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• County: Garfield
• Community: Garfield County and Unincorporated Areas
• Title: FIRM - Garfield County and Unincorporated Areas - Panel 1015B
• Date: 1/3/1986
• Prepared For: Garfield County
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Current FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

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ELEVATION REFERENCE MARKS

REFERENCE
MARK

ELEV A TION
(FT. NGVD)

DESCRIPTION OF LOCATION

RM11

5549.06

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers benchmark cornprising a railroad
spike in a power pole west of the Apple Tree Trailer Park near New
Castle; 75 feet east of the Colorado River.

RM12

5544.88

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers benchmark comprising a railroad
spike in a power pole 35 feet north of the road centerline and 125
feet east from the dirt road crossing of Alkali Creek about 1 mile
west-southwest of New Castle.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark comprising a railroad
in a power pole 15 feet north of the centerline of County
335 and 45 feet southwest from the County Road crossing of
Alkali Creek about 1 mile southwest of New Castle.

Colorado Division of Highways bronze disk 10.5 feet east of the
west end of the south curb of the east bound lanes of the Interstate
70 crossing of Elk Creek in New Castle.

Colorado Division of Highways bronze disk I 0.8 feet west of the
east end of the north curb of the west bound lanes of the Interstate
70 crossing of Elk Creek in New Castle.

RM13

5589.97

RM14*

5539.70

RM 15*

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INSET A

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COLORADO
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ZONE C

CORPORATE LIMITS

City of New Castle
AREA NOT INCLUDED

ZONE C

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LIMIT OF DETAilED STUDY

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500-Year Flood Boundary

1 OO-Y ear Flood

Zone Designations

100-Year Flood Boundary

500-Year Flood Boundary---

Base Flood Elevation Line
With Elevation In Feet**

-513

Base Flood Elevation in Feet
Where Uniform Within Zone**

(EL987)

Elevation Reference Mark

RM7X

Zone D Boundary--

River Mile

-M1.5

**Referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929

EXPLANATION OF ZON E DESIGNATIONS

EXPLANA TION

Areas of 100-year flood; base flood elevations and
flood hazard factors not determined.

Special Flood Hazard Areas inundated by types of
100-year shallow f!ooding where depths are between
1.0 and 3.0 feet; depths are shown, or areas of 100-
year alluvial fan flooding, depths and velocities shown,
but no flood hazard factors are determined.

Areas of 100-year shallow flooding where depths
are between one (1) and three (3) feet; base flood
elevations are shown, but no flood hazard factors
are determined.

Areas of 100-year flood; base flood elevations and
flood hazard factors determined.

Areas of 100-year flood to be protected by flood
protection system under construction; base flood
elevations and flood hazard factors not determined.

Areas between limits of the 100-year flood and 500-
year flood; or certain areas subject to 1 OO-year flood-
ing with average depths less than one (1) foot or where
the contributing drainage area is less thai1 one square
mile; or areas protected by levees from the base flood.
(Medium shading)

C Areas of minimal flooding. (No shading)

D Areas of undetermined, but possible, flood hazards.

V Areas of 100-year coastal flood with velocity (wave
action); base flood elevations and flood hazard factors
not determined.

V1-V30 Areas of 100-year coastal flood with velocity (wave
action); base flood elevations and flood hazard factors
dete.rmined.

ZONE
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ZONE C

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NOTES TO USER

Certain areas not in the special flood hazard areas (zones A and V)
may be protected by flood control structures.

This map is for flood insurance purposes only; it does not neces-
sarily show all areas subject to flooding in the community or
all planimetric features outside special flood hazard areas.

For adjoining map panels, separately printed Index To Map
Panels.

INITIAL IDENTIFICATION:
DECEMBER 15, 1977

FLOOD HAZARD BOUNDARY MAP REVISIONS:

FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP EFFECTIVE:
DECEMBER 15, 1977

FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP REVISIONS:
Map revised January 3, 1986 to change flood plain boundaries,
zone designations, base flood elevations, corporate limits, scale,
cultural features, or map format.

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To determine if flood insurance is available in this community,
contact your insurance agent, or call the National Flood Insurance
Program, at [phone].

APPROXIMATE SCALE IN FEET
1000 0

. NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM

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FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP

GARFIELD COUNTY,
COLORADO
(UNINCORPORATED AREAS)

PANEL 1015 OF 1900

(SEE MAP INDEX FOR PANELS NOT PRINTED)

COMMUNITY "P ANEL NUMBER
5 1015 B

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