FLOOD10474

• County: Saguache
• Stream Name: Saguache Creek
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Title: Saguache Flood Documents 7/28/99
• Date: 7/28/1999
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Correspondence

Colorado Water Co~servation Board
Department of Natu:ral Resources
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1313 Sherman Street .
Denver, Colorado 80203 I
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STATE OF COLClRADO

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Bill Owens
Governor

MEMORANDUM

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director, DNR

Peter H. Evans
Director, CWCB

To:

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From:

Tom Browning

July 29, 1999 Draft

Date:

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Saguache County flood of July 26, 1999
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Severe storms dumped hbavy rains in northwest Saguache County on Sunday evening, July 26.
Flash flooding along se~eral streams resulted from the rains, and flood damages did occur.
Limited information ab04t the flooding was aired on Denver television news broadcasts Sunday
night. On July 27 and 28, I made several phone calls to collect further details about the Hooding.
The following list summkizes the information collected as of this time.
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. Heavy rains began falling in northwest Saguache County around 5pm Sunday
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. A reported storm tot~l of 7.5" of rain fell in less than 2 hours. (The size of the storm is
unknown, and the location ofmax. rainfall is unknown at this time).
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. The affected creeks iwere Middle Creek and Jacks Creek (tributaries to Saguache Creek,
southeast of the Continental Divide).
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. Highway 114 and some county roads were damaged or washed out in certain places
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. Three homes were p~ssiblY damaged. One is confirmed and the other two are unconfirmed.

. Damages to agricultural fields and irrigation structures were sustained.
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. Nobody was killed qr injured, evacuations were not required, and the Red Cross was not
activated as a result of this flood.
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. All of the flooding a1(1d damages occurred in the county, but nothing reported in the town of
Saguache. I
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· County Road andiBridge Dept.
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· County Sheriff s pept.

· Commissioner Mike Oliver

· OEM field rep. TJish Gavelda
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· County Emergendy Manager Larry Zimmer
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