FLOOD02603

• County: Garfield
• Community: Glenwood Springs
• Stream Name: Roaring Fork River
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Title: Debris Flow Costs & Inventory of City of Glenwood Springs Area July 10,1928 Flood Debris Flow
• Date: 5/1/1986
• Prepared For: Glenwood Springs
• Prepared By: Mount Sopris SCS
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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The Glenwood Ditch had costs of $7,800, and $2,000 for repair and
maintenance in 1977 and additional work done in the fall of 1978 as a result of
f100ding at a cost of $7,868. Since the users lost the use of irrigation water
for the time the ditch was being repaired, additional city water was used for
irrigat ing and sprinkl ing of lawns and gardens; while these costs cannot be
accurately computed, treated water is always expensive to use for irrigation
purposes.
A review of the daily public works work schedule for that period of
clean-up details the number of men used and some of the jobs they did, not part
of a routine maintenance.
Costs directly related to the storm and debris flow continued into the fall
and wi nter of 1977-1978. Land that was used as a temporary site to haul debri s
to had to be cleaned, graded and revegetated at a cost of $ 430.00
The Glenwood Springs Volunteer Fire Department kept detailed records of
their assistance during the flooding, entailing some 348 hours of work. They
hel ped cap a gas 1 ine damaged by debris, kept two trucks with flood 1 ights
running all night. On Midland they rescued a trapped lady. They pumped water
from the storm drains at the Hotel Colorado and the Starlight Motel at Sixth
Street. They flushed storm drains and irrigation culverts at 19th Street and
Lincolnwood, They manned seven pumps for Yoder and Springsteel properties for
24 hours, at costs of about $8/hour
per truck $ 384.00
Mud pumps were rented from local businesses for 3 days $ 560.00
3 links of fire hose (150 ft.) had to be replaced
at a cost of
One pump h ad to be rebu i It

$
$

375.00
145.00