FLOOD01615

• Designation Number: 258
• County: Arapahoe
• Community: Littleton
• Stream Name: Big Dry Creek
• Title: Flood Insurance Study - City of Littleton
• Date: 6/1/1978
• Prepared For: Littleton
• Prepared By: FIA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Historic FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

Zone A:

Special Flood Hazard.Areas
inundated by the 100-year flood,
determined by approximate methods;
no base flood elevations shown
or Flood Hazard Factors determined.

Zone AD:

Special Flood Hazard Areas
inundated by types of 100-year
shallow flooding where depths
are!between 1.0 and 3.0 feet;
depths are shown, but no Flood
Hazard Factors are determined.

Zones Al, A2, A3,
A4, A5, A7,
A15:

Special Flood Hazard Areas
inundated by the 100-year flood,
determined by detailed methods;
base flood elevations shown,
and! zones subdivided according
to Flood Hazard Factors.

Zone B:

Areas between the Special Flood
Hazard Areas and the limits of
the. 500-year flood, including areas
of the 500-year flood plain that
are protected from the 100-year
flood by dike, levee, or other
water control structure; also
are~s subject to certain types
of lbO-year shallow flooding where
depths are less than 1.0 foot;
and areas subject to 100-year
flooding from sources witp drainage
areas less than 1 square mile.
Zone B is not subdivided.

Zone C:

Areas of minimal flooding.

The flood elevation diffe!rences, Flood Hazard Factors,
flood insurance zones, and base flood elevations for each
flooding source studied i'n detail in the community are
summarized in Table 3.

5.4 Flood Insurance Rate Map Description

The Flood Insurance Rate IMap for the City of Littleton
is, for insurance purpos~s, the principal result of the
Flood Insurance Study. ~his map (published separately)
contains the official delineation of flood insurance
zones and base flood elevation lines. Base flood
elevation lines show the :locations of the expected

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