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<br />. <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />CHANGES ARE MADE IN DETERMINATIONS OF BASE FLOOD ELEVATIONS FOR THE CITY OF <br />COLORADO SPRlNGS,EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO, AND THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS <br />OF EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO, UNDER THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM <br /> <br />On August 16, 1995, and September 30, 1992, the Federal Emergency Management Agency <br /> <br />(FEMA) identified Special Fl.ood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) in the City .of C.ol.orad.o Springs, EI Pas.o C.ounty, <br /> <br />C.ol.orad.o, and the uninc.orp.orated areas .of El Pas.o C.ounty, C.ol.orad.o, respectively, thr.ough issuance .of <br /> <br />Fl.o.od Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs). <br /> <br />The Mitigati.on Direct.orate has determined that modificati.on .of the elevati.ons .of the fl.o.od having <br /> <br />a I-percent chance .of being equaled .or exceeded in any given year (base fl.o.od) f.or certain l.ocati.ons in the <br /> <br />City .of C.ol.orad.o Springs and the uninc.orp.orated areas .of EI Paso C.ounty is appr.opriate. The modified base <br /> <br />fl.o.od elevati.ons (BFEs) revise the FEMA FIRMs f.or the c.ommunities. <br /> <br />The changes are being made pursuant t.o Secti.on 206 .of the Fl.o.od Disaster Pr.otecti.on Act .of 1973 <br /> <br />(Public Law 93-234) and are in acc.ordance with the Nati.onal Fl.o.od Insurance Act .of 1968, as amended <br /> <br />(Title XIII .of the H.ousing and Urban Devel.opment Act.of 1968, Public Law 90-448), 42 U.S.C. 4001-4128, <br /> <br />and 44 CFR Part 65. <br /> <br />A hydraulic analysis was perf.ormed t.o inc.orp.orate revised t.op.ography and impr.oved roadway <br /> <br />crossings, and has resulted in a revised delineati.on .of the regulat.ory fl.oodway, m.odificati.ons t.o the SFHA, <br /> <br />and revised BFEs fr.om East Platte Avenue t.o the C.ol.orad.o & Eastern Railr.oad. The table bel.ow indicates <br /> <br />the m.odified BFEs f.or severall.ocati.ons al.ong the affected length .of Sand Creek. <br /> <br />Locati.on <br /> <br />Existing BFE <br />(feet)* <br /> <br />M.odified BFE <br />(feet)* <br /> <br />At East Platte Avenue <br />Appr.oximately 850 feet upstream .of East Platte Avenue <br />Just d.ownstream .of Galley R.oad <br />Just upstream .of P.owers B.oulevard <br />Appr.oximately 900 feet d.ownstream.of Wayn.oka R.oad <br />Just upstream .ofWayn.oka R.oad <br /> <br />6,181 <br />6,194 <br />6,242 <br />6,346 <br />6,355 <br />6,374 <br /> <br />6,181 <br />6,195 <br />6,228 <br />6,339 <br />6,354 <br />6,374 <br /> <br />*Nati.onal Geodetic Vertical Datum, r.ounded t.o nearest wh.ole f.oot <br />