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~ Federal Emergency Management Agency Washington, D,C. 20472 FEB 07 2001 CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED IN REPLY REFER TO: Case No.: 01-08-002P Chainnan Ed Jones EI Paso County Board of Commissioners 27 East Vennijo Avenue, Third Floor Colorado Springs, CO 80903,2208 Community: EI Paso County, CO Community No.: 080059 Panels Affected: 08041 C 0325 F and 0350 F E~ective.~ate of MAR 09 2001 ThIS Rev1S1on: 102-I,C Dear Chainnan Jones: This responds to a request that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) revise the effective Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for your community in accordance with Part 65 ofthe National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations. In a letter dated October 2,2000, Mr. David R. Gonnan, P.E., MVE, Inc., requested that FEMA revise the FIRM to show the effects of more detailed topographic information to reflect existing channel conditions along Black Squirrel Creek, from approximately 3,600 feet upstream to approximately 5,600 feet upstream of the confluence of Snipe Creek. All data required to complete our review ofthis request were submitted with letters from Mr. Dan Bunting, P.E., Regional Floodplain Administrator, Pikes Peak Regional Building Department and Mr. Gonnan. Because this Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) is being issued to address the effects of natural changes within a Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), the area that would be inundated by the flood having a I-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (base flood), fees were 1 not assessed for the review. We have completed our review of the submitted data and the flood data shown on the effective FIRM. We have revised the FIRM to modify the floodplain boundary delineations along Black Squirrel Creek from approximately 3,600 feet upstream to approximately 5,600 feet upstream of the confluence of Snipe Creek. As a result of the modifications, the width of the SFHA for Black Squirrel Creek increased in some areas and decreased in other areas, The modifications are shown on the enclosed annotated copies of FIRM Panels 08041C 0325 F and 0350 F. This Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) hereby revises the above-referenced panels of the effective FIRM dated March 17, 1997. This LOMR is based on minimum floodplain management criteria established under the NFIP. Your community is responsible for approving all floodplain development and for ensuring all necessary penn its required by Federal or State law have been received. State, county, and community officials, based on knowledge of local conditions and in the interest of safety, may set higher standards for construction in the SFHA. Ifthe State, county, or community has adopted more restrictive or comprehensive floodplain management criteria, these criteria take precedence over the minimum NFIP criteria.