FLOOD05520

• Designation Number: 162
• County: Weld
• Community: Firestone
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Flood Insurance Study - Firestone, Weld County, Colorado
• Date: 6/1/1979
• Designation Date: 5/1/1980
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1. 0 INTRODUCTION..... . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 1

1.1 Purpose of Study........................................... 1
1. 2 Coordination..... .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. . .. . . . . .. . . 1
1.3 Authority and Acknowledgments................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2.0 AREA STUDIED.................................................... 1

2. 1 Scope of Study..................................:.......... 1
2.2 Conununi ty Description...................................... 3
2.3 Principal Flood Problems................................... 3
2. 1 Flood Protection Measures.................................. 4

3. 0 ENGINEERING METHon!': ............................................" 4

3.1 Hydrologic Analyses........................................ 4
3.2 Hydraulic Analyses......................................... 5

4.0 FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS............................. 6

4.1 Flood Boundaries........................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.2 Floodways....... .................. ......................... 6

5.0 INSURANCE APPLICATION......... .................................. 7

5.1 Reach Determinations....................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.2 Flood Hazard Factors....................................... 9
5.3 Flood Insurance Zones...................................... 9
5.4 Flood Insurance Rate Map Description....................... 10

6.0 OTHER STUDIES................................................... 10

7.0 LOCATION OF DATA................................................ 12

8.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES..................................... 12

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