FLOOD06451

• County: Adams
• County: Jefferson
• Community: Westminster
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Flood Insurance Study - City of Westminster, Volume 1 of 2
• Date: 4/2/1997
• Prepared For: Westminster
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Historic FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY
CITY OF WESTMINSTER, ADAMS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Purpose of Study

This Flood Insurance Study investigates the existence and severity
of flood hazards in the City of Westminster, Adams and Jefferson
Counties, Colorado and aids in the administration of the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act
of 1973. This study has developed flood risk data for various
areas of the community that will be used to establish actuarial
flood insurance rates and assist the community in its efforts to
promote sound floodplain management. Minimum floodplain management
requirements for participation in the National Flood Insurance
Program are set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations at 44 CFR,
60.3.

In some states or communities, floodplain management criteria or
regulations may exist that are more restrictive or comprehensive
than the minimum Federal requirements. In such cases, the more
restrictive criteria take precedence and the State (or other
jurisdictional agency) will be able to explain them.

1.2 Authority and Acknowledgments

The sources of authority
National Flood Insurance
Protection Act of 1973.

for this Flood Insurance Study are the
Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster

The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for this study were performed
by Greiner Engineering Sciences, Inc. of Denver, Colorado, for the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) , under Contract No.
EMW-83-C-11-73. This study was completed in June 1985.

1.3 Coordination

An initial coordination meeting was held by the City of Westminster
on April 25, 1983. This meeting, attended by representatives of
the City of Westminster, Colorado Water Conservation Board, Urban
Drainage and Flood Control District and the study contractor, was
held to discuss the nature and purpose of the study and the scope
and limits of work.

The following agencies and individuals were contacted and supplied
information used in the preparation of this study:

Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) - State Coordinator
City of Westminster Engineering Department
Colorado Urban Drainage and Flood Control District (UD&FCD)
Colorado Highway Department (CHD)
Soil Conservation Service (SCS)