Volume 1 of 3 BOZRAH, TOWN OF 090094 COLCHESTER, TOWN OF 090095 EAST LYME, TOWN OF 090096 FRANKLIN, TOWN OF 090154 GRISWOLD, TOWN OF 090173 GROTON LONG POINT ASSOCIATION 090167 GROTON, CITY OF 090126 GROTON, TOWN OF 090097 JEWETT CITY, BOROUGH OF 090098 LEBANON, TOWN OF 090155 LEDYARD, TOWN OF 090157 LISBON, TOWN OF 090172 LYME, TOWN OF 090127 MONTVILLE, TOWN OF 090099 NEW LONDON, CITY OF 090100 NOANK FIRE DISTRICT 090129 NORTH STONINGTON, TOWN OF 090101 NORWICH, CITY OF 090102 OLD LYME, TOWN OF 090103 PRESTON, TOWN OF 090139 SALEM, TOWN OF 090156 SPRAGUE, TOWN OF 090105 STONINGTON, BOROUGH OF 090193 STONINGTON, TOWN OF 090106 VOLUNTOWN, TOWN OF 090143 WATERFORD, TOWN OF 090107 Effective: July 18, 2011 Federal Emergency Management Agency FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY NUMBER 09011CV001A New London County, Connecticut (All Jurisdictions) NOTICE TO FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY USERS Communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program have established repositories of flood hazard data for floodplain management and flood insurance purposes. This Flood Insurance Study (FIS) may not contain all data available within the repository. It is advisable to contact the community repository for any additional data. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) may revise and republish part or all of this Preliminary FIS report at any time. In addition, FEMA may revise part of this FIS report by the Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) process, which does not involve republication or redistribution of the FIS report. Therefore, users should consult community officials and check the Community Map Repository to obtain the most current FIS components. Selected Flood Insurance Rate Map panels for this community contain the most current information that was previously shown separately on the corresponding Flood Boundary and Floodway Map panels (e.g., floodways and cross sections). In addition, former flood hazard zone designations have been changed as follows. Old Zone(s) New Zone A1 through A30 AE V1 through V30 VE B X C X Initial Countywide FIS Effective Date: July 18, 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS – VOLUME 1 Page 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Purpose of Study 1 1.2 Authority and Acknowledgments 1 1.3 Coordination 8 2.0 AREA STUDIED 9 2.1 Scope of Study 9 2.2 Community Description 20 2.3 Principle Flood Problems 22 2.4 Flood Protection Measures 26 3.0 ENGINEERING METHODS 29 3.1 Hydrologic Analyses 29 3.2 Hydraulic Analyses 48 3.3 Coastal Analysis 55 3.4 Vertical Datum 80 4.0 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS 81 4.1 Floodplain Boundaries 81 4.2 Floodways 83 Page FIGURES FIGURE 1 – TRANSECT SCHEMATIC 80 FIGURE 2 – FLOODWAY SCHEMATIC 85 i TABLE OF CONTENTS – VOLUME 1 – continued Page TABLES TABLE 1 – CCO MEETING DATES FOR PRECOUNTYWIDE FIS 8 TABLE 2 – FLOODING SOURCES STUDIED BY DETAILED METHODS 10 TABLE 3 – FLOODING SOURCES STUDIED BY APPROXIMATE METHODS 16 TABLE 4 – LETTERS OF MAP CHANGE 20 TABLE 5 – POPULATION AND TOTAL AREA BY COMMUNITY 21 TABLE 6 – SUMMARY OF DISCHARGES 36 TABLE 7 – SUMMARY OF POND STILLWATER ELEVATIONS 47 TABLE 8 – MANNING’S “n” VALUES 54 TABLE 9 – SUMMARY OF STILLWATER ELEVATIONS 66 TABLE 10 - TRANSECT DESCRIPTIONS 68 TABLE 11 – TRANSECT DATA 76 TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME 2 Page 5.0 INSURANCE APPLICATION 146 6.0 FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP 146 7.0 OTHER STUDIES 151 8.0 LOCATION OF DATA 151 9.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES 151 Page TABLES TABLE 12 – FLOODWAY DATA TABLE 86 TABLE 13 – COMMUNITY MAP HISTORY 148 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME 3 EXHIBITS Exhibit 1 - Flood Profiles Anguilla Brook Panels 1P-4P Beaver Brook (Town of Lyme) Panels 5P-6P Beaver Brook (Town of Sprague) Panels 7P-8P Birch Plain Creek Panels 9P-12P Blissville Brook Panels 13P-15P Bobbin Mill Brook Panel 16P Copps Brook Panels 17P-18P Day Meadow Brook Panel 19P Denison Brook Panels 20P-21P East Branch Eight Mile River Panels 22P-24P Eccleston Brook Panels 25P-26P Eight Mile River Panels 27P-29P Fishtown Brook Panels 30P-31P Flat Brook Panels 32P-33P Ford Brook Panels 34P-36P Fort Hill Brook Panels 37P-42P Fourmile River Panels 43P-46P Gardner Brook Panels 47P-49P Goldmine Brook Panel 50P Great Meadow Brook Panels 51P-53P Great Plain Brook Panel 54P Green Fall River Panels 55P-57P Harris Brook Panels 58P-61P Hunter Brook Panel 62P Jeremy River Panel 63P Joe Clark Brook Panels 64P-65P Jordan Brook Panels 66P-70P Judd Brook Panels 71P-74P Latimer Brook Panels 75P-82P Little River Panels 83P-84P Meadow Brook Panels 85P-88P Nevins Brook Panels 89P-90P Norwichtown Brook Panel 91P Oxoboxo Brook Panels 92P-95P Pachaug River Panels 96P-101P Pachaug River (Town of Voluntown) Panels 102P-104P iii TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME 3 – continued EXHIBITS - continued Exhibit 1 - Flood Profiles – continued Pattagansett River Panels 105P-109P Pawcatuck River Panels 110P-111P Pine Swamp Brook Panel 112P Quinebaug River Panels 