An extent of land covered by, intermittent and permanent, water bodies and watercourses. This includes both parcel bounding and non-parcel bounding occurrences. Includes the natural watercourses as follows: Bow River Elbow River Nose Creek West Nose Creek Fish Creek. This is a generalized version of the data set and is intended for cartographic purposes and faster drawing time.

The location of the boundary between freehold or private land and the rivers.

The flood extents line was manually delineated from an aerial photo taken on June 22, 2013, and does not represent the peak or maximum flood extents during the June 2013 flood event. This aerial photo was taken somewhat after the flood peak had passed. Actual peak flood extents may have been greater than shown. There may be some error in the extents shown due to the method used for creating the line from the aerial photo (interference of trees, shadows, etc. when interpreting the location of flood water in the photo).
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The approximate flows at the time the aerial photo was taken:
-Bow River upstream of where the Elbow River joins it: 1575 m3/s at time of aerial photo (1840 m3/s at 2013 flood peak flow)
-Elbow River downstream of Glenmore Dam: 550m3/s at time of aerial photo (700 m3/s at 2013 flood peak flow)

Calgary’s Regulatory Flood Map shows the floodway, flood fringe and overland flood zones. The map is used for land planning purposes, showing the designated flood zones where various development and building regulations apply. The map shows the regulatory flood zones for the Bow River, Elbow River, Nose Creek and West Nose Creek. An annotation file is provided separately as an attachment (see "About" menu").

Designated flood elevations (or steplines) associated with these zones are available separately.

For more on the development and building regulations that apply in each designated flood zone, please refer to Calgary’s Land Use Bylaw, Part 3 Division 3. http://www.calgary.ca/PDA/pd/Pages/Calgary-Land-Use-bylaw-1P2007/Calgary-Land-Use-Bylaw-1P2007.aspx

Are you building or renovating?
If you are building or renovating, check the regulatory flood map on this page, and the 1:100 year inundation map (from Flooding in Calgary: Maps http://www.calgary.ca/UEP/Water/Pages/Flood-Info/Calgary-flood-maps/Flood-maps.aspx) to see if your property is in a flood risk zone. Since late 2011, property owners have been advised of both the official designated flood elevation per the Land Use Bylaw (based on this regulatory flood map) and the most up to date recommended flood elevation (based on the updated 1:100 year inundation map) for their specific property.