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<br />FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY <br />ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO AND INCORPORATED AREAS <br /> <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />1.1 Purpose of Study <br /> <br />This Flood Insurance Study revises and updates information on the <br />existence and severity of flood hazards in the geographic area of <br />Adams County, including the Cities of Brighton, Commerce City, <br />Northglenn, Thornton, Federal Heights, the Town of Bennett, and the <br />unincorporated areas of Adams County (referred to collectively <br />herein as Adams County) and aids in the administration of the <br />National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster <br />Protection Act of 1973. <br /> <br />The study has developed flood risk data for various areas of the <br />community that will be used to establish actuarial flood insurance <br />rates and assist the community in its efforts to promote sound <br />floodplain management. Minimum floodplain management requirements <br />for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) <br />are set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations at 44 CFR, 60.3. <br />This information will be used to update existing floodplain <br />regulations as part of the Regular Phase of the NFIP. The <br />information will also be used by local and regional planners to <br />further promote sound land use and floodplain development. <br /> <br />The Cities of Arvada, Aurora, Broomfield, and Westminster each fall <br />in more than one county. The technical information presented in <br />this Flood Insurance Study/Flood Insurance Rate Map for the <br />portions of these communities within Adams County is for <br />information only. For flood insurance purposes, see the separately <br />published Flood Insurance Study/Flood Insurance Rate Map for these <br />communities. <br /> <br />In some states or communities, floodplain management criteria or <br />regulations may exist that are more restrictive or comprehensive <br />than the minimum Federal requirements. In such cases, the more <br />restrictive criteria take precedence and the State (or other <br />jurisdictional agency) will be able to explain them. <br /> <br />1.2 Authority and Acknowledgments <br /> <br />The sources of authority <br />National Flood Insurance <br />Protection Act of 1973. <br /> <br />for this <br />Act of <br /> <br />Flood <br />1968 <br /> <br />Insurance <br />and the <br /> <br />Study <br />Flood <br /> <br />are the <br />Disaster <br /> <br />The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for the original studies for <br />the unincorporated areas of Adams County and the Cities of <br />Brighton, Commerce City, Northglenn, and Thornton were performed by <br />Gingery Associates, Inc., for the Federal Insurance Administration <br />(FIA), under Contract No. H-3716, The work for these studies was <br />