113P-116P Shewville Brook Panel 117P Shunock River Panels 118P-123P Spaulding Pond Brook Panels 124P-126P Susquetonscut Brook (Town of Franklin) Panels 127P-129P Susquetonscut Brook (Town of Lebanon) Panels 130P-132P Tenmile River Panels 133P-135P Thames River and Shetucket River Panel 136P Shetucket River Panels 137P-140P Trading Cove Brook Panels 141P-142P Tributary A Panels 143P-145P Tributary B Panel 146P Tributary C Panel 147P Tributary D Panel 148P Tributary F Panel 149P Whitford Brook (Town of Groton) Panels 150P-151P Whitford Brook (Town of Ledyard) Panel 152P Williams Brook Panels 153P-154P Yantic River Panels 155P-161P Yantic River East Channel Panel 162P Exhibit 2 - Flood Insurance Rate Map Index Flood Insurance Rate Map iv FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY NEW LONDON COUNTY, CONNECTICUT (ALL JURISDICTIONS) 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose of Study This Flood Insurance Study (FIS) revises and updates information on the existence and severity of flood hazards in the geographic area of New London County, including the Cities of Groton, New London and Norwich, the Towns of Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Lyme, Montville, North Stonington, Old Lyme, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, and Waterford, the political subdivisions of Noank Fire District, and Groton Long Point Association, and the Boroughs of Jewett City and Stonington (referred to collectively herein as New London County), and aids in the administration of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. In addition, the boundaries of the Pequot Indian Reservation are shown on the FIRMs. This study has developed flood-risk data for various areas of the community that will be used to establish actuarial flood insurance rates and to assist the community in its efforts to promote sound floodplain management. Minimum floodplain management requirements for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) are set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations at 44 CFR, 60.3. In some States or communities, floodplain management criteria or regulations may exist that are more restrictive or comprehensive than the minimum Federal requirements. In such cases, the more restrictive criteria take precedence, and the State (or other jurisdictional agency) will be able to explain them. 1.2 Authority and Acknowledgments The sources of authority for this FIS report are the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. This FIS was prepared to incorporate all the communities within New London County in a countywide format. Information on the authority and acknowledgements for each jurisdiction included in this countywide FIS, as compiled from their previously printed FIS reports and FIS Supplement-Wave Height Analysis Reports, is shown below: 1 Bozrah, Town of: In the original March 30, 1981 study, the hydrologic and hydraulic analyses were prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for the Federal Insurance Administration (FIA), under Inter-Agency Agreement No. IAA-H-9-79. That work was completed in March 1980. In the 1995 revision, the hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for the Yantic River were prepared by Roald Haestad, Inc., for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), under Contract No. EMW-90-C-3126. This work was completed in December 1992. Additional hydrologic and hydraulic analyses were prepared by Roald Haestad, Inc., during the preparation of the FIS for the City of Norwich. That work was completed in March 1992. Colchester, Town of: In the original December 15, 1981 study and June 15, 1982 FIRM, the hydrologic and hydraulic analyses were prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for the FIA, under Inter-Agency Agreement No. IAA-H-14-78. That work was completed in March 1980. In the July 15, 1992 revised study, hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for Meadow Brook and Day Meadow Brook were prepared by the USGS for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under Inter-Agency Agreement No. EMW-87-E-2764, Project Order No. 1. This study was completed in December 1990. For the June 4, 1996 revision, the hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for Judd Brook were taken from the precountywide FIS for the Borough of Colchester. 2 East Lyme, Town of: For the December 15, 1980 study, the hydrologic and hydraulic analyses were prepared by James P. Purcell Associates, Inc., for the FIA, under Contract No. H- 4561. That work was completed in March 1979. The wave height analysis, dated December 15, 1983, was prepared by Dewberry & Davis for the FEMA, under Contract No. EMW-C-0543. That work was completed in January 1982. For the June 16, 1992 revision, the hydrologic and hydraulic analyses were prepared by Green International Affiliates, Inc., for FEMA, under Contract No. EMW-93-C-4144 This work was completed in January 1994. Franklin, Town of The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for the 1981 study were prepared by the USACE, New England Division for the FIA, under Inter-Agency Agreement NO.