FLOOD09803

• County: Summit
• Community: Cripple Creek
• Stream Name: Colorado River
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Title: Floodplain Management Study Cripple Creek
• Date: 9/1/1992
• Prepared For: CWCB
• Prepared By: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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Ttle Nationai Flood Insut"ance Act of 1968 (Title XIII of the Housing
and lJr"bar) oe".eIOI)ment Act, P.L. 90,-448) recognized the necessity fot"
7' i (I I) ci pia inn ~t n a::3 erne rl t . T his Act rn a k t' S fed e r- a J ! Y sub 5 i d i zed i n~,; u t- a n c. e
a v a i 1;1 b let (I c i "G i ;.:: e n~:i i n C (I rom U f"l i tie s t h <:i. tad r) r-' t t- E' ~3 L1 i at i I) n 5
control I ir~9 ~utUt-e deveioprnents elf their flood plain. With reSf1ect to
encl"oa.chmerlt un the flood plain, th(.::' t-egul;:i.tions t-equit-e:

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l D New t'es i derlt i a i c(lns"tt-uct i on Clt- substant i a j
irn~lrovernent of existing homes must have the lowest
f j OO~- j eve I ~lt ot" a.bove the e i evat j on ot' the 100--year"
flood.
L. NOn-t+2sidentiai construction rnust meet the same
starrl:::,a.r-d Ot~ be f i (I,)d pt~o(,fi-?d to thi'it 1 eve I.

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le 1968 Act benefits owriet-S of structures alf-eady in the fiood-'prone
a.r"e;-:l.5 by pr'('vidin~j in<;;:.ut-a.ncf? covet-a.:::Jf? thl'it ha.d tlel.?rr unavai fa.ble
ttlreush ~'rivate cO~lpanies. The Act created a cooperative progt-am of
Insurance asainst f~ood damage by the ~'riva.te flood insurance industry
arid ttle federa: gover-rlrn2n.t.

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Th(.? a.rnol!!""I"C ,-,.f" covet~a.~:ie avai ia.bie an(j t:n(~ pt-emiUHi t"a.te vat-ies
corlsiderab!y depending on propet-ty location within the flood plain and
the pt-opet~ty va I ue. A I I pt"opet"ty owners sho'....n in th i s study to be
withirl areas subject to floodins s~lc,uld consider the purchase of fi')od
I nsur'ancE'.

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.Addit:ioncti
from loca!

; r!fot-mat i on 0:: the F'i oed I !-Isut~anc e F't'o:jt~arn is ava i I at, i e
insurance agents or bFokers ar!d the~

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F'edet-ai croet-gEncy Ma.na.~jement; AgE:1f'lcy, Regior: VIII
Natut~a.l and Technolo~3ical Hazat-d Division
E:ui!din2 Tl0
DerlveF FedeFal CenteF
Dt~nVE't-, Co :=:02~~Ei
Telephone [phone]

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The National
t-ate stud i es
Pt-08t~arn.

Flood Insurance PFogram used the
for communities participating in

fioodway concept in its
the regulaF phase of the

Fiood Warfling and Flood Forecasting Systems

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministFation (NOAA) through
it's National I"~eathet~ Set"vice (N~A~S), ma.intains ye-at~-t~ound surveillance
of' l.....patl-let~ and floor::! cond i t ions. Da i j Y ,"'eathet- fot-ecasts- at~e i f.,~.ued
tht-ough the NWS arid dissErninated by radio and television stations. A
3erlet~al a;e~t to the danger of flash flooding is one of the set"vices
provided by the N~S.

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