PERMFILE111290

• Permit No: M2000034
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 1/9/1984
• Doc Name: FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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The results of the study were reviexed at a final coordination
meeting held during a regular meeting of the Loveland City
,j Council on September 6, 1977. The respresentatives of the
Federal Insurance Administration and the study contractor xere
present for the meeting. No problems were raised concerning
the results of the study.
2.0 AREA STUDIED
2.1 Scope of Study
This Flood Insurance Study covers the incorporated area of
' the City of Loveland, Lorimer County, Colorado. The area of
study is shown en the Vicinii<y Flap (Figure 1).
Floods caused by overflow of the Big Thompson River were
: studied in detail. The Big Thompson River is the only major
drainageway flowing through the City of Loveland.
The areas studied by detailed methods were selected with
~ priority given to all knoxn flood hazard areas, and areas of
projected development or proposed construction for the next
five years, through 1988.
Approximate zones, including Lake Loveland and Rollers Ldke,
were not studied under this contract, These zones were taken
from the Federal Insurance Administration's Flood Hazard
Boundary Map (Reference 1).
2.2 Community Description
The City of Loveland is located in eastern Lorimer County,
in north-central Colaratlo, approximately $ miles east of the
i mouth of Big Thomason Canyon and the Rocky Mountains. The
1 city is approximately 42 miles north of Denver and 8 miles
south of Fort Collins.
The City of Loveland is growing at a rapidly increasing rate,
having more than tripled in size from a population of 9,734
persons in 196D to populations of 16,220, 23,653 and 30,244
persons in 1970, 7976 and 1984, respectively (References 2,
3 and 4). The economy of the area is basically commercial
and agricultural.
The average annual temperature and precipitation in Loveland
are approximately 50o and 10.5 inches, respectively (Refer-
: ence 5).
The Big Thompson River flows easterly through the southern
end of Loveland from the high mountains of the Colorado Front
Range. The river is steep antl narrow through the mountains
and canyon; however, once it enters the plains just west of
Loveland, it widens with a meandering flow,
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