FLOOD07926

• Designation Number: 374
• County: Gunnison
• Community: Gunnison
• Basin: Gunnison
• Title: Flood Insurance Study - Gunnison, CO, Gunnison County
• Date: 11/1/1982
• Designation Date: 9/1/1994
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

McKee Inc, informed the City of their intentions and solicited any
information on new developments or existing problems in the study
area,

A legal notice was placed in the Gunnison County Times one day a
week, for three consecutive weeks, beginning October 22, 1979, to
notify all interested persons of the beginning of the study and its
objectives and to solicit any relevant facts and technical data
concerning local flood hazards.

Federal, State and local agencies were contacted regarding the
availability of any reports, studies, or investigations which may
contain some information relative to flooding problems in the
community. Information was received from FEMA and CWCB.

During the course of the study, the results of hydrologic analyses
and flood elevations and boundaries, prepared by Engineering
Consultants, Inc, (Reference 1), for the City of Gunnison, Gunnison
County and CWCB, were reviewed, As a result of this review and
coordination with FEMA and CWCB, the information supplied was used
in this Flood Insurance Study,

2,0 AREA STUDIED

2.1 Scope of Study

This Flood Insurance Study covers the incorporated areas of the
City of Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado. The ~r<'d of study is
shown on the Vicinity Map (Figure 1).

The limits of detailed and approximate studies in Gunnison were
determined by FEMA with community and study contractor consultation
at the meeting in June, 1979.

Floods caused by overflow of the Gunnison River and Tomichi Creek
were studied in detail within the corporate limits of Gunnison,

The areas studied by detailed methods were selected with priority
given to all known flood hazard areas, and areas of projected
development or proposed construction for the next five years,
through January, 1985,

Approximate analyses were used to study those areas having a low
development potential or minimal flood hazards, The scope and
methods of study were proposed to and agreed upon by FEMA, and the
City of Gunnison,

2.2 Community Description

The City of Gunnison is located in southwestern Colorado in the
central portion of Gunnison County. The total land area contained
within the corporate boundaries is 3,1 square miles, The Colorado
Population Report Series CP-26 #79(C-l) reported the population of
Gunnison in 1979, as 5,311 (Reference 2), Economic activities of

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