FLOOD09792

• County: Eagle
• County: Pitkin
• Community: Basalt
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Title: FIS - Basalt
• Date: 6/4/1987
• Prepared For: Basalt and CWCB
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Historic FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

The results of the original study for Basalt were reviewed at a
final community coordination meeting held on February 7, 1979, and
attended by representatives of FEMA, GAl, and the community. No
significant problems were raised at the meeting.

The final community coordination meeting for this revised study
for Basalt was held on June 9, 1986, and was attended be repre-
sentatives of FEMA, CWCB, DEe, the City of Aspen, the Towns of
Basalt and Snowmass Village, and Pitkin County. As a result of
that meeting, it was decided that flood hazard information for all
of Pitkin County, including the incorporated communities, would be
shown on one Flood Insurance Rate Map. Therefore, flood hazard
information has been presented on the Flood Insurance Rate Map
outside the corporate limits of Basalt. This information is for
information purposes only.

2.0 AREA STUDIED

2.1 Scope of Study

This Flood Insurance Study
Pitkin Counties, Colorado.
Vicinity Map (Figure 1).

covers the Town of Basalt, Eagle and
The area of study is shown on the

The following streams studied by detailed methods for this study
were the Fryingpan River, from its confluence with the Roaring
Fork River to approximately 0.75 mile upstream and the Roaring
Fork River, from the Eagle-Pitkin County line to Tagerts Lake.

The areas studied by detailed methods were selected with priority
given to all known flood hazard areas and areas of projected
development or proposed construction through April 1990.

2.2 Community Description

Basalt is located in southwestern Eagle County and north-central
Pitkin County, approximately 20 miles southeast of Glenwood
Springs. The economy of Basalt primarily depends on farming,
Government, or local business, with recreation accounting for only
30 percent of the economy (Reference 1).

Population and development have increased steadily since World
War II, particularly in those areas affected by the ski industry.
According to the U..S. Census Bureau, the population of Basalt
increased from 213 in 1960 to 529 in 1980 (Reference 2).

Basalt is located at the confluence of the Roaring Fork and
Fryingpan Rivers. The Roaring Fork River originates in the
Sawatch Mountain Range at an elevation above 14,000 feet, then

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