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Numerous other agencies and individuals were contacted for background information. Agencies include the Colorado Water Conservation Board, Colorado Highway Department, the Colorado and Southern and Atchison- Topeka and Santa Fe Railroads, and the U. S. Geological Survey. Private citizens of Cokedale, Starkville, and Trinidad were interviewed regarding past floods, high-water marks, and flood damage. A final community coordination meeting was held on February 23, 1976, by the Las Animas County Planning Department at which the Federal Insurance Administra- tion's Consultation Coordination Officer and the engineering consultant explained to the County Planning Staff and citizens the purpose of the flood insurance program and the technical methods used to develOp the maps as presented. 1.3 Authority and ACknowledgments The source of authority for this Flood Insurance Study is the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended. The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for this study were performed by Gingery Associates, Inc., for the Federal Insurance Administration, under Contract No. H-37l6. This work, which was completed in March 1975, covered all flooding sources affecting the unincorporated areas of Las Animas County, Colorado. 2.0 AREA STUDIED 2.1 Scope of Study This Flood Insurance Study encompasses the unincorporated areas of Las Animas County, located in south-central Colorado on the Colorado-New Mexico border. The eastern half of the county is undeveloped and uninhabited and was not studied. Other areas adjacent to, but not included in, the study include the incorporated com- munities of COkedale, Starkville, and Trinidad. Also, the area within the Trinidad Lake project is not included in the study. The area of study is shown on the Vicinity Map (Figure 1). 2