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<br />1.1 Purpose <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Merrick and Company prepared a Floodplain Information Report on the White River Sulphur <br />Cree~, and Anderson Heights Drainageway for the Town of Meeker, Colorado (6/78) which <br />prOVIdes flow values for hydrologic interpolation 18 miles above the upstream limit of the study <br />reach. The Federal Emergency Management Agency also prepared a Flood Insurance Study for <br />the Town of Meeker, dated 9/91. It was prepared directly from the CWCB report and is <br />consistent with it. <br /> <br />1.0 <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />This report was prepared by the CWCB in order to assist local officials at the Town of Rangely <br />and at Rio Blanco County in their floodplain management activities. The report delineates the <br />50-year and 100-year floodplains for the reach of the White River from Rio Blanco Lake <br />downstream to the Utah-Colorado state line. The report allows interested parties to determine <br />preliminarily whether particular sites are in the 50-year and 100-year floodplain of the White <br />River. <br /> <br />The reports referenced above are available at the office of the Colorado Water Conservation <br />Board, at the Federal Emergency Management Agency office (Region VII), at the Towns of <br />Rangely and Meeker, and at Rio Blanco COWlty. <br /> <br />1.2 Acknowledgements <br /> <br />The assistance and cooperation in supplying information of the individuals, agencies, firms, and <br />organizations listed below are appreciated and gratefully acknowledged: <br /> <br />Larry F. Lang <br /> <br />Chief, Flood Control & Floodplain Management <br />Section, Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />(CWeB); <br /> <br />Brian Hyde <br /> <br />Resource Scientist Ill, Flood Control and Floodplain <br />Management Section, CWCB; <br /> <br />Jerry (Ed) Vail <br /> <br />Hydrologist, United States Geological Survey; <br /> <br />Bob McCabe <br /> <br />Colorado State Engineer's Office, Division 5; <br /> <br />U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District <br /> <br />Federal Emergency Management Agency <br /> <br />1.3 Related Flood Studies <br /> <br />The Federal Emergency Management Agency prepared Flood Insurance Studies (PIS') with <br />accompanying Flood Insurance Rate Maps for the Town of Rangely and for unincorporated Rio <br />Blanco County, dated 9/90 and 2/90 respectively (References I & 2). The studies include peak <br />flow values for 50-year and 100-year floods in the vicinity of Rangely, Colorado, along with <br />detailed floodplain mapping. The Rio Blanco County FIS also includes approximate floodplain <br />information for the remainder of the study reach of the White River that is not covered by <br />detailed mapping. The flow values from these studies and the detailed floodplain delineations <br />have been incorporated into this report. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />2 <br />