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FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose of Study The purpose of this Flood Insurance Study is to investigate the existence and severity of flood hazards in the City of Wiggins, Morgan County, Colorado, and to aid in the administration of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. Initial use of this information will be to convert Wiggins to the regular program of flood insurance by the Federal Insurance Adrninistrationa Further use of the informa- tion will be made by local and regional planners in their efforts to promote sound land use and flood plain development. 1.2 Coordination Streams requiring detailed study were identified in a public meeting attended by personnel of Gingery Associates, Inc., and the Federal Insurance Administration, and officials of the City of Wiggins on June 29, 1976. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Soil Conservation Service, and officials from the city of Wiggins were contacted during the course of the study. The final community coordination meeting for Wiggins was held on August 24, 1977, and was attended by personnel of Gingery Associates, Inc., and the Federal Insurance Administration, and officials of the City of Wiggins. Problems resulting from this meeting have since been corrected. 1.3 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 Gingery Associates, Inc., for the Federal Insurance Administration, under Contract No. H-4017. This work, which was completed in July 1977, covered all significant flooding sources affecting the City of Wiggins.