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FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 purpose of Study The purpose of this Flood Insurance Study is to investigate the existence and severity of flood hazards in the Town of Breckenridge Summit County, Colorado, and to aid in the administration of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protec- tion Act of 1973. Initial use of this information will be to convert Breckenridge to_ the regular program of flood insurance by the Federal Insurance Administration. Further use of the information will be made by local and regional planners in their efforts to promote sound land use and flood plain development. 1.2 Coordination Corrununity base map ~election and the identification of streams re- quiring detailed study were accomplished in a meeting attended by representatives from the Federal Insurance Administration, the study contractor, the Colorado Water Conservation Board, and the Town of Breckenridge on May 12, 1977. The Summit County Planning Commission also provided assistance in gathering information for this report. During the course of the study, hydrologic procedures, flood elevations, flood boundaries, dud floodway delineations \.;ere reviewed:witll officials of Dle Colorado Water Conservation Board and the Federal Insurance Administration. The results of this study were reviewed at a final community coordination meeting hold on May 3, 1079. l\ttending the meeting wt2re representatives of the Federal Insurance Administration, the study contractor, the Colorado Water Conservation Board, and Ul{~ town. No llroblems were raisod at the meeting. 1.3 Authority and Acknowledgments 'I'be; source of ~luthority for this Flood In~urance Study is ~he National Flood Insur..:.tncc ,'\ct of 1968, as ancnded. The hydrologic dnd hydraulic anu.lyses for this study were performed by Gingery Associate:,s, Ine., for the Federal Insurance Administra- tion, under Contra~.::t_ No. JI-4S49. This \.'wrk, which \Vas completed -LIt j)<-'cemh~;r l')7~J, covL'recl all significant.. fluuding sources affecting the: Town ot F)rcckc'llridqe.