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<br />The U.S. Geological Survey; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) , <br />Sacramento District; and the Colorado Water Conservation Board, <br />State Coordinator, were contacted for information used in the <br />preparation of this study. <br /> <br />The results of this study were reviewed at a final community coordi- <br />nation meeting held on March 9, 1981, and attended by representatives <br />of FEMA, the Colorado Water Conservation Board, the study contractor, <br />and the city. No problems were raised at the meeting. <br /> <br />2.0 AREA STUDIED <br /> <br />2.1 Scope of Study <br /> <br />This Flood Insurance Study covers the incorporated areas of the <br />City of Craig, Moffat County, Colorado. The area of study is <br />shown on the Vicinity Map (Figure 1). <br /> <br />This study includes a detailed study of approximately 2.1 miles <br />of Fortification Creek, approximately 0.5 mile of Brotherton Gulch, <br />approximately 0.4 mile of Cedar Mountain Gulch, and approximately <br />0.5 mile of Pine Ridge Gulch, within the corporate limits of Craig. <br /> <br />The areas studied by detailed methods were selected with priority <br />given to all known flood hazard areas and areas of projected develop- <br />ment or proposed construction through 1985. <br /> <br />Two unnamed tributaries flow into Yampa River through the eastern <br />edge of Craig. For purposes of this study, the westernmost stream <br />will be called Tributary 1 and the easternmost stream will be <br />called Tributary 2. Approximately 0.4 mile of both Tributaries <br />1 and 2 were studied by approximate methods. <br /> <br />2.2 Community Description <br /> <br />Craig is in northwestern Colorado, on a western slope of the Rocky <br />Mountains, in eastern Moffat County, at the junction of Colorado <br />State Highway 13 and U.S. Highway 40. It covers an area of approxi- <br />mately 5.0 square miles. Craig is bordered on all sides by unincor- <br />porated Moffat County land. <br /> <br />The Ute Indians were the earliest residents of western Colorado. <br />Actual settlement did not take place in northwestern Colorado <br />until the nomadic Ute Indians were permanently relocated in Utah <br />in 1881. <br /> <br />The first settler in the Craig area arrived in 1881 and a townsite <br />was laid out in 1888. For the first 20 to 30 years, the community <br />was an agricultural center largely dependent on the cattle raising <br />industry. The city was incorporated in 1908 and became the county <br /> <br />2 <br />