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<br />. r l <br /> <br />'", <br /> <br /> <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />Washington, D.C. 20472 <br /> <br />CERTIFIED MAIL <br />RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED <br /> <br />IN REPLY REFER TO: <br />Case No.:00-08l023P' <br /> <br />The Honorable Steve Ward <br />Chairman, Arapahoe County <br />Board of Conunissioners <br />5334 South Prince Street <br />Littleton, CO 80166-0060 <br /> <br />Conununity: Arapahoe County, Colorado <br />Conununity No.: 080011 <br />Panel Affected: 08005C0485 J <br />Effective Date of J A N 0 6 2000 <br />This Revision: <br /> <br />102-I-A-C <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Ward: <br /> <br />This responds to a request that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) revise the effective <br />Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for Arapahoe County, Colorado <br />and Incorporated Areas (the effective FIRM and FIS report for your conununity), in accordance with <br />Part 65 of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations. In a letter dated October 20, 1999, <br />Mr. Vince C. Geronimo, Project Engineer, P.R. Fletcher & Associates, Inc., requested that FEMA revise <br />the FIRM and FIS report to show the effects of construction of a bridge over Piney Creek at South Tower <br />Road, placement of fill, and updated topography along Piney Creek from approximately 8,000 feet <br />upstream to approximately 16,400 feet upstream of its confluence with Cherry Creek. This request follows <br />up on a Conditional Letter of Map Revision issued on February 2, 1998. <br /> <br />All data required to complete our review of this request were submitted with letters from Mr. Geronimo. <br /> <br />We have completed our review of the submitted data and the flood data shown on the effective FIRM and <br />FIS report. We have revised the FIRM and FIS report to modify the elevations and floodplain and <br />f100dway boundary delineations of the flood having a I-percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in <br />any given year (base flood) along Piney Creek from approximately 8,000 feet upstream to approximately <br />16,400 feet upstream of its confluence with Cherry Creek. As a result of the modifications, the base flood <br />elevations (BFEs) for Piney Creek and the widths of the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), the area that <br />would be inundated by the base flood, and the regulatory f100dway increased in some areas and decreased <br />in other areas. All property owners affected by these modifications were notified and stated their <br />acceptance of the impact of these modifications. The modifications are shown on the enclosed annotated <br />copies of FIRM Panel(s) 08005C0485 J, Profile Panel(s) 152P and 153P, and affected portions of the <br />Floodway Data Table. In addition, our review of the Floodway Data Table for Piney Creek revealed that <br />the effective f100dway data for Cross Sections D through N were incorrect. The f100dway data for these <br />cross sections were modified to be consistent with the other flood hazard information shown on the <br />effective FIRM and FIS report. This Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) hereby revises the above-referenced <br />panel(s) of the effective FIRM and the affected portions of the FIS report, both dated August 16, 1995. <br /> <br />The modifications are effective as of the date shown above. The map panel(s) as listed above and as <br />modified by this letter will be used for all flood insurance policies and renewals issued for your corrununity. <br />