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<br />and floodway boundaries have been revised to reflect these data from <br />a point approximately 2,430 feet upstream of the new La Posta Road <br />Bridge to a point approximately 1,850 feet upstream of the old U.S. <br />Highway 160 bridge, This study was completed in April 1988. <br /> <br />1.3 Coordination <br /> <br />An initial coordination meeting held on July 21, 1976, was attended <br />by city and county officials and representatives of FEMA, the State <br />Coordination Agency, Colorado Water Conservation Board, (CWCB) and <br />the study contractor, The purpose of this meeting was to discuss <br />the nature of the study, the scope and limits of work, and flood <br />information currently available concerning the community. <br /> <br />Federal, State, and local agencies were contacted regarding <br />availabili ty of any reports, studies, or investigat ions which <br />contain some information relative to flooding problems in <br />community. Information was received from FEMA and the <br />Sacramento District. <br /> <br />the <br />may <br />the <br />COE, <br /> <br />During the <br />and flood <br />reviewed. <br />the CWCB, <br />Insurance <br /> <br />course of the study, the results of hydrologic analyses <br />elevations and boundaries, prepared by the COE, were <br />As a result of the review and coordination with FEMA and <br />the information supplied by the COE was used in this Flood <br />Study. <br /> <br />On March 7, 1978, the results of the study were reviewed at a final <br />community coordination meeting attended by city and county officials <br />and personnel of FEMA, the CWCB, and the study contractor, No major <br />problems were encountered. <br /> <br />2.0 AREA STUDIED <br /> <br />2.1 Scope of Study <br /> <br />This Flood Insurance Study covers the incorporated areas of the City <br />of Durango, La Plata County, Colorado, The area of study is shown <br />on the Vicinity Map (Figure 1). <br /> <br />Various small parcels of land within Durango <br />under La Plata County jurisdiction and thus <br />study, <br /> <br />were <br />not <br /> <br />considered to be <br />included 1n this <br /> <br />Detailed analyses were performed on sections of the Animas Ri"er, as <br />well as Junction and Dry Gulch Creeks. <br /> <br />Those areas studied <br />consideration given to <br />development through 1982, <br /> <br />by <br />all <br /> <br />detailed <br />proposed <br /> <br />methods were <br />construction <br /> <br />chosen with <br />and forecasted <br /> <br />2 <br />