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<br />.,.---, I.\V"'- <br />V r-..\ <br /> <br /> <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />Washington, D.C. 20472 ReCeIVED <br />JUL 1 9 2(D) AUG 0 ~ ?OIIO <br /> <br />CERTIFIED MAIL <br />RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED <br /> <br />IN REPLY REFER TO: <br />Case No.: ;:00"08~054P <br /> <br />CoIomdo Water conservalion i' <br /> <br />The Honorable Charles C. Brown <br />Chairman, EI Paso County <br />Board of Commissioners <br />27 East Vermijo Avenue, Third Floor <br />Colorado Springs, CO 80903-2208 <br /> <br />Commnnity: EI Paso County, CO <br />Community No.: 080059 <br />Panel Affected: 08041 C0825 F <br />Effective Date of AUG 1 8 2(0) <br />This Revision: <br /> <br />102-I-C <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Brown: <br /> <br />This responds to a request that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) revise the effective <br />Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for EI Paso County, Colorado and Incorporated Areas, in accordance with <br />Part 65 of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations. In a letter dated November 19, 1999, <br />Mr. Dan Bunting, Regional Floodplain Administrator, Pikes Peak Regional Building Department, requested <br />that FEMA revise the FIRM to show the effects of a detailed hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that <br />incorporated more detailed topographic information to reflect existing watershed conditions along Black <br />Squirrel Creek from just upstream to approximately 5,000 feet upstream of McDaniels Road and along an <br />unnamed tributary to Black Squirrel Creek (unnamed tributary) from its confluence with Black Squirrel <br />Creek to approximately 2,000 feet upstream. <br /> <br />All data required to complete our review of this request were submitted with letters from Mr. Leonard A. <br />Beasley, Project Engineer, Leigh Whitehead & Associates, Inc., and Mr. Bunting. Because this Letter of <br />Map Revision (LOMR) is based on flood hazard information meant to improve upon that shown on the flood <br />map or within the flood study, and does not partially or wholly incorporate manmade modifications within <br />the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), the area that would be inundated by the flood having a I-percent <br />chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood), fees were not assessed for the review. <br /> <br />We have completed our review of the submitted data and the flood data shown on the effective FIRM. We <br />have revised the FIRM to modify the floodplain boundary delineations of the base flood along Black Squirrel <br />Creek from just upstream to approximately 5,000 feet upstream of McDaniels Road and along the unnamed <br />tributary from its confluence with Black Squirrel Creek to approximately 2,000 feet upstream. As a result <br />ofthe modifications, the widths of the SFHAs for Black Squirrel Creek and the unnamed tributary increased <br />in some areas and decreased in other areas. The increases in SFHA width are the result of more detailed <br />topographic information. No insurable structures are affected by the increases in SFHA width. The <br />modifications are shown on the enclosed annotated copy ofFIRMPanel(s) 08041C0825 F. This Letter of <br />Map Revision (LOMR) hereby revises the above-referenced panel(s) of the effective FIRM dated March 17, <br />1997. <br /> <br />The modifications are effective as of the date shown above. The map panel(s) as listed above and as <br />modified by this letter will be used for all flood insurance policies and renewals issued for your community. <br /> <br />A review of the determination made by this LOMR and any requests to alter this determination should be <br />made within 30 days. Any request to alter the determination must be based on scientific or technical data. <br />