FLOOD10344

• County: Adams
• County: Douglas
• County: Arapahoe
• Community: Aurora
• Title: FIRM - Aurora - Panel 40E
• Date: 9/7/1998
• Prepared For: Aurora and CWCB
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Current FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

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ELEVATION REfERENCE MARKS
REFERENCE ELEVATION
MARK (fEET NGVD) DESCRIPTION OF lOCATION

RM26

5319.52 A 2-inch brass cap stamped
"C.O.A.8.M. 21, 1971 located on top
of wing wall at northwest corner of
the Peoria Street bridge over Sand
Creek.

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RM27

5332.34 A chiseled square located
of walk, north curb return
northwest corner at Vi ctor
and 30th Avenue.

at back
of the
Street

RM28

5352.39 A chiseled square located at back
of walk, south curb return of the
southwest corner at Sable Boulevard
and 28th Avenue.

RM29

5338.33 A chiseled square located at
of walk, north curb return of
northwest at >Canadu Street
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back
the
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RM33

5367.90 A chiseled square located on top of
curb, northwest corner at Sable
Boulevard and 23rd Avenue.

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SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS INUNDATED
BY 100--YEAR FLOOD
ZONE A No base flood elevations determined.

ZONE AI: Base flood elevations determined.

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ZONE AH Flood depths of 1 to 3 feet (usually areas
of pondingJ; base flood elevations
determined.

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ZONE AO Flood depths of 1 to 3 feet (usually sheet
flow on sloping terrain); average depths
determined. For areas of alluvial fan flooding,
velocities also determined.

OTHER AREAS
ZONE X Areas determined to be outside SOO-year
floodplain.

ZONE A99 To be protected from 100-year flood by
Federal flood protection system under
construction; no base elevations determined.

ZONE V

Coastal flood with velocity hazard (wave
action); no base flood elevations determined.

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ZONE VI: Coastal flood with velocity hazard (wave
action); no base flood elevations determined.

FLOODWAY AREAS IN ZONE AE

OTHER FLOOD AREAS

ZONE X Areas of SOO-year flood; areas of 100-year
flood with average depths of less than
1 foot or with drainage areas less than
1 square mile; and areas protected by
levees from 100-year flood.

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Flood Boundary

Floodway Boundary

Zone D Boundary

Boundary Dividing Special Flood
Hazard Zones. and Boundary
Dividing Areas of Different
Coastal Base Flood Elevations
Within Special Flood Hazard
Zones.

ZONE D

Areas in which flood hazards are
undetermined.

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ADAMS COUNTY
CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER

Base Flood Elevation Line;
Elevation in Feet*

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flOOD HAZARDS SHOWN WITHIN ADAMS COUNTY ARE fOR INfORMATION ONLY.
fOR fLOOD INSURANCE PURPOSES REfER TO SEPARATELY PUBLISHED fLOOD
INSURANCE RATE MAP.

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Cross Section Line

Base Flood Elevation in Feet
Where Uniform Within Zone*

Elevation Reference Mark

*Referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929

NOTES

This map is for use in administering
it does not necessarily identify all areas
local drainage sources of small size.
Special Flood Hazard Areas.

Areas of special flood hazard (100-year
AH. AO. A99, V. Vl-30 and VE.

A. Al-30, AE,

Certain areas not in Special Flood
flood control structures.

protected by

Boundaries of the floodways were computed cross sections and
interpolated between cross sections. The fioodways were based on
hydraulic considerations with to requirements of the Federal
Emergency Management

Floodway widths in
Floodway widths

be too narrow to show to scale.
,0 the Flood Study Report.

Coastal base flood
For adjoining map

of the shoreline.
Index

City

Department
Havana Street
Colorado 80012

only. not for distribution)

IDENTIFICATION:

26.1974

FLOOD

BOUNDARY MAP REVISIONS:

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FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP EFFECTIVE:

JUNE 1. 1978

FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP REVISIONS:

AUGUST 31.1982. SEPTEMBER 15.1989, SEPTEMBER 30.1992

Map revised August 16, 1995 to update corporate limits, to ~pdate, map
format to update roads and road names. to incorporate previously Issued

letters of map revision.

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

CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER
CITY OF AURORA

NOTE: MAP AREA SHOWN ON THIS PANEL IS LOCATED
WITHIN TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST AND
TOWNSHIP 3 RANGE 67 WEST.

CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER

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CITY OF AURORA

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APPROXIMATE SCALE IN FEET

NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM

ZONE AE

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FLOOD INSURANCE

CITY OF
AURORA,
COLORADO
ADAMS, ARAPAHOE
AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES

PANEL 40 510

(SEE MAP INDEX FOR PANELS NOT PRINTED)

ZONE X

KEY TO NUMBERED STREETS
EAGLE STREET.. . . " ., ........12
FITZSIMONS WAY. .. .. .. .. .. .1
POTOMAC STREET... . ........ .10
SABLE BOULEVARD.. . . . 11
25TH AVENUE....... . . . . .4
25TH PLACE........ ............6
24TH AVENUE....... ............5
22ND AVENUE....... ............9
WORCHESTER STREET . . . . . . . . . . . .2
XANADU STREET... . ............3
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US ARMY
FITZSIMONS
GENERAL HOSPITAL

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Federal Emergency Management Agency