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divided into zones, each having a specific flood potential or hazard. Each zone was assigned one of the following flood insurance zone designations: Zones A3 and A9: Special flood hazard areas inundated by the 100-year flood, determined by detailed methods; base flood elevations shown, and zones subdivided according to Flood Hazard Factors. Zone B: Areas between the special flood hazard areas and the limits of the 500-year flood, including areas of the 500-year flood plain that are protected from the IOO-year flood by dike, levee, or other water control structure; or, areas subject to certain types of IOO-year shallow flooding where depths are less than 1.0 foot. Zone B is not subdivided. Zone C: Areas of minimal flooding. Table 2, "Flood Insurance differences, Flood Hazard flood elevations for each communitY4 Zone Data," summarizes the flood elevation Factors, flood insurance zones, and base flooding source studied in detail in the 5.4 Flood Insurance Rate Map Description The Flood Insurance Rate Map for the City of Brush is, for insurance purposes, the principal result of the Flood Insurance Study. This map (published separately) contains the official delineation of flood insurance zones and base flood elevation lines. Base flood elevation lines show the locations of the expected whole-foot water- surface elevation of the base (lOO-year) flood. This map is devel- oped in accordance with the latest flood insurance map preparation guidelines published by the Federal Insurance Administration. 6.0 OTHER STUDIES The only published report concerning the potential flood hazards on Beaver Creek in the area in and around Brush, Colorado is Flood Plain Information Report, Beaver Creek, Brush, Colorado, prepared by Gingery Associates, Inc. (Reference 5). The information contained in this report was based on the above mentioned report; therefore, they are in complete agreement. 14