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<br />I <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY <br /> <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />1.1 Purpose of Study <br /> <br />This Flood InsuranCe Study investigates the existence and severity <br />of flood hazards in the City of Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, <br />and aids in the administration of the National Flood Insurance Act <br />of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. This study <br />will be used to convert the City of Walsenburg to the regular program <br />of flood insurance by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). <br />Local and regional planners will use this study in their efforts <br />to promote sound flood plain management. <br /> <br />This Flood Insurance Study was prepared by compiling existing <br />hydrologic and hydraulic technical and scientific data prepared by <br />other organization(s) originally for purposes other than the National <br />Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The data were identified as the <br />best available at the time of compilation of this Flood Insurance <br />Study and should depict the general conditions of the flooding <br />sources with relative accuracy. FEMA performed a cursory review <br />and accepted the data as valid for purposes of this Flood Insurance <br />Study and the NFIP. HOWever, if better information is known to <br />exist or has been developed since the date of this report, the <br />information should be immediately forwarded to the address below <br />for consideration for revision of this study. <br /> <br />Natural and Technological Hazards Division, FEMA, Denver <br />Federal Center, Building 710, Box 25267, Denver, Colorado <br />80225-0267 <br /> <br />In same states or communities, flood plain 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 juris- <br />dictional agency) will be able to explain them. <br /> <br />1.2 Authority and Acknowledgments <br /> <br /> <br />The SOUrCes of authority for this Flood Insurance Study are the <br />National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protec- <br />tion Act of 1973. <br /> <br />The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for this study were performed <br />by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as reported in the Flood Plain <br />Information report for the Cucharas River and its tributaries <br />(Reference 1). <br />