Information Services and Flood Warning

 

This program was established in January 2005, in order to consolidate and enhance the District’s information services and flood warning capabilities. The flood warning program has served District local governments since 1979 and was previously an activity of the Floodplain Management Program. A real-time rain/stream gaging station on Sulphur Gulch in Parker. The District assists local governments in developing flood warning plans and installing and maintaining automated flood detection networks. In addition, the District hires a private meteorological service to provide daily forecasts of flood potential and to notify District local governments when threatening conditions develop. The daily forecasts and real-time data from the flood detection networks are available from the District’s website.

A major new activity will be to develop, operate and maintain Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in support of a variety of District activities including; Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) production and maintenance, tracking projects for maintenance eligibility, design and construction projects, routine and restorative maintenance projects, flood threat evaluation, data sharing, regional mapping initiatives, and other applications. GIS map exhibit showing floodplains and other watercourses in Wheat Ridge. Another effort will be to improve public access to electronic information available from the District through the Internet. As demands for electronic information increase, the District will be well positioned to meet those demands. One initial goal will be to develop an electronic library, making many District documents, photographs and files accessible from the Internet. The program staff consists of a manager, a project engineer to coordinate GIS development, and a part time IT consultant.