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VOLUME 1 OF 3 DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO AND INCORPORATED AREAS Douglas County COMMUNITY NAME COMMUNITY NUMBER CASTLE PINES, CITY OF 080231 CASTLE ROCK, TOWN OF 080050 DOUGLAS COUNTY (UNINCORPORATED AREAS) 080049 LARKSPUR, TOWN OF 080309 LONE TREE, CITY OF 080319 PARKER, TOWN OF 080310 REVISED: MARCH 16, 2016 Federal Emergency Management Agency FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY NUMBER 08035CV001B NOTICE TO FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY USERS Communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program have established repositories of flood hazard data for floodplain management and flood insurance purposes. This Flood Insurance Study (FIS) may not contain all data available within the repository. It is advisable to contact the community repository for any additional data. This FIS was revised on March 16, 2016. Users should refer to Section 10.0, Revisions Description, for further information. Section 10.0 is intended to present the most up-to-date information for specific portions of this FIS report. Therefore, users of this FIS report should be aware that the information presented in Section 10.0 supersedes information in Sections 1.0 through 9.0 of this FIS report. Part or all of this FIS may be revised and republished at any time. In addition, part of this FIS may be revised by the Letter of Map Revision process, which does not involve republication or redistribution of the FIS. It is, therefore, the responsibility of the user to consult with community officials and to check the community repository to obtain the most current FIS components. Initial Countywide FIS Effective Date: September 30, 2005 Revised Countywide FIS Dates: March 16, 2016 TABLES OF CONTENTS Table of Contents – Volume 1 – Revised March 16, 2015 Page 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Purpose of Study 1 1.2 Authority and Acknowledgments 1 1.3 Coordination 3 2.0 AREA STUDIED 4 2.1 Scope of Study 4 2.2 Community Description 12 2.3 Principal Flood Problems 13 2.4 Flood Protection Measures 16 3.0 ENGINEERING METHODS 16 3.1 Hydrologic Analyses 16 3.2 Hydraulic Analyses 30 3.3 Vertical Datum 36 4.0 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS 37 4.1 Floodplain Boundaries 38 4.2 Floodways 39 5.0 INSURANCE APPLICATIONS 96 6.0 FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP 97 7.0 OTHER STUDIES 97 8.0 LOCATION OF DATA 100 9.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES 100 10.0 REVISIONS DESCRIPTION 105 10.1 First Revision 105 i Table of Contents – Volume 1 – continued FIGURES Figure 1 – Floodway Schematic 40 TABLES Table 1 – Flooding Sources Studied by Detailed Methods 4-7 Table 2 – Flooding Sources Studied by Approximate Methods 8-9 Table 3 – Letters of Map Revision 10-11 Table 4 – Summary of Discharges 20-30 Table 5 – Manning’s “n” Values 34-35 Table 6 – Vertical Datum Offset Table 37 Table 7 – Floodway Data 41-95 Table 8 – Community Map History 98 EXHIBITS Exhibit 1 – Flood Profiles Baldwin Gulch Panels 01P – 07P Bayou Gulch Panels 08P – 017P Big Dry Creek Panels 18P – 22P Big Dry Creek Tributary C Panels 23P – 25P Table of Contents – Volume 2 – Revised March 16, 2015 EXHIBITS Exhibit 1 – Flood Profiles (Cont’d) Carpenter Creek Panels 26P – 28P Cherry Creek Panels 29P – 46P Daniels Park Drain Panels 47P – 48P Drainageway 6600-02 Panels 49P Drainageway 6604-01 Panels 50P Drainageway 6605-01 Panels 51P East Plum Creek Panels 52P – 69P East Willow Creek Panels 70P – 72P Fourmile Creek Panels 73P – 88P Glade Gulch Panels 89P – 90P Hangmans Gulch Panels 91P – 99P Happy Canyon Creek Panels 100P – 103P Highlands Gulch Panels 104P – 105P Horse Creek Panels 106P – 110P Indian Creek Panel 111P – 116P ii Industrial Creek Panels 117P – 118P Jarre Creek Panels 119P – 121P Table of Contents – Volume 3 – Revised March 16, 2015 EXHIBITS Exhibit 1 – Flood Profiles (Cont’d) Lehigh Gulch Panels 122P – 123P Little Willow Creek Panels 124P – 126P Louviers Gulch Panels 127P – 128P McMurdo Gulch Panels 129P – 135P McMurdo Gulch Split Flow Panels 136P – 137P Mitchell Gulch Panels 138P – 139P Mitchell Gulch Tributary 2 Panels 140P Newlin Gulch Panels 141P – 144P Omni Tributary Panels 145P – 146P Oxide Draw Panels 147P Plum Creek Panels 148P – 155P Plum Creek – Diversion Channel Panels 156P Rainbow Creek Panels 157P – 158P Section 34 Tributary Panels 159P – 165P Sellars Gulch Panels 166P – 170P Sellars Gulch Tributary 2 Panels 171P South Platte River Panels 172P – 186P Sterling Gulch Panels 187P – 188P Sulphur Gulch Panels 189P – 197P Tallman Gulch Panels 198P – 202P Tributary 6400 East Panels 203P – 205P Tributary 6400 West Panels 206P – 209P Trout Creek Panels 210P – 214P West Creek Panels 215P – 222P West Plum Creek Panels 223P – 229P Willow Creek Panels 230P – 235P Willow Creek (At Lone Tree) Panels 236P – 238P Tributary 6400 South Panels 239P - 241P Exhibit 2 – Flood