HomeMy WebLinkAbout961253.tiff Federal Emergency Management Agency
Washington, D.C. 20472
JUN 28 1996
The Honorable W. H. Webster IN REPLY REFER TO:
Chairman, Weld County Case No.: 96-08-163A
Board of Commissioners Community: Weld County, Colorado ':?
P.O. Box 758 Community No.: 080266
Greeley, Colorado 80632 Map Panel Affected: 0960 D
218-65-RS
Dear Mr. Webster:
This responds to a letter dated March 7, 1996, from Mr. David L. Hayden requesting that the Federal
Emergency Management Agency determine whether the property described below is located in a Special Flood
Hazard Area(SFHA), an area that would be inundated by the flood having a I-percent chance of being equaled
or exceeded in any given year (base flood). This property has been elevated by the placement of fill after the
date of the earliest National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) map showing the area in the SFHA.
Property Description: Lot 22, Westview Estates, as shown on the Plat recorded in Book No. 10, Page
168, in the Office of the Recorder, Weld County, Colorado
Street Address: 5222 Brome Court
Community and State: Weld County, Colorado
On June 17, 1996, we received all information necessary to process this request. After comparing this
information to the NFIP map for your community, we determined that although portions of the property
described above would be inundated by the base flood, the existing residential structure on the property would
not be inundated. Therefore, this letter revises the NFIP map for Weld County, Colorado (NFIP Map Number
080266, Panel 0960 D, dated September 28, 1990), to remove the structure from the SFHA. The structure
is now located in Zone C, an area of minimal flooding outside the SFHA. Because portions of the property
are in the SFHA, any future construction or substantial improvement on the property remains subject to
Federal, State, and local regulations for floodplain management.
You should note that this property could be inundated by a flood greater than the base flood or by local
flooding conditions not shown on the NFIP map. Also, although we have based our determination on the flood
data presently available, flood conditions may change or new information may be generated that would
supersede this determination.
Even though this property is not included in an SFHA, it could be inundated by a flooding event of greater
magnitude than the base flood. In fact, more than 25 percent of all losses in the NFIP occur to structures
located outside the SFHA in Zones B, C, or X. More than 25 percent of all policies purchased under the NFIP
protect structures located in these zones. This clearly illustrates that there is a risk of flooding in non-SFHAs.
That risk is just not as great as the flood risk to structures located in SFHAs. To offer flood insurance
protection to owners of such structures, the NFIP offers two types of flood insurance. Property owners should
discuss their individual flood risk situation and insurance needs with their insurance agent or company before
making a final decision regarding flood insurance coverage.
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To ensure continued eligibility to participate in the NFIP, your community must enforce its floodplain
management regulations using, at a minimum, the flood elevations and zone designations shown on the NFIP
map for your community, including the revision effected by this letter. This response is based on the minimum
criteria established by the NFIP. State and community officials, based on knowledge of local conditions and
in the interest of public safety, may set higher standards for construction in the floodplain. If the State,
County, or community has adopted more restrictive or comprehensive floodplain management criteria, those
criteria take precedence over the minimum Federal criteria.
This revision has been made pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (Public
Law 93-234) and is in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (Title X[II of
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Public Law 90-488), 42 U.S.C. 4001-4128. and
44 CFR Part 65.
Because this Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) will not be printed and distributed to primary map users, such
as local insurance agents and mortgage lenders, your community will serve as a repository for these new data.
We encourage you to disseminate the information reflected by this LOMR throughout your community so that
interested persons, such as property owners, local insurance agents, and mortgage lenders, may benefit from
the information. We also encourage you to prepare an article for publication in your community's local
newspaper that would describe the changes that have been made and the assistance that officials of your
community will give to interested persons by providing these data and interpreting the NFIP maps.
A copy of this LOMR is being sent to your community's official NFIP map repository where, in accordance
with regulations adopted by your community when it made application to join the NFIP, it should be attached
to the community's official record copy of the NFIP map, which is available for public inspection.
If you have any questions or if we can be of further assistance, please contact Ms. Agnes De Coca of our staff
in Washington, DC, either by telephone at(202) 646-2746 or by facsimile at(202) 646-4596.
Sincerely,
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Michael K. Buckley, P.E., Chief
Hazard Identification Branch
Mitigation Directorate
cc: Community Map Repository
Mr. David L. Hayden
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