FLOOD00567

• County: Boulder
• Community: Lyons
• Title: Lyons Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan: The August 10, 1994 Flood
• Date: 9/1/1994
• Prepared For: Lyons
• Prepared By: Town of Lyons, Colorado Office of Emergency Management
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

LYONS COLORADO FLOOD HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN

Lvons Town Government
.

A meeting was held at the Lyons Town
Hall on Aug. 12, to discuss possible
options to assist flood victims with
property damage. Present at this meeting
were representatives from the state Office
of Emergency Management, Boulder
COWlty Office of Emergency Management,
the state Department of Local Affairs,
Lyons Town Administration, and the
American Red Cross.

Costs of damage to public roads and streets
were estimated. Due to the nature of the
damage, no requests for state or federal
disaster declarations were made. It was
decided that the town would be responsible
for the costs of public damages. Damage
estimates for private property were not
available at this time.

Boulder COWlty and State Offices of
Emergency Management supplied a small
grant to the Lyons town government. With
this grant, the town investigated feasible
solutions for the town's drainage system.

Farmer's Housing Administration

The Fanner's Housing Administration
offered financial support through two types
of disaster-related loans, the 502 and 504.
Loans were made available to property
owners sustaining damage to structures or
contents during this non-declared disaster.

The 502 loan is a low-interest loan marked
at eight percent interest and to qualify,
income must be at or below Fanner's
Housing Administration's Low Income

Limit which is approximately $39,000 for
a family offour (the limits vary for families
of other sizes). Loans are allotted based on
amoWlt of damage and income resources
available; repayment is contingent upon
mcome.

TheS0410an offers property owners up to
$15,000 and is available to low income
families. Also, property owners over the
age of 62 may qualify for up to $5,000 in
grant monies. Qualifications for the 504
loans and grants are based on the amoWlt of
damage sustained and available income
resources.

DAMAGE ASSESSMENT

Damage was assessed in the days and
weeks following the flood event. Private
property damage was comprised of three
main types:

1.) flooding of homf!$ located in Iow-Iying, floodplain
areas, or tu"etIS close to tile town's drainage
system;

2.) downstream fTpoding ctlllSed by upstream
alterations to the natural water paths;

3J and erosion of structJlres built in the direct path
of flowing water.

Damage cost estimates for the private
sector (home and business owners) were
estimated at $213,000. Sixty-nine percent
of the damage sustained was structural
damage and 31 percent was damage to
contents.

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