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<br />ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO <br />FLOOD RISK DIRECTORY <br />SEPTEMBER 3,'991 <br /> <br />DESCRIPT3:l:lN <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />This directory was developed for the Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency (FEMA), Region VIII. The purpose of the flood <br />risk directory is to identify struct.ures loca.ted wi thin FEMA- <br />established flood hazard areas of Ar.~paho'e County, Colorado. The <br />directory identifies the address(~s and physic,:!l characteristics <br />of properties that are subject to floodin';J from the 100-year <br />flood. <br /> <br />AUTHORITY ~rD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS <br /> <br />This "pi.lot survey" was conducted by 'the Oma,ha District Corps <br />of Engineers, (COE) in accordance with a 1 August: 1990 task letter <br />from FEMA, Region VIII, as part of the FEJI1A/COE Community <br />Assistance Program. <br /> <br />SCOPE OF STUDY <br /> <br />This flood risk directory was dE~veloJ?ed as a pilot survey to <br />affirm the methodology, ti.me, and cost nel~essary for such a <br />project. The information presented in this directory was <br />developed from a "windshield" reconnaissance survey conducted in <br />July 1990. The survey was accomplished by two individuals--one <br />who drove and interpreted the flood plain and one who entered the <br />data into a lap-top computer. Descriptions of the data fields, <br />as they are configured for the data base, are shown in Table 1. <br />All structures inventoried for the flood lrisk directory are shown <br />in Table 2. <br /> <br />During the survey, the flood boundaries were scrutinized <br />against the lay of the land from differen1: points of view. Once <br />the flood boundary was verified, the stru(~tUrE!S were identified <br />and the necessary data were entered into the computer. The <br />following "Data Dictionary" defines (!ach lcielcl of information <br />