FLOOD04728

• County: Gunnison
• Community: Gunnison County and Unincorporated Areas
• Basin: Gunnison
• Title: FIS - Gunnison County and Unincorporated Areas
• Date: 9/29/1989
• Prepared For: Gunnison County
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Current FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY
GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO (UNINCORPORATED AREAS)

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Purpose of Study

This Flood Insurance Study investigates the existence and severity
of flood hazards in the unincorporated areas of Gunnison County,
Colorado, and aids in the administration of the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of
1973. This Flood Insurance Study will be used to establish
actuarial flood insurance rates and assist the community in their
efforts to promote sound floodplain management. Minimum
floodplain management requirements for participation in the
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) are set forth in the Code
of Federal Regulations at 44 CFR, 60.3.

Thi s Flood Insurance Study was prepared by compi ling pertinent
information for the flood hazard areas in Gunnison County
(unincorporated areas), Colorado, from existing technical and/or
scientific data originally prepared by others for purposes other
than the NFIP. The existing data were reviewed by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) prior to its use in the
development of this Flood Insurance Study to ensure compliance
with NFIP regulations.

In some states or communi ties, floodplain management cri teria or
regulations may exist that are more restrictive or comprehensive
than those on which these federally-supported studies are based.
In such cases, the more restrictive criteria take precedence, and
the State (or other jurisdictional agency) will be able to explain
them.

1.2 Authority and Acknowledgements

The sources of authori ty
National Flood Insurance
Protection Act of 1973.

for this Flood Insurance Study are the
Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster

The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for this Flood Insurance
Study were performed by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE),
Sacramento District, as reported in Flood Hazard Information
Report 11 North Fork Gunni son River, Hotchkiss to Somerset,
Colorado, 1980 (Reference 1) and Engineering Consultants, Inc., as
reported in Floodplain Information Report, Gunni son Ri ver/Tomichi
Creek, Gunnison. Colorado, 1976 (Reference 2).