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<br />FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY <br />TOWN OF ERIE, COLORADO <br /> <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />1.1 Purpose of Study <br /> <br />This Flood Insurance Study revises and updates a previous Flood <br />Insurance Study/Flood Insurance Rate Map for the Town of Erie, <br />Colorado. This information will be used by the Town of Erie to <br />update existing floodplain regulations as part of the Regular Phase <br />of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The information <br />will also be used by local and regional planners to further promote <br />sound land use and floodplain development. <br /> <br />In some states or communi ties, floodplain management cri teria 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 <br />juriSdictional agency) will be able to explain them. <br /> <br />1.2 Authority and Acknowledgments <br /> <br />The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for the area north of Perry <br />Street, dated April 1978, were performed by Gingery Associates, <br />Inc., for the Federal Insurance Administration, under Contract No. <br />H-40l7. Subsequent refinements of this hydrologic and hydraulic <br />data were developed by Water Resources Consultants, Inc., in August <br />1980, and Michael Baker, Jr., Inc., in March 1981. These revisions <br />have been incorporated into this study. <br /> <br />The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for the reach of Coal Creek <br />south of the Union Pacific Railroad were performed by U.S. <br />Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, for the Federal <br />Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), under Contract No. <br />EMW-87-E-255l. This study was completed in August 1988. <br /> <br />The sources of authority <br />National Flood Insurance <br />Protection Act of 1973. <br /> <br />for this Flood Insurance Study are the <br />Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster <br /> <br />1.3 Coordination <br /> <br />Initial meetings to identify streams requiring detailed study <br />within the Town of Erie were held on March 31 and April 16, 1976. <br />These meetings were attended by representatives of the Colorado <br />Water Conservation Board (CWCB), FEMA, the Weld County Planning <br />Department, and Gingery Associates, Inc. (GAl). Another meeting <br />was held on January 28, 1977, attended by representatives of FEMA, <br />the Mayor and Town Clerk of Erie, and GAL The purpose of this <br />meeting was to gather flooding information and outline the study <br />procedures for the reach of Coal Creek north of the Union Pacific <br />