Insurance Rate Map Flood Insurance Rate Map iii FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO AND INCORPORATED AREAS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose of Study This countywide Flood Insurance Study (FIS) revises and updates information on the existence and severity of flood hazards in the geographic area of Douglas County, Colorado, including: the Towns of Castle Rock, Larkspur, and Parker; the Cities of Castle Pines and Lone Tree; and the unincorporated areas of Douglas County (hereinafter referred to collectively as Douglas County). The cities of Aurora and Littleton are multiple county communities but are excluded from this FIS and included in their entirety in the Arapahoe County FIS. This FIS 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 county that will be used to establish actuarial flood insurance rates. This information will also be used by Douglas County to update existing floodplain regulations as part of the Regular Phase of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and by local and regional planners to further promote sound land use and floodplain development. Minimum floodplain management requirements for participation in the NFIP 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 for this FIS are the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. This FIS was prepared as part of a partial-countywide update to the September 30, 2005 countywide FIS for Douglas County. Information on the authority and acknowledgements for each jurisdiction included in this countywide FIS, as compiled from their previously printed FIS reports, is shown below. Castle Rock, Town of: the hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for the FIS report dated September 30, 1987, were prepared by Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendoff, for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), under Contract No. H-4016. That work was completed in July 1977. The hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for portions of the streams studied by approximate methods 1 were performed by J. F. Sato and associates Inc., for FEMA, under Contract No. 84-C-1631. That work was completed in August 1985. Hydrologic information was obtained from the initial Castle Rock FIS, the Douglas County FIS, and previous Urban Drainage and Flood Control District (UDFCD) reports. The major portion of the hydraulic analyses was taken directly from the initial Castle Rock FIS and UDFCD reports. The balance of the analyses was developed by J.F. Sato and Associates, Inc. Douglas County (Unincorporated Areas): the hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for the January 5 1996, FIS report were prepared by Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendoff, for FIA, under Contract No. H-4016. That work was completed in July 1978. The hydrologic and hydraulic analysis for portions of East Plum Creek and Sellars Gulch and for portions of streams studied by approximate methods were performed by J. F. Sato and Associates, Inc., for FEMA, under Contract No. 84-C-1631. That work was completed in August 1985. The major portion of the hydrologic information was obtained from the initial Douglas County FIS, and previous UDFCD reports. The balance of the analyses was developed by J.F. Sato and Associates, Inc. Larkspur, Town of: the hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for the September 30, 1987, FIS were taken from the FIS for Douglas County. Parker, Town of: the hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for the February 2, 1996, FIS were taken from the FIS for Douglas County. The authority and acknowledgments for the Cities of Castle Pines and Lone Tree are not included because there are no previously printed FIS reports for those communities. For the 2005 countywide FIS, the updated and new hydrologic and hydraulic analyses were taken from the following UDFCD, Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB), and Douglas County reports: “Flood Hazard Area Delineation Big Dry Creek (Arapco) & Tributaries”, prepared by WRC Engineering, Inc. “Flood Hazard Area Delineation Willow Creek, Little Willow Creek, and East Willow Creek”, prepared by Greenhorne & O’Mara, Inc. “Flood Hazard Area Delineation Plum Creek Watershed”, prepared by WRC Engineering, Inc. 2 “Flood Hazard Area Delineation, Cherry Creek Corridor – Reservoir to Scott Road”, prepared by URS Corporation “Plum Creek and East Plum Creek, Flood Hazard Area Delineation (FHAD), Flood Insurance Study Documentation, Technical Appendix,” prepared by ICON Engineering, Inc. “Kinney Creek and Fonder Draw Flood Hazard Area Delineation (FHAD), Flood Insurance Study Documentation, Technical Appendix,” prepared by WRC Engineering, Inc. Post-Wildfire Floodplain Study, Hayman Burn Area, Douglas County, Colorado. In addition to the reports above, updated hydraulic analysis were performed for Hangmans Gulch using digital topography provided by Douglas County.