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<br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />721 Centennial Building <br />1 31 3 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (3031 866,3441 <br />fAX: 13031 866.4474 <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />April 15, 1997 <br /> <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br /> <br />Jilrnes s. lochheold <br />Executive Diredor, DNR <br /> <br />DMies C. Ule, PE <br />Diredor, eWeB <br /> <br />To the Residents of Buffalo Creek: <br /> <br />As a result of the forest fire in May 1996 and the lessons we have learned after the July 1996 <br />flash flood, your community will likely be at greater risk of flash flooding for several years. <br />Because of the impacts that fire and the flood had in your community, we are grateful for the <br />opportunity to help prepare this report in hopes that future land use, forest management, flood <br />preparation, flood warning, and other measures can be coordinated to minimize future risk to <br />your homes and families. <br /> <br />On behalf of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, I would like to thank the Buffalo Creek <br />Crisis Committee, the Jefferson County Sheriffs Department, the Jefferson County Office of <br />Emergency Management, and the North Fork Fire Department for their dedication and assistance <br />to your community during and after the 1996 disasters. The information presented in this report <br />is intended to provide general recommendations for flood hazard mitigation that can be <br />implemented by you if you so desire. In addition, this report contains information on flood <br />hazard awareness that should be reviewed annually. <br /> <br />I also want to thank Ron Cattany, Larry Lang, Tom Browning, and Briin Hyde for their <br />dedication to the assessment of future flood risks and flood hazard mitigation needs in the <br />Buffalo Creek Watershed, and for the long days and weekends they put into this important effort. <br /> <br />Finally, I want to acknowledge the incredible effort you have made, with your neighbors and <br />other emergency officials, to cope with and recover from the terrible consequences associated <br />with the fire and flood of 1996. <br /> <br />S~c/t <br /> <br />Daries C. Lile <br />Director <br /> <br />DCUscm <br /> <br />c:\seca\buffaJo\mitig\res-ltr.doc <br />