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<br />FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY <br />CITY OF AURORA, ADAKS, ARAPAHOE, AHD DOUCLAS. <br />COUNTIES" COLORADO <br /> <br />1 . 0 . nrraODUC'r.lc>>l . <br /> <br />1.1 ~rpo.e of Study <br /> <br />This Flood Insur.nc.. Study investigat..s th.. ..",is,t..nc..' .nd <br />s..verity of 'the flood h.zards in Th.. City of AU,rora .nd aids <br />in th.. .dministr.tion of th.. N.tion.l Fl-oOcl Insur.n".. Act of <br />1968 and th.. Flood Dis..ter Protection Act of 1,97,3.. Thia <br />study haa d..velopedflood risk d.t. for v.rious are.a of th.. <br />community th.t will be used to est.blish .ctu.r.ial flood <br />insur.nce r.tes and .ssist th.. community in i,ts ..fforta to <br />promote sound floodplain man.g"'nt. Minimum floodpl.in <br />man.gement requirements for p.rticip.tion in th.. N.tion.l <br />Flood Insur.nce Progr.... (DIP) .re set forth in th.. Code of <br />p..deral Regul.tions .t 44 CPR, ,60.3. <br /> <br />This Flood Insur.nce Study revises and upd.tea a previous <br />Flood Insuranc.. Study/Plood Inauranc.. Rat.. Map (PIBH) for th.. <br />City of Auror.. This information will be used by the City of <br />Auror. to update e"iating floodplain ..egul.tions ... part of <br />the Regul... Phaae of the DIP. The information will .ho be' <br />uaed by local and regional planners to further p..ollOte sound <br />l.nd u.. and floodpl.in development. <br /> <br />In ao", at.tes or cOllllllWlities, floodplain man.g......nt crit....i. <br />Or regul.tiona may exist th.t ..... mo.... r..strictive or <br />compr..hensive than the minilllWD Peder.l ..equi..ementa. In such <br />c.sea, th.. IIOre ..estrictive c..it..ri. t.k.. pr..c..dence and the <br />St.te (0.. oth.... jurisdiction.l agency) will be .ble to expl.in <br />them. <br /> <br />1.2 Authority .nd Acknowledgments <br /> <br />The source of .utho..ity for this Plood Insur.nce Study..... th.. <br />N.tional Flood Insu..ance Act of 1968 .nd th.. Flood Dis..te.. <br />P..otection Act of 1973. <br /> <br />The original hyd..ologic and hydraulic analyses for thia study <br />were performed by Cingery A.soci.tes, Inc., Englewood, <br />Color.do, und..r Contr.ct No. H-37l6. This work, which wa. <br />completed in March 1977, cover..d all signific.nt flooding <br />source. .ffecting th.. City of Auro.... <br /> <br />Th.. reviaed 'hydr.ulic an.lyaes fo.. portions of East Toll Cate <br />Creek and West Toll Cate Creek were performed by Kerrick and <br />Company, Gr..iner Engineering, and the City of Auro..a <br />Engineering Division (Refe..ences 1,2, 3, 4, .nd 5). <br />