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Floodplain Documents
Designation Number
20
County
Boulder
Community
Boulder
Stream Name
Boulder Creek
Title
Special Flood Hazard Report - Boulder Creek
Date
5/1/1972
Designation Date
8/1/1972
Floodplain - Doc Type
Floodplain Report/Masterplan
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<br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />This report identifies and describes the flood <br />hazards in the Boulder Creek flood plain from 28th <br />Street in Boulder, Colorado upstream to Arapahoe <br />Road which crosses the stream just outside of the <br />corporate limits of the city. It was originally re. <br />quested by the former Inter.County Regional Plan. <br />ning Commission and later by the City of Bould~r <br />for use in planning for city development and the <br />best future use of lands in flood prone areas. Maps, <br />profiles, and photographs show the effects of <br />floods and the extent of potential future flooC!s <br />under existing conditions. <br />Hydrologic Atlas HA.41 published by the U.S. <br />Geological Survey in 1961 delineates floods at <br />Boulder, Colorado. This current report of the Corps <br />of Engineers updates the prior U.S.G.S. Atlas sinCe <br />it is based on current data - including hydrolo. <br />gic records, topographic mapping and stage of <br />development in the Boulder Creek flood plain. <br />Flood Plain Information, Volume II, BouldN <br />Metropolitan Region covers Boulder Creek down. <br />stream from 28th Street and South Boulder Creek. <br />Plans and recommendations for flood protec. <br />tion projects are not included in this report. The <br />study results may be used, however, to evaluate <br /> <br /> <br />plans to minimize or avoid future flood losses. <br />Alternatives available may range from special flood <br />prevention projects to a management program <br />utilizing flood plain zoning, building regulation in <br />the flood hazard areas, flood proofing of existing <br />or future structures, and flood insurance. <br /> <br />BASIN DESCRIPTION <br /> <br />Boulder Creek flows eastward from the high <br />Rockies at the Continental Divide through steep <br />mountain canyons and across the high plains area <br />to St. Vrain Creek a tributary of the South Platte <br />River. The creek drains 440 square miles with <br />about 102 square miles upstream from Boulder. <br />The Boulder Creek channel slope averages 70 feet <br />per mile in the study reach. The creek bed is sand, <br />gravel, and boulders. The flood plain in the study <br />reach is highly developed with commercial and <br />public facilities as well as residential areas. <br /> <br />FLOOD HISTORY <br /> <br />The record flood at Boulder occured on 31 <br />May through 2 June 1894, the result of heavy rains <br />and snowmelt. Every bridge was washed away and <br />extensive damage done to roads and railroads. <br />Many buildings were damaged or washed away. <br /> <br /> <br />- <br />- <br />- <br /> <br />, . <br /> <br />""", ;~ ~ <br /> <br /> <br />~ . - ,--- .~ ~- --- ~ '" - .. ...... <br /> <br />, . <br />
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