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<br />FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY <br /> <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />1.1 Purpose of Study <br /> <br />This Flood Insurance Study investigates the existence and severity <br />of flood hazards in the Town of Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado, <br />and aids in the administration of the National Flood Insurance <br />Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. This <br />study will be used to convert Morrison to the regular program <br />of flood insurance by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. <br />Local and regional planners will use this study in their efforts <br />to promote sound flood plain management. <br /> <br />In some states or communities, flood plain management criteria <br />or regulations may exist that are more restrictive or comprehensive <br />than those on which these federally supported studies are based. <br />These criteria take precedence over the minimum Federal criteria <br />for purposes of regulating development in the flood plain, as <br />set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations at 24 CFR, 19l0.l(d) <br />In such cases, however, it shall be understood that the State <br />(or other juriSdictional agency) shall be able to explain these <br />requirements and criteria. <br /> <br />1.2 Authority and Acknowledgments <br /> <br />The source of authority for this Flood Insurance Study is the <br />National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended. <br /> <br />The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for this study were performed <br />by PRC Engineering Consultants, Inc., for the Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency, under Contract No. H-4724. This work, which <br />was completed in December 1979, covered all significant flooding <br />sources affecting the Town of Morrison. <br /> <br />1.3 Coordination <br /> <br />The streams requiring detailed study through Morrison were delineated <br />on a list obtained from the Federal Emergency Management Agency <br />in March 1978; these were part of an overall list of stream reaches <br />to be studied. <br /> <br />Contacts were made with, and information was requested from, the <br />Town of Morrison; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District; <br />the ColoradO State Archives; and other State and Federal agencies. <br />