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<br />FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY <br />CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, COLORADO <br /> <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />1.1 Purpose of Study <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />This Flood Insurance Study revises and updates a previous Flood <br />Insurance Study/Flood Insurance Rate Map for the City and County <br />of Denver, Colorado. This information will be used by the City <br />and County of Denver to update existing floodplain regulations as <br />part'of the Regular Phase of the National Flood Insurance Program <br />(NFIP). The information will also be used by local and regional <br />planners to further promote sound land use and floodplain <br />development. <br /> <br />In some states or communities, floodplain management criteria or <br />regulations may exist that are more restrictive or comprehensive <br />than the minimum Federal requirements. In such cases, the more <br />restrictive criteria take precedence and the State (or other <br />jurisdictional agency) will be able to explain them. <br /> <br />1.2 Authority and Acknowledgments <br /> <br />The sources of authority for this Flood Insurance Study are the <br />National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster <br />Protection Act of 1973. <br /> <br />The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for this study were <br />performed by Gingery Associates, Inc., for the Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency (FEHA) , under Contract No. H-4549. This study <br />was completed in June 1981. <br /> <br />Revised hydraulic analyses' for Clear Creek, ~ear Creek, and Weir <br />Gulch were performed by Dames & Moore for FEHA under Contract No. <br />C-0542. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Revised <br />provided <br />District <br /> <br />hydraulic analyses for the South <br />for FEHA by the Urban Drainage <br />and were completed in September 1987. <br /> <br />Platte River were <br />and Flood Control <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Revised hydraulic .analyses for Weir Gulch, Weir Gulch Dakota <br />Avenue Tributary, and Coon Creek were performed by Love and <br />Associates, Inc., and Drexel Barrell Engineers/Surveyors, Inc., <br />and completed in June 19B9. <br /> <br />Revised hydraulic analyses for Marston Lake North were performed <br />by WRC Engineering, .Inc., and Rocky Mountain Consultants, Inc. <br />(&MC), and completed in October 1989. <br />