FLOOD07910

• Designation Number: 314
• County: Broomfield
• Community: Broomfield
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Flood Insurance Study - Broomfield, Colorado, Adams, Boulder and Jefferson Counties
• Date: 8/1/1988
• Designation Date: 3/1/1991
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Historic FEMA Regulatory Floodplain Information

FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1

Purpose of Study

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This Flood Insurance Study report revises and updates a previous
Flood Insurance Study/Flood Insurance Rate Map for the City of
Broomfield, in Adams, Boulder, and Jefferson Counties, Colorado.
This information will be used by Broomfield to update existing
floodplain regulations as part of the Regular Phase of the
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The information will
also be used by local and regional planners to further promote
sound land use and floodplain development.

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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 for this Flood Insurance Study are the
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster
Protection Act of 1973.

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

1.3 Coordination

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The initial coordination meeting was held in the City of
Broomfield on April 26, 1983. This meeting, attended by
representatives of the City of Broomfield, Colorado Water
Conservation Board (CWCB), Urban Drainage and Flood Control
District (UDFCD), and study contractor, was held to discuss the
nature and purpose of the study and the scope and limits of work.

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2.0 AREA STUDIED

2.1 Scope of Study

This Flood Insurance Study covers the incorporated areas of the
City of Broomfield, in Adams, Boulder, and Jefferson Counties,
Colorado.