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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1. IN'{BODUCTIO~

1. 1 Furnose and Scone

The Arkansas River in Fremont County, Colorado has a
long history of flooding resulting in the loss of lives and
millions of dollars of damage. The purpose of this study is to
asaiat the local authorities in reducing losses during floods
along the Arkansas River through the use of a Flood
Preparedness Plan.

The five cOlllponents of a Flood Preparedness Plan are
Flood Threat Recognition, Warning Dissemination, Emergency
Response Actions, Post Flood Recovery! Reoccupation and
Continued Plan Management. Each of these components make up
the Sections listed in Part II of this report.

The Plan was requested by the Mayor of the City of
Florence and prepared by the Albuquerque District Army Corps
of Engineers under the technical services Flood Plain
Management portion of Section 206 of the 1960 Flood Control
Act. Leedership for the plan is provided by City of Florence
local officials and the Fremont County Office of Emergency
Preparedness.

This plan consists of measures and actions required to
protect life and property frOlll flooding along the Arkansas
River within the city limits of Florence. Plate 1 illustrates
the study limits and vicinity.

This plan does not include the Arkansas tributaries,
Chandler, Oak, and Coal Creeka. Consideration should be given
to adding these Creeks to the plan thereby enabling a
cOlllprehensive preparedness plan be in existence for the City
of Florence, Colorado.

1.2 Acknowled~emenrs

The development of the plan was a community effort with
support frOlll several agencies. Data for the study waa provided
by the City of Florence, Fremont County Office of Emergency
Preparedness, National Weather Service, Colorado State Office
of Emergency Services, and the Colorado Division of Water
Resources. A list of references provided by these agencies and
others is given in Section 8.

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,~ Flood Threat
Recognition

~ Warning
Dissemination

~ Emergency
Response
Actions

lii Post Flood
Recovery!
Reoccupation

~ Continued Plan
Management