FLOOD03190

• County: Morgan
• Community: Weldona
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Flood Mitigation Project - Schaefer Draw/South Platte Basin
• Date: 8/1/1996
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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EXIDBIT "