FLOOD07991

• County: Otero
• Community: Otero County and Unincorporated Areas
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: FIRM - Otero County and Unincorporated Areas - Panel 55B
• Date: 8/19/1985
• Prepared For: Otero County
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Current FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

NOTE: MAP AREA SHOWN ON THIS PANEL IS lOCATED WITHIN TOWNSHIP 22 SOUTH, RANGE 51 WEST AND TOWNSHIP 22 SOUTH, RANGE 58 WEST

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SOO-Year Flood Boundary-

1 OO-Year Flood Boundary----

Zone Designations

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SOO-Year Flood Boundary--

Base Flood Elevation Line
With Elevation In Feet**

513

Base Flood Elevation in Feet
Where Uniform Within Zone**

(EL 987)

Elevation Reference Mark

RM7X

Zone D Boundal-Y

River Mile

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**Referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929

EXPLANATION OF ZONE DESIGNATIONS

ZONE EXPLANATION

A Areas of 100-year flood; base flood elevations and
flood hazard factors not determined.

AO Areas of 1 GO-year shallow flooding where depths
are between one (1) and three (3) feet; average depths
of inundation are shown, but no flood hazard factors
are determined.

AH Areas of 100-year shallow flooding where depths
are between one (1) and three (3) feet; base flood
elevations are shown, but no flood hazard factors
are determ ined.

A 1-A30 Areas of 100-year flood; base flood elevations and
flood hazard factors determined.

A99 Areas of 100-year flood to be protected by flood
protection system under construction; base flood
elevations and flood hazard factors not determined.

B Areas between limits of the 100-year flood and 500-
year flood; or certain areas subject to 1 OO-year flood-
ing with average depths less than one (1) foot or where
the contributing drainage area is less than one square
mile; or areas protected by levees from the base flood.
(Medium shading)

C Areas of minimal flooding. (No shading)

D Areas of undetermined, but possible, flood hazards.

V Areas of 100-year coastal flood with velocity (wave
action); base flood elevations and flood hazard factors
not determined.

V1-V30 Areas of 100-year coastal flood with velocity (wave
action); base flood elevations and flood hazard factors
determined.

NOTES TO USER

Certain areas not in the special flood hazard areas (zones A and V)
may be protected by flood control structures.

This map is for flood insurance purposes only; it does not neces-
sarily show all areas subject to flooding in the community or
all planimetric features outside special flood hazard areas.

For adjoining map panels, see separately printed Index To Map
Panels.

INITIAL IDENTIFICATION:
NOVEMBE R 22, 1974

LOOD HAZARD BOUNDARY MAP REVISIONS:
NOVEMBER 8,1977

FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP EFFECTIVE:
AUGUST 19, 1985

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Refer to the FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP EFFECTIV
shown on this map to determine when actuarial
structures in the zones where elevations or depths have
lished.

To determine if flood insurance is available in this community,
contact your insurance agent, or call the National Insurance
Program, at [phone].

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APPROXIMATE SCALE IN FEE"r
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. NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM

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FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP

OTERO COUNTY,
COLORADO
(UNINCORPORATED AREAS)

PANEL 55 OF 325

(SEE MAP INDEX FOR PANELS NOT PRINTED)

Federal Emergency Management Agency