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<br />"' ~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- .- <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />721 Centennial Building <br />131 3 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3441 <br />FAX: (303) 866-4474 <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />James S. Lochhead <br />Executive Director, DNR <br /> <br />Daries C. Lile, PE. <br />Director, CWCB <br /> <br />Peter H. Evans <br />Acting Director, CWCB <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />FROM: Larry Lang <br /> <br />DATE: May 7,1998 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item Sc.i. May 11-12, 1998 Board Meeting-- <br />Report from the Colorado Flood Task Force regarding "Flood Threat 1998" <br /> <br />INFORMATION <br /> <br />I will provide the Board with a summary regarding the Colorado Flood Task Force's Spring <br />meeting, which was held on May 5,1998. The "Flood Threat 1998" concerns and issues are: <br /> <br />. There are three local regions where the State has snowpacks over 130 percent as of May 1 ". <br />They are Pueblo to Walsenburg for the Sangre De Cristo Range; Mesa County for the Grand <br />Mesa and Dolores, Rico, and Telluride areas for the San Juan Mountains. <br />. For the major river basins, the snowpacks are average or slightly above which does not pose <br />much of a flooding risk at this time. <br />. There exists an increased concern for landslide and rockslide problems statewide this year. <br />This condition is the result of above average precipitation over the past three years. <br />. Due to the below average snowpack over much of the snow season, many reservoirs either <br />filled early or had larger than normal carryover storage. This condition exists for many of the <br />southeastern reservoirs. This extend storage condition can place additional stresses on <br />reservoir embankments. <br /> <br />For your information I am attaching the summary from the Colorado Flood Force Task meeting, <br />May I, 1998 basin snowpack map, Colorado Statewide Snowpack as of May I" for the period <br />1968 through 1998, and January-May Snow Course Data. <br /> <br />I will make a short presentation to the Board and address any questions which the Board members <br />may have regarding "Flood Threat 1998". <br /> <br />Attach. <br /> <br />A:cacbagenitem5.c.i.may98 <br />