Flood Safety
When it comes to safeguarding your home or business from flood damage, planning ahead is imperative. The Mile High Flood District has the experience, expertise, and top flood safety tips to help you do just that.
Protect Your Home and Property
Review these resources regarding different safety precautions during floods to learn about flooding and what you can do to avoid or mitigate damage.
Mapped floodplains have a quantified risk of flood. Make sure your protected with our map of approximate floodplains.
Are you a renter? Find out what you need to do to protect your belongings in the event of a flood.
Find out what to do before, during, and after a flood by visiting the National Weather Service’s flood safety page.
Do you need flood insurance? Why or why not? Find out on the FEMA floodsmart website.
Is your emergency flood kit ready? Download a copy of the Red Cross Flood Safety checklist to make sure.
Did you know that floods are the most common and widespread of all natural hazards? In fact, some floods develop slowly, but flash floods can happen in just minutes.
Make sure you’re up-to-date on your flood risk and insurance needs by reading the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) from FEMA.
Flooding is most common in the summer and spring but can occur anytime or anywhere, with floodwaters rising gradually or rapidly.
Important Forecasts and Flood Warnings
The Mile High Flood District works hard to ensure the safety of their citizens providing local governments with early notifications of heavy rain and flood threats in partnership with NOAA’s National Weather Service.
Local officials can then act on these notifications according to their respective emergency plans and warn people in affected high-risk areas when flooding is imminent.
Follow the ALERT system on Twitter for real-time heavy rainfall notifications.
Find an archive of forecast products and flood threat notifications from the Mile High Flood District’s Flash Flood Prediction Program (F2P2), which operates from April–September.
Download a flood protection handbook for more information and assistance in personal flood safety management specific to your area.
