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<br />· CWCB FLOOD RESPONSE FUND <br />Annual Report <br />2003/2004 Flood Season <br /> <br /> <br />Backqround and Purpose <br />In 200 I the Colorado General Assembly <br />created a Flood Emergency Response Account <br />in the Colorado Water Conservation Board's <br />(CWeB) ConstrUl:tion Fund. The fund \V3S <br />created to provide the CWeB with a <br />mechanism to efficiently respond (0 and have <br />program funds 3\"aiJabh: for the- following <br />program clements: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />;.... Flood docw,u'lttat;olJ <br />, Flood filreCtlMil1J.: tlml oU1100k\- <br />;- PO.'f-jToot! 11/aPI';111.: f!mlutltiOlt <br />, Aerillll'!I(J(ogrtll'I1y <br />,. F/oodmitiJ.:llliolJ <br /> <br />2004 Flood Documentation <br />The spring, summer and fall of :!OO.t proved to <br />be quile interesting from a meteorological and <br />flood cHnl standpoint. A number ofsigniticant <br />and damaging Hoods occurred. especially along <br />the Front Range. as a result of l1ash !1ooding <br />from thunderstorm activity. Icon Enginl."ering. <br />under contract to the C\\TH. assisted in the <br />documentation of Si:\'l."ral !lood evenlS in <br />local ions such as Golden. Jamestown. JctTerson <br />COllnty. reller COllnty and Colorado Springs. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Flooding in Golden along Arapahoe Gulch <br />completely destroyed one home. and sC\'crely <br />damal!ed several others. when at least three <br />inche; of rain fell over the watershed within a <br />short duration. The following photograph <br />sho\\s the high \\ater line on the home of\lr. <br />and .\Irs. Ricciardi. \\ho unfortunately lost <br />e\"Cf) thing on June 27 as a result of the <br /> <br />Arapahoe Gulch flood. The storm o\'er <br />Arapahoe Gulch produced rainfall that <br />exceeded a I OO~)'ear e....ent. <br /> <br /> <br />-111- <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Flood d:llll:l~l" to house in Gold{'n <br /> <br />,..I <br /> <br />A similar 1100d all Massey Draw damaged <br />properties along a golf course in Jefferson <br />Count v . A I OO-vear en:nl was also rcported in <br />the \'i~inity of J;agosa Springs along the Rio <br />Blanco. a tributary to the San Juan River. The <br />measured peak 110w on the Rio Blanco at the <br />gage was on the ordl.'r of 3.000 cubic feet per <br />second on June 20. 2004. <br /> <br />The CWeB provides 1100d documentation field <br />reports to all interestt'd parties via the (WeB <br />Web site. Reports from the current year. as <br />\\ell as previous years. arc available online. <br /> <br />Other ProQram Activities <br />The devastating \\ ildfires during the summer of <br />:!002 crc:lIcd significant flood and debris flow <br />problems for a !lumber of communitit's in <br />Colorado. The Hayman Fire. for example. <br />bumed over 200 square mils of forested lands <br />