FLOOD10617 ‎(2)‎

• County: Boulder
• Community: Boulder County and Incorporated Areas
• Title: FIS - Boulder County and Incorporated Areas - Vol 1
• Date: 10/4/2002
• Prepared For: Boulder County
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Current FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

An initial coordination meeting for the Town of Superior was held
on April 21, 1976, and attended by a representative of the F~A; the
Mayor of Superior; and representatives of the Boulder County
Planning and Public Works Department, the ewes, and Howard,
Needles, Tammen <<Bergendorff. The purpose was to discuss areas to
be studied and methods to be used. On February 18, 1977,
representatives of the Federal Insurance Admdnistration and Howard,
Needles, Tammen & Bergendorff met in Superior to review the study
limits.

The ses, the eweB, the Boulder County Courthouse, the USGS, and the
State Historical Society were contacted for available data.

The results of this study were reviewed at a final community
coordination meeting held on July 18, 1978. Attending the meeting
were representatives of the PIA, the study contractor, Boulder
County planning and Public Works Department, the eweB, and the
town. This study incorporates all appropriate comments, and all
problems have been resolved.

2.0 AREA STUDiED

2.1 Scope of Study

This Flood Insurance Study covers the geographic area of Boulder
County, including the incorporated Cities of Boulder, Lafayette,
Longment, Louisville, the Towns of Jamestown, Lyons, Nederland,
Superior, and the unincorporated areas of Boulder County.

The streams studied by detailed methods are presented in Table 1.

The areas studied by detailed methods were selected with priority
given to all known flood hazards and areas of projected development
or proposed construction through 1993.

The following are streams for which only approximate flood hazards
are presented: Gregory Creek, Bluebell Canyon Creek, Viele
Channel, Davids Draw, Anderson Ditch, Little Dry Creek, Sunshine
Gulch, Kings Gulch, and the upper reaches of Bear Canyon Creek.

Approximate analyses were used to study those areas having a low
development potential or minimal flood hazards. The scope and
methods of study were proposed to, and agreed upon by, PEMA and
Boulder County.

2.2 Community Description

Boulder County is located in north-central Colorado, approximately
50 miles south of the Colorado-Wyoming state line. In 1980, the
population of Boulder County was 189,925, an increase of 44 percent
from a population of 141,889 in 1970 (Reference 13).

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