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<br />/ <br /> <br />Gunnison County <br />Crested Butte <br />Costilla County <br />Conejos County <br />La Plata County <br />Durango <br /> <br />Delta <br />Delta County <br />Mesa County <br />Rifle <br />Basalt <br />Redstone <br /> <br />Paonia <br />Grand Junction <br />Parachute <br />Garfield County <br />Pitkin County <br /> <br /> <br />One community which received considerable assistance was the Town of Crested Butte in Gunnison <br />County. Crested Butte is bisected by a stream called Coal Creek. According to snowpack Snotel readings, <br />the basin which drains into Coal Creek had as much as 275% of normal snowpack compared to the record <br />for a thirty-year period. The streambanks of Coal Creek have been encroached upon over the years such <br />that some residences and businesses are built right on the edges of the bank. Severe erosion from flooding <br />would most certainly threaten these structures. <br /> <br />In response to requests from local officials, CWCB staff prepared a "Flood Preparedness Planning <br />on Coal Creekfor the Town of Crested Butte and Gunnison County". Flood preparedness required that <br />local officials: <br /> <br />- Record daily "high" and "low" temperatures to determine <br />degree days, <br /> <br />- Read and record staff gage levels to determine the <br />daily discharge, <br /> <br />- Obtain the daily water content of the snowpack in the <br />Coal Creek basin (provided by the CWCB), and <br /> <br />- Develop a "Mitigation Plan" for discharges greater than <br />500-600 cubic feet per second (provided by the CWCB). <br /> <br />'J <br />j As a result of this mitigation planning effort, the community has implemented a number of flood <br />preparedness activities including: <br /> <br />- Obtaining- access agreements, <br />- Monitoring the flood gages, <br />- Dailylweekly assessment of the flood threat, <br />- Developed a flood preparedness plan, <br />- Implemented preparedness procedures, <br />- Constructed an overflow path for excessive <br />floodwaters, and <br />- Organized a work force to address the flood <br />threat. <br /> <br />; <br />.~ <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />I <br />J <br />