Colorado Water Conservation Board Flood Protection Program

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Colorado Water Conservation Board Flood Response Program The objectives of the program are to: 1. Provide advance notices, 2. Document flood events, 3. Provide reasonable information for flood recovery operations, and 4. Rapidly deliver mitigation recommendations for a "community response plan". The major program elements and activities of the CWCB flood response program are: Flood Forecasting and Preparation — The activities will: • utilize federal , state, local, and private experts for developing and providing accurate flood outlooks and information; • formalize a programmatic approach for providing concise flood threat potential; an d • maintain an accurate and functional CWCB Flood Page to inform the public before flood event occur. Aerial Photography of Flooded Areas - The activities will: • secure the actual flood event pictures showing the extent of the flood; • make the pictures rapidly available for flood recovery operations; and • compile the data in a format compatible with future GIS uses. Flood Documentation and Identification of Specific Hazards — The activities will: prepare a field report for a major flood event within 14 days from the date of occurrence; • gather hydrologic and hydraulic information for flood events; • collect scientific/historic flood data for flood events; • prepare damage assessments; • generate valuable data and analyses for the development of mitigation recommendations; and • prepare and produce field/annual flood documentation reports. Evaluations and Revisions of F000dplain Designations — The activities will: • confirm that hydrologic values are reasonable; • verify that the hydraulic determinations are representative of field conditions; • delineate the 100 -year floodplain limits, if applicable; and present floodplain changes to the local entities, CWCB, and FEMA, if applicable.