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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 unincorporated areas of Summit County, Colorado, and to aid in the administration of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protec- tion Act of 1973. Initial use of this information will be to con- vert Summit County to the regular program of flood insurance by the Federal Insurance Administration. Further use of the information will be made by local and regional planners in their efforts to promote sound land use and flood plain development. l~ 1.2 Coordination Community base map selection and the identification of streams requiring detailed study were accomplished in a meeting attended by representatives from the Federal Insurance Administration, the Summit County Planning Commission, the Colorado Water Conservation Board, and the study contractor on May 17, 1977. Copper Mountain, Inc., and Backlund Surveys provided assistance in gathering information for this study. During the course of the study, hydrologic procedures, flood eleva- tions, flood boundaries, and floodway delineations were reviewed with officials of the Colorado Water Conservation Board and the Federal Insurance Administration. The results of this study were reviewed at a final community coordina- tion meeting held on November 15, 1979. Attending the meeting were representatives of the Federal Insurance Administration, the study contractor, and the county. This study incorporates all appropriate comments, and all problems have been resolved. , 1.3 Authority and Acknowledgments "^' \J 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-4549. This work, which was completed in December 1978, covered all significant flooding sources affecting the unincorporated areas of Summit County.