FLOOD10351

• County: Statewide
• Community: Statewide
• Title: Statewide River Rehabilitation & Flood Plain Management Needs Inventory
• Date: 12/1/1998
• Prepared For: State of Colorado Department of Natural Resources
• Prepared By: McLaughlin Water Engineers
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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Community Floodolain Information Maos: Community 1 DO-year floodplain maps needed to be reviewed
and updated on a five year interval, These reviews and map updates will provide the communities with
more accurate designation 01 their flood hazard areas,

Multi.Obiective Manaaement Persoective:
Specific, single-purpose solutions are
generally inadequate; multi'objective
stewardsh'p perspective should be applied to
management of watershed and stream
corridors, MUlti,objective planning solutions
are needed for most Colorado watersheds,
Slxty,two fJIlfC81lt of IhB rsspondBnts
sxprssssd a nBBd for a multl-ilbjBctJVB
strBam/rlVBr rshabflltaUon projsct This
indicates recognition that floodplains and stream corridors have important functions within the watershed
that can be managed to benefit more than one single purpose, Due to the general arid climate in the West,
the presence of water in these portions 01 the watershed often contain some of the more unique and
valuable habitat attributes within the watershed, which can be enjoyed by all residents if proper'y
managed,

62%ol
reapondenls
irrlcated II
need lor a multi.
objecliw I
8lreamlri\l3f I
rehllbihlallOfl
projecl

Technical Assistance for Stream Rehabilitation: Community and landowners need assistance in
formulating and planning their river or stream rehabilitation projects, Floodplain management must be
expanded to include stream rehabilitation/stabilization, habitat and riparian lone preservation/
enhancement, and flood hazard mitigation,
Elghly-slght fJIlfC81lt of IhB rsspondBnts
cIIBd onB or mors problBms rslatsd to
strBam corridors or focal flooding, This
high percentage indicates recognition that
flooding is a natural function of this
portion of the watershed, Natural
recovery may be very slow and man's
influences have placed constraints on the
recovery process,

88%01
respondents
reported one or
mora problems
with stream
corridofs Of
local nooding

Post.Flood Local Recoverv Plans: Communities and landowners who have experienced a major flood
event usually respond at various levels in some manner by the 7th to 14th day following the flood event
Emergency operations begin during or immediately following a natural disaster, but lon(Herm mitigation is
a key for preventing future disasters in the same location. The common question atter a disaster is, 'What
is government going to do for me?" Presently, federal and state flood mitigation programs do not have an
instrument to begin preparing a specif,c flood recovery plan by the 14th day atter the event (with

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