FLOOD10352 ‎(2)‎

• County: Adams
• Community: Thornton
• Stream Name: South Platte River
• Title: LOMR - Affected Panel 08001C0335G - Case No. 02-08-283P
• Date: 1/30/2003
• Prepared For: Thornton
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Historic FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

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The following table is a partial listing of existing and modified BFEs:

Location

Existing BFE
(feet) *

Modified BFE
(feet)*

3 Approximately 100 feet downstream of East McKay Road
3 Approximately 2,000 feet upstream of East McKay Road
1.2.3 Approximately 4,000 feet downstream of East 88th Avenue

5,058
5,062
5,073

5,059
5,061
5,073

*Referenced to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum, rounded to the nearest whole foot
IAffects City of Commerce City
2Affects City of Thornton
3 Affects unincorporated areas of Adams County

Public notification of the proposed modified BFEs will be given in the Denver Post on or about
October 24 and October 31,2002. A copy of this notification is enclosed. In addition, a notice of
changes will be published in the Federal Register. Within 90 days of the second publication in the
Denver Post, any interested party may request that FEMA reconsider the determination made by this
LOMR. Any request for reconsideration must be based on scientific or technical data. All interested
parties are on notice that, until the 90-day period elapses, the determination to modify the BFEs made by
this LOMR may itselfbe modified.

Because this LOMR will not be printed and distributed to primary users, such as: local insurance agents
and mortgage lenders, your community will serve as a repository for these new data. We encourage you
to disseminate the information reflected by this LOMR throughout the communilty, so that interested
persons, such as property owners, local inslirance agents, and mortgage lenders, may benefit from the
information. We also encourage you to prepare a related article for publication in your community's
local newspaper. This article should describe the assistance that officials of your community will give to
interested persons by providing these data and interpreting the NFIP maps.

We will not physically revise and republish the FIRM and FIS report for your community to reflect the
modifications made by this LOMR at this time. When changes to the previously cited FIRM panel and
FIS report warrant physical revision and republication in the future, we will incorporate the
modifications made by this LOMR at that time.

This LOMR is based on minimum floodplain management criteria established under the NFIP . Your
community is responsible for approving all floodplain development and for ensuring all necessary
permits required by Federal or State law have been received. State, county, and community officials,
based on knowledge of local conditions and in the interest of safety, may set higher standards for
construction in the SFHA. Ifthe State, county, or community has adopted more restrictive or
comprehensive floodplain management criteria, these criteria take precedence over the minimum NFIP
criteria.

This determination has been made pursuant to Section 206 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973
(Public Law 93-234) and is in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended
(Title XIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Public Law 90-448), 42 D.S.C.
4001-4128, and 44 CFR Part 65. Pursuant to Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968,
as amended, communities participating in the NFIP are required to adopt and enforce floodplain
management regulations that meet or exceed minimum NFIP criteria. These cri1teria are the minimum
and do not supersede any State or local requirements of a more stringent nature. This includes adoption
of the effective FIRM to which the regulations apply and the modifications described in this LOMR.
Our records show that your community has met this requirement.