FLOOD05358

• County: El Paso
• Community: El Paso County ‎(incorporated Areas)‎
• Stream Name: Monument Creek
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: LOMR - Affected Panel 514F, 727F - Case No. 03-08-0229P
• Date: 9/2/2004
• Prepared For: El Paso County
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Historic FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

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CHANGES ARE MADE IN DETERMINATIONS OF BASE FLOOD ELEVATIONS FOR THE CITY
OF COLORADO SPRINGS, EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO, UNDER THE NATIONAL FLOOD
INSURANCE PROGRAM

On March 17, 1997, the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency
identified Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) in the City of Colorado Springs, EI Paso County,
Colorado, through issuance of a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). The Mitigation Division has
detennined that modification of the elevations of the flood having a I-percent chance of being equaled or
exceeded in any given year (base flood) for certain locations in this community is appropriate. The
modified Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) revise the FIRM for the community.

The changes are being made pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (Public
Law 93-234) and are in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended
(Title XIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Public Law 90-448), 42 U.S.C.
4001-4128, and 44 CFR Part 65.

A hydraulic analysis was performed to incorporate the effects of the extension of Steel Drive along
Monument Creek and has resulted in a revised delineation of the regulatory floodway, increases and
decreases in SFHA width, and increased and decreased BFEs for Monument Creek from approximately
1,550 feet downstream of West Polk Street to approximately 1,830 feet upstream of Fillmore Street. A
portion of the SFHA in the right (looking downstream) overbank area previously designated Zone AE
was redesignated Zone AO (Depth 1 foot). The table below indicates existing and modified BFEs for
selected locations along the affected lengths of the flooding source(s) cited above.

Location

Existing BFE
(feet)'

Modified BFE
(feet)

Monument Creek
Approximately 1,200 feet downstream of Polk Street
Approximately 1,450 feet upstream of Fill more Street
Shallow Flooding Area
Approximately 1,165 feet downstream of Polk Street
Just downstream of Polk Street

6,073
6,097

6,074*
6,098*

6,075
6,083

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'National Geodetic Vertical Datum, rounded to nearest whole foot
'Depth above ground, rounded to nearest whole foot

Under the above-mentioned Acts of 1968 and 1973, the Mitigation Division must develop criteria for
floodplain management. To participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the community
must use the modified BFEs to administer the floodplain management measures of the NFIP. These
modified BFEs will also be used to calculate the appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new
buildings and their contents and for the second layer of insurance on existing buildings and contents.

Upon the second publication of notice of these changes in this newspaper, any person has 90 days in
which he or she can request, through the Chief Executive Officer of the community, that the Mitigation
Division reconsider the detennination. Any request for reconsideration must be based on knowledge of
changed conditions or new scientific or technical data. All interested parties are on notice that until the
90-day period elapses, the Mitigation Division's determination to modify the BFEs may itself be changed.