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<br />14. Floodway Maps Frasier & Gingery 1974 <br /> Engineers, Denver, <br /> Colorado <br />15. Metropolitan Denver COE 1977 <br /> & South Platte River <br /> & Tributaries Study <br />16. Public Information COE 1977 <br /> Fact Sheet <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />- FLOOD RELATED STUDIES - <br /> <br />11. <br /> <br />Past floods on Boulder Creek have elicited 20 previous studies related to <br />delineating and mitigating flood hazards associated with Boulder Creek. These <br />studies have been performed by various organizations as summarized below: <br /> <br />12. <br /> <br />TABLE 1 <br />SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS STUDIES <br /> <br />13. <br /> <br /> Report Name Responsible Enti ty Year <br />1. "The Improvement of- Frederi ck L. 01 mstead 1019 <br /> Boulder Creek" <br />2. " I 308 I" Report on the U.S. Army Corps of 1938 <br /> Platte River Basin Engineers (COE) <br /> <br />Content <br /> <br />Land Use relationship <br />with Flood Plain <br /> <br />Navigation, Flood Con- <br />trol, Power Develop- <br />ment and Irrigation <br /> <br />Flood Protection on <br />Boulder Creek and <br />Sunshine Creek <br /> <br />3. South Platte River <br />and Tributaries, <br />Colorado, Wyoming <br />and Nebraska <br /> <br />COE 1945 <br /> <br />U.S. Geological Survey 1961 <br />(USGS) <br /> <br />Flood-frequency infor- <br />mation upstream from <br />28th Street <br /> <br />4. "Flood Information <br />Report" <br /> <br />5. Reconnaissance U.S. Bureau of <br /> Report "St. Vrain Reclamation (USBR) <br /> Unit, Colorado" <br />6. Flood Plain Infor- COE <br /> mation Report <br />7. Master Plan for Wright-McLaughlin <br /> Boulder Creek - 24th Engineers, Denver, <br /> to 30th Streets Colorado (W/Mc) <br />8. Reconnaissance Report COE <br />9. Conceptual Plan for W/Mc <br /> Boulder Creek <br />10. General Design COE <br /> Memorandum <br /> <br />1967 Damsite investigation <br />on Boulder Creek <br /> <br />1969 Flood Plain Analysis <br />based on 7400 cfs <br /> <br />1969 Proposed improvements <br />to 24th 28th & 30th <br />Streets based on 7400 <br />cfs. <br /> <br />1970 Flood Control Measures <br />for 7400 cfs. <br /> <br />1970 Proposed improvements <br />from 9th to 14th, based <br />on 7400 cfs. <br /> <br />1971 Development of Struc- <br />tural and non-structural <br />flood control concepts <br /> <br />Report Name Responsible Entity <br /> <br />Environmental Anal- Thorne Ecological <br />ysis Institute <br /> <br />Year <br /> <br />1972 <br /> <br />Special Flood Hazard COE <br />Informa ti on <br /> <br />1972 <br /> <br />"11 Point Flood Con- COE Committee on <br />trol Plan" Environmental <br />Planning <br /> <br />1973 <br /> <br />17. <br /> <br />Flood Insurance Study Federal Insurance <br />Administration <br /> <br />1978 <br /> <br />18. <br /> <br />Boulder-Creek Phase <br />B Preliminary Design <br /> <br />URS <br /> <br />1979 <br /> <br />19. <br /> <br />Boulder Creek Flood- <br />plain Map Amendment <br /> <br />Muller Engineering <br />Company, I nc. , <br />Lakewood, Colorado <br /> <br />1981 <br /> <br />20. <br /> <br />Boulder Creek Flood <br />Hazard Area Delin- <br />eation <br /> <br />1983 <br /> <br />UDFCD <br /> <br />Content <br /> <br />Environmental impact <br />analysis of COE flood <br />control concepts <br /> <br />Basis for Boulder <br />Participation in Flood <br />Insurance Program <br /> <br />Flood Control Plan <br />based on aggressive <br />land use management <br />program for 7400 cfs <br /> <br />Floodway maps based <br />on 7400 cfs <br /> <br />Re-Analysis of Boulder <br />Creek hydrology increas- <br />ing 100-year flood <br />discharge to 12,000 cfs <br /> <br />Development of Flood <br />Control Plans for 12,000 <br />cfs: I - enlarged Channel <br />II - Excavated Floodway <br />III - Relocation and <br />Alert Proofing <br /> <br />Based on 100-year dis- <br />charge of 12,000 cfs. <br />Used to convert City <br />of Boulder to regular <br />phase of the National <br />Flood Insurance Program. <br /> <br />Development of a Master <br />Pl an of Fl ood Control <br />Improvements <br /> <br />Basis for revisions to <br />the Flood Insurance Rate <br />Map for the area east of <br />24th St. and north of <br />Arapahoe Avenue <br /> <br />Delineation of 100-year <br />floodplain through <br />City of Boul der <br /> <br />6 <br />