FEMA Region VIII - Limited Map Maintenance Program (LMMP)

J.F. Sato and Associates has an open ended contract with FEMA/Region VIII for updating floodplain, floodway, and other flood hazard information required by communities that participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. FEMA issues task assignment orders for each project defining the scope of work that may include reconnaissance and surveying, hydrology, hydraulics, and delineation of floodplains and floodways. The projects under this contract since its beginning in 1996 include the following on-going projects:

- Wyoming: City of Thermopolis, Town of Worland, City of Green River
- Utah: Town of Santa Clara, City of Saint George
- Colorado: Eagle and Pitkin Counties - unincorporated areas

Two projects that started in 1998 include Vail, Colorado and Butte, Montana.

Reference: FEMA, Region VIII, John Liou, 303.235.4836

LMMP Study Update

Three-year ID/IQ contract to update flood studies in FEMA's Region VIII, following the Limited Map Maintenance Program (LMMP) process, which addresses FIS and map updates, not included in the revision or restudy processes. Region VIII include ND, SD, MT, UT, CO and WY.

Reference: FEMA, Region VIII, John Liou, 303.235.4836

Limited Map Maintenance Program (LMMP) Study
Town of Thermopolis, Wyoming

The project included a LMMP detailed study for the Town of Thermopolis to update the current Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and flood hazard information; The primary source of flooding is the Bighorn River. The following tasks were conducted by JFSA to complete the required studies: Reconnaissance, surveys, hydraulics, verification and reconciliation of profiles, and work map preparation.

Reference: FEMA, Region VIII, John Liou, 303.235.4836

Flood Insurance Study
Winter Park, Colorado

Performed flood studies for the community of Winter Park in Grand County, Colorado. Studies included hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, and extensive field surveys of 26 bridges and channel sections. The hydrology study addressed the derivation of flood peaks from snowmelt or thunderstorm and impacts of major stream diversions. The special HEC-2 bridge routine dealing with both pressure flow and weir flow was used.

Reference: FEMA

Flood Insurance Study
Arapaho, Douglas, and Teller Counties

Tasks included approximately 31 miles of detailed study reaches, 136 miles of approximate study reaches, approximately 15 major existing bridges, and a number of proposed new bridges which required working with developers in determining the optimum configuration of the bridge to minimize encroachment into the flood plain.

Reference: FEMA

Flood Insurance Studies

Mesa County, Colorado

Flood Insurance Studies for the Town of Palisade, Town of Fruita, City of Grand Junction, and unincorporated areas of Mesa County, Colorado. These detailed studies updated existing FIS reports and maps for the above four communities. The study included a 43 stream miles: 33 miles of the Colorado River, and 10 miles along four small tributaries. A hydrologic study of the Colorado River from its confluence with the Gunnison River to the state line was performed in close coordination with the Sacramento District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that conducted the previous hydrologic studies with the Colorado Water Conservation Board and with FEMA. The field surveys included soundings of the Colorado River to define the actual stream bottom.

Reference: FEMA