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<br />FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY <br />TOWN OF OAK CREEK, ROUTT COUNTY, COLORADO <br /> <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />1.1 Purpose of Study <br /> <br />This Flood Insurance Study investigates the existence and <br />severity of flood hazards in the Town of Oak Creek, Routt County, <br />Colorado, and aids in the administration of the National Flood <br />Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of <br />1973. This Flood Insurance Study will be used to establish <br />actuarial flood insurance rates and assist the community in their <br />efforts to promote sound floodplain management. Minimum <br />floodplain management requirements for participation in the <br />National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) are set forth in the Code <br />of Federal Regulations at 44 CFR, 60.3. <br /> <br />Thi s Flood Insurance Study was prepare<i by compi 1 ing pertinent <br />information for the flood hazard areas in the Town of Oak Creek, <br />Colorado, from existing technical and/or scientific data <br />originally prepared by others for purposes other than the NFIP. <br />These existing data were reviewed by the Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency (FEMA) prior to its use in the development of <br />this Flood Insurance Study to ensure compliance with NFIP <br />regulations. <br /> <br />In some states or communities, floodplain management criteria or <br />regulations may exist that are more restrictive or comprehensive <br />than those on which these Federally-supported studies are based. <br />In such cases, the more restrictive criteria take precedence and <br />the State (or other jurisdictional agency) will be able to <br />explain them. <br /> <br />1.2 Authority and Acknowledgments <br /> <br />The sources of authori ty for thi s <br />National Flood Insurance Act of <br />Protection Act of 1973. <br /> <br />Flood Insurance Study are the <br />1968 and the Flood Disaster <br /> <br />The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for this Flood Insurance <br />Study were performed by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, <br />Denver, Colorado, in September 1986. <br /> <br />1.3 Coordination <br /> <br />On August 24, 1988, the results of this Flood Insurance Study <br />were reviewed and accepted at a final coordination meeting <br />attended by representatives of the community and FEMA. <br />