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<br />The threat of serious flooding also occurred at Parachute, Colorado on May 16. The same <br />thunderstorm event which occurred above Rifle deposited large amounts of rain in the Parachute Creek <br />basin. Town officials notified residents of a mobile home park on Parachute Creek to be on alert for <br />possible evacuation. Fire Department employees were stationed on Parachute Creek above town and <br />maintained radio communication with town offices. Town crews removed debris accumulations at two <br />sites on the creek and stayed ready to participate in the evacuation process. Though the evacuation was <br />not necessary, Parachute Creek reached levels higher than in many years. <br /> <br />FLOOD EVENTS - SUMMER 1993 <br /> <br />Following the end of the snowmelt runoff season, the thunderstorm-induced flood season began in <br />earnest in Colorado. The first major event was a flash flood on June 17 on Shooks Run in Colorado <br />Springs. Damage occurred mostly to residences in a mobile home park on the creek's edge and losses <br />were estimated at $1,000,000 by the Colorado Office of Emergency Management (OEM). <br /> <br />In July, the Town of Otis and the unincorporated area of Cope in Washington County and the City <br />of Yuma in Yuma County experienced a weekend flood event as a result of three consecutive days of <br />thunderstorms. Several homes received damage and roadways were inundated. Damage estimates from <br />the CWCB and OEM were $650,000. In Otis, a flood control and storm drainage project protecting the <br />northern half of town worked very well. Now the town would like to extend the project further south to <br />offer protection to an area that is currently unprotected. In Yuma, plans are already in place for further <br />drainage improvements. <br /> <br />Then on August 10, 1993, flash floods occurred on several creeks in Delta County. Two roads <br />were washed out and a flood fight was conducted with sandbags on Robideaux Creek near the State <br />Department of Corrections Detention Facility. <br /> <br />According to reports from local officials, general rainstorms from the remnants of Tropical Storm <br />Hillary caused flooding in Archuleta and La Plata counties during the period August 26-29, 1993. A <br />subdivision in Archuleta County was threatened and roads damaged as the Rio Blanco overflowed its banks <br />south of Pagosa Springs. In Durango, the Fire Department had their emergency operations plan in effect <br />and came very close to evacuating residents of a mobile home park on the Animas River. <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />- ..._~..~._- <br /> <br />