Downloadable Boulder County Maps
 The Boulder County GIS divisions have created maps that are
available to the public, free of charge, when downloaded from this web site.
They are in pdf format and can be viewed or printed using Acrobat
Reader,
which can be downloaded free from Adobe.
The following
maps are available:
Boulder County's Wildfire Hazard Identification and Mitigation System
(WHIMS) was a cooperative effort with the Colorado
State Forest Service, which began in 1992 to:
- identify wildfire hazards,
- aide local fire protection districts,
- educate homeowners,
- assist land managers, and,
- assess risks due to wildfires,
for the wildland urban interface along the county's front range.
Using geographic data management and analysis modeling, the following
maps were developed:
- a Wildfire Hazard Map (5 MB)
which identifies the slope, aspect, elevation and vegetation fuel type
along the interface;
- a Structure Density Map (4.3
MB) that shows the density of buildings, homes, and other physical
structures in the study area; and,
- an Area of Concerns Map (5 MB)
which shows the areas of high risk in
the event of wildfire. This map is a result of combining the wildfire hazard
and structure density maps.
The WHIMS wildfire analysis won 1st place for Best Analytical Process at the 2000 ESRI
Users Conference Map Gallery in San Diego, CA.
Two maps from Boulder County Comprehensive Plan can be downloaded from
this site:
Other Boulder
County comprehensive maps can be downloaded from Land Use's site along
with the accompanying Boulder
County Comprehensive Plan.
The Boulder County Mountain
Address Map updates the original Boulder County Mountain Addressing
Atlas published in 1986 and is current to April 2000. Updates will be made
periodically.
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