Floodplain Maps

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and City floodplain maps

View Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and City floodplain maps to determine if your property is in a floodplain. To obtain an elevation certificate for your property, contact Utilities.

Stop! Read First

• Always look at the maps for both the FEMA floodplain and City floodplains to determine if a property is in a floodplain.
• Switch between the FEMA and City floodplain maps using the button in lower left-hand corner.
• Map Tips (FCMaps help page)

• The online maps do not yet reflect changes resulting from the following capital projects:
  • Canal Importation Ponds and Outfall Drainage Improvement Project (CIPO)
  • Prospect Road at the Poudre River
• Although City maps show areas outside city limits, do not use the maps to make floodplain determinations in Larimer County. Contact Larimer County Engineering at (970) 498-5700 for County floodplain map information.

You can also obtain a copy of the FEMA maps on the FEMA website. Use this handout (PDF 1.1MB) to find out how to access the maps.

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Floodplain Maps for Blackberry Smartphones

• View the City's floodplain maps and search by address, intersection and parcel #
• Download (PDF 988KB) directions for installation and user's manual.
• Note: OS 5.0 is currently not supported

FEMA Letters of Map Revision or Amendment

• These maps do not reflect FEMA Letters of Map Revision based on Fill (LOMR-F) and Letters of Map Amendment (LOMA). View a list of properties for which these changes have been issued.

Flood Insurance Study

View the Flood Insurance Study, dated June 17, 2008:

• Vol. 1 (PDF 8.5MB)
• Vol. 2 (PDF 27.7MB)
• Vol. 3 (PDF 27.8MB)
• Vol. 4 (PDF 30.9MB)

Elevation Certificates

Copies of elevation certificates can be obtained by calling the City of Fort Collins Utilities at (970) 221-6700 or