197B, to notify
all interested persons to submit any relevant facts and technical
data concerning local flood hazards.

On January 25, 1979, an intermediate coordination meeting was
held to discuss the progress of the study and the limits of work.
In attendance were representatives of the Town of paonia, the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, the study contractor, and
the Colorado Water Conservation Board.