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TABLE 7 – TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING - continued Community Scale Contour Interval Flooding Type City of Prescott (Willow Creek, Willow Creek Tributary, Willow Creek Reservoir Tributary) 1:4,800 4 feet Detail City of Prescott (Aspen Creek, Manzanita Creek, Willow Creek, Willow Creek Tributary, Willow Creek Reservoir Tributary) 1:1,200 1 foot Detail City of Prescott (Granite Creek) 1:1,200 2 feet Detail City of Prescott (all other detailed flooding) 1:24,000 10 feet Detail City of Prescott – Willow Creek Tributary 1:4,800 4 feet Approximate City of Prescott (all other approximate flooding) 1:24,000 20 feet Approximate Town of Prescott Valley (Agua Fria River, Navajo Drive Wash, Lynx Creek) 1:2,400 4 feet Detail Town of Prescott Valley (North Navajo Drive Wash) 1:2,400 2 feet Detail City of Sedona – Oak Creek, Soldier Wash 1:2,400 5 feet Detail City of Sedona – Oak Creek 1:4,800 2 feet Detail Behind-Levee Analyses Some flood hazard information presented in prior FIRMs and in prior FIS reports for Yavapai County and its incorporated communities was based on flood protection provided by levees. Based on the information available and the mapping standards of the NFIP at the time that the prior FISs and FIRMs were prepared, FEMA accredited the levees as providing protection from the flood that has a 1-percent annual chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. For FEMA to continue to accredit the identified levees with providing protection from the base flood, the levees must meet the criteria of the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 44, Chapter I, Section 65.10 (44 CFR 65.10), titled “Mapping of Areas Protected by Levee Systems.” On August 22, 2005, FEMA issued “Procedure Memorandum No. 34 – Interim Guidance for Studies Including Levees.” The purpose of the memorandum was to help clarify the responsibility of community officials or other parties seeking recognition of a levee by providing information identified during a study/mapping project. Often, documentation regarding levee design, accreditation, and the impacts on flood hazard mapping is outdated or missing altogether. To remedy this, Procedure Memorandum No. 34 provides interim guidance on procedures to minimize delays in near-term studies/mapping projects, to help our mapping partners properly assess how to handle levee mapping issues. While documentation related to 44 CFR 65.10 is being compiled, the release of a more up-to-date FIRM for other parts of a community or county may be delayed. 47
To minimize the impact of the levee recognition and certification process, FEMA issued “Procedure Memorandum No. 43 – Guidelines for Identifying Provisionally Accredited Levees” on March 16, 2007. These guidelines allow issuance of the FIS and FIRM while levee owners or communities compile full documentation required to show compliance with 44 CFR 65.10. The guidelines also explain that a FIRM can be issued while providing the communities and levee owners with a specified timeframe to correct any maintenance deficiencies associated with a levee and to show compliance with 44 CFR 65.10. FEMA contacted the communities within Yavapai County to obtain data required under 44 CFR 65.10 to continue to show the levees as providing protection from the flood that has a 1-percent annual chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. FEMA understood that it may take time to acquire and/or assemble the documentation necessary to fully comply with 44 CFR 65.10. Therefore, FEMA put forth a process to provide the communities with additional time to submit all the necessary documentation. For a community to avail itself of the additional time, it had to sign an agreement with FEMA. Levees for which such agreements were signed are shown on the final effective FIRM as providing protection from the flood that has a 1-percent annual chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year and labeled as a Provisionally Accredited Levee (PAL). Communities have two years from the date of FEMA’s initial coordination to submit to FEMA final accreditation data for all PALs. Following receipt of final accreditation data, FEMA will revise the FIS and FIRM as warranted. FEMA coordinated with the local communities, Bureau of Reclamation, and other organizations to compile a list of levees based on information from the FIRM and community provided information. Approximate analyses of “behind levee” flooding were conducted for all the levees to indicate the extent of the “behind levee” floodplains. The methodology used in these analyses is discussed below. Levee-like structure ID # 3 and levee structure ID #16 are located on Lynx Creek. Based upon topographic information and aerial imagery from the USGS we developed a hydrologic and hydraulic analysis for this portion of Lynx Creek. The watershed to these structures had a drainage area of 40 sq. mi. and using the USGS National Flood Frequency equations for Arizona the discharge was computed to be 12,280 cfs. Using the USACE HEC-RAS hydraulic model an area of flooding in the event of failure of the levees was determined. Levee-like structures with inventory ID # 4, 5 and 6 are located on Cienega Creek. Based on the FIS and topographic information from the USGS (i.e., 10m DEMs), there is no depression behind these levee-like structures and they are not providing protection from flood hazards. Therefore no change in the floodplain is recommended at this location. Levee-like structure with inventory IDs #12 is located on Skull Valley Wash. Based on the FIS and topographic information from the USGS (i.e., 10m DEMs), 48
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YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA AND INCORPO
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Page 9 and 10: authority and acknowledgments for e
Page 11 and 12: In the March 29, 1983, revision, up
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Page 15 and 16: update corporate limits, to change
Page 17 and 18: TABLE 2 - STREAMS STUDIED BY DETAIL
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Page 21 and 22: Precipitation in the study area is
Page 23 and 24: TABLE 4 - HISTORIC RECORDED DISCHAR
Page 25 and 26: The Verde Lakes Estates in the Town
Page 27 and 28: Problems created by large magnitude
Page 29 and 30: All flooding sources were analyzed
Page 31 and 32: approximately 1,600 feet downstream
Page 33 and 34: TABLE 5 - SUMMARY OF DISCHARGES FLO
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Page 47 and 48: Mapping, Inc. (Kenney Aerial Mappin
Page 49 and 50: 1985. It was determined from the si
Page 51 and 52: Values for the roughness coefficien
Page 53: TABLE 6 - MANNING'S "n" VALUES - co
Page 57 and 58: ecommended as the approximate areas
Page 59 and 60: TABLE 8 - VERTICAL DATUM CONVERSION
Page 61 and 62: Approximate 1-percent annual chance
Page 63 and 64: e feasible in view of extremely hig
Page 65 and 66: average depths are between 1 and 3
Page 67 and 68: COMMUNITY NAME INITIAL IDENTIFICATI
Page 69 and 70: The only other study completed for
Page 71 and 72: Cooper Aerial Surveys, Aerial Photo
Page 73 and 74: Kenny Aerial Mapping, Topographic M
Page 75 and 76: U.S. Department of the Army, Corps
Page 77 and 78: Joes Hill, Arizona (1969); King Can
Page 79 and 80: Pipe Creek Railroad Wash Silver Spr
Page 81 and 82: Manning’s “n” values were ass
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