FLOOD01015

• County: Fremont
• Community: Florence
• Stream Name: Coal Creek, Arkansas River
• Title: Flood Preparedness Plan for the City of Florence Remont County, Colorado
• Date: 6/1/1993
• Prepared For: Florence, Fremont County, CWCB
• Prepared By: US Army Corps of Engineers
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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LEVEL 1 USPORSE ACTIORS

Flood crest forecast to be in the BLUE flood zone at the State
Route 67 Bridge location, the following actions should be
implemented:

1. Persons in blue zones should take precautions and
evacuate. See Appendix C for list of identified structures.

2. Provide traffic control (barricades. Enforcement
Officers, etc.) in and near flooded aress. Roads that could be
affected should also ba closed. Roads that have been
identified as being affected include portions of the following
roads (See Plates 5 - 11) :

County Road 119
East 5th Street
County Road 138
Maple
Sante Fe
Cyanide

3. City Departments should be fully operational and
working in coordination with the City Emergency Operations
Center. County, State and other agencies should also be
closely coordinating their activities with the City EOC. Lines
of communications are established as necessary.

4. Identify vulnerable areas where sandbags could be
placed. See Appendix D for information on the State Sandbag
policy and Appendix K for information on Corps Floodfighting.

5. Raise and remove equipment in the RED zone. Evacuate
residences and businesses from the RED zone if raising of the
property is determined not adequate, or the flood is predicted
to crest in the red zone.

6. Have Red Cross open the following temporary shelter

for evacuees:

Florence High School Gym
School District BE2
2nd {, Maple

Rote: This should be the initial check-in place identified for
all persons (addresses) listed in Appendix C. If long term
shelter will be required. Red Cross will make further
provisions with local motels to provide the shelter.

14

t Most flood related
deaths occur to
people in autos

~j Only six inches of
flowing water can
.weep a car off a
road.

~j Flooded Roads

"' Shelter