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<br />The results of the study were reviewed at a final coordination <br />meeting held during a regular meeting of the Loveland City <br />Council on September 6, 1977. The respresentatives of the <br />Federal Insurance Administration and the study contractor were <br />present for the meeting. No problems were raised concerning <br />the results of the study. <br /> <br />2.0 AREA STUDIED <br /> <br />2.1 Scope of Study <br /> <br />'This Flood Insurance Study covers the incorporated area of <br />the City of Loveland, Larimer County, Colorado, The area of <br />study is shown on the Vicinity Map (Fi9ure 1). <br /> <br />Floods caused by overflow of the Big Thompson River were <br />studied in detail. The Big Thompson River is the only major <br />drainageway flowing through the City of Loveland, <br /> <br />The areas studied by detailed methods were selected with <br />priority given to all known flood hazard areas, and areas of <br />projected development or proposed construction for the next <br />five years, through 1988. <br /> <br />Approximate zones, including Lake Loveland and Rollers Lake, <br />were not studied under this contract. These zones were taken <br />from the Federal Insurance Administration's Flood Hazard <br />Boundary Map (Reference 1). <br /> <br />2.2 Commun i ty Descri pti on <br /> <br />The City of Loveland is located in eastern Larimer County, <br />in north-central Colorado, approximately 8 miles east of the <br />mouth of Big Thompson Canyon and ,the Rocky Mountains, The <br />city is approximately 42 miles north of Denver and 8 miles <br />south of Fort Collins. <br /> <br />The City ,of Loveland is growing at a rapidly increasing rate, <br />having more than tripled in size from a popu18tion of 9,734 <br />persons in 1960 to populations of 16,220, 23,653 and 30,244 <br />persons in 1970, 1976 and 1980, respectively (References 2, <br />3 and 4), The economy of the area is basically commercial <br />and agricul tura 1. <br /> <br />The average annual temperature and precipitation in Loveland <br />are approximately 500 and 10.5 inches, respectively (Refer- <br />ence 5). <br /> <br />The Big Thompson River flows easterly through the southern <br />end of Loveland from the high mountains of the Colorado Front <br />Range. The river is steep and narrow through the mountains <br />and canyon; however, once it enters the plains just west of <br />Loveland, it widens with a meandering flow. <br /> <br />2 <br />