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FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY 1,0 INTRODUCTION 1,1 Purpose of Study The purpose of this Flood Insurance Study is to investigate the existence and severity of flood hazards in the Town of Milliken, Weld County, Colorado, and to aid in the administration of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protec- tion Act of 1973. Initial use of this information will be to convert Milliken to the regular program of flood insurance by the Federal Insurance Administration. Further use of the information will be made by local and regional planners in their efforts to promcte sound land use and flood plain development. 1.2 Coordination Streams requiring detailed study were identified at a meeting attended by personnel of the study contractor, the Federal Insurance Administration, and the Weld County Planning Department on April 22, 1976. Officials of the Town of Milliken were contacted and asked to provide photographs and information pertaining to past floods. The Weld County Planning Commission was asked to provide base maps and names of property owners in the flood plains. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was contacted and asked to provide information for the hydrologic analyses of the Little Thompson River. The results of this study were reviewed at a final community coordi- nation meeting held on June 14, 1978. 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 Fede~al Insurance Administration, under Contract No. H-4017. This work, which was completed in February 1978, covered all significant flooding sources affecting the Town of Milliken. 2,0 AREA STUDIED 2.1 Sco~e of Study This Flood Insurance Study covers the incorporated area of the Town of Hilliken, Weld County, Colorado. The area of study is shown on the Vicinity Map (Figure 1).