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<br />co. <br /> <br />Pueblo County and need to be recertified in order to be properly utilized for the new floodplain <br />mapping. Throughout the U.s. many communities are encountering the same situation where a <br />levee is protecting their residents and now FEMA is making sure that the regulations are being . <br />met and that the levee recertifications are being completed. Pueblo is one of many counties that <br />have entered the Map Modernization Program and depend on levees as part of their flood <br />protection system. They need to recertify their levees in order to keep their residents out of the <br />lOO-yr floodplain. Unfortunately, many of these communities are notable to pay for levee <br />recertification or possible restudies to determine if the levees are still needed. The CWCB has <br />offered technical assistance and will facilitate the levee recertification process, but the ultimate <br />responsibility for levee recertification resides at the local level. <br /> <br />Outreach Activities: A successful presentation was made at the Urban Drainage and Flood <br />Control District (UDFCD) seminar during the month of April on Digital Flood Insurance Rate <br />Maps (DFIRMS). This presentation was done in cooperation with UDFCD and FEMA's National <br />Service Provider (Michael Baker Jr.). This seminar was very well attended, and the presentation <br />provided a broad overview of the Colorado Map Modernization program and the partnerships that <br />have been created. The presentation received a positive response from all of those who attended. <br /> <br />Snowmelt Flooding Ontlook: The Flood Protection Section has been monitoring the snowpack situation <br />throughout Colorado since January. Heavy early season snowfall in the northern and central mountains <br />has been largely offset by average to slightly below average snowfall for February through April. In <br />addition, April brought well above average temperatures throughout the state which led to an earlier than <br />usual start to the runoff season. As of the date of this report. some watersheds in the northwest part of the <br />state, particularly the White and Yampa Rivers and their tributaries, have been running at or just below <br />daily historic records. As of the date of this report, no significant flooding has been observed. Results <br />from the May I st snow measurements from the NRCS show at or slightly above average snowpack at the <br />high elevations of the northern and central mountains, although the lower elevation snowpack has been . <br />melted away by recent wann temperatures. Although most of the northern mountains could still be <br />subject to runoff flooding if a sustained wannup or a rain-on-snow event were to occur, the area of <br />highest concern remains all of Summit County. May 1 st values indicate the entire Blue River basin has a <br />composite snowpack of 99% of average. However, this is skewed by the low values of lower-elevation <br />readings; the high elevation values still exceed 120% in many areas, and values over 140% were still <br />reported on May 1 st in the Tenmile Creek area. Other areas of secondary concern include the Eagle and <br />Yampa Rivers. In all of these watersheds, snowpack is below the threshold that generally causes concern. <br />While snowpack is high enough that an extreme weather event could trigger a flood, it is low enough that <br />"normal" climatological conditions will not cause any widespread problems. <br /> <br />Water Project Construction Fund Program - General and Financial Matters: Please seethe reports <br />located in the Attachment Section <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />34 <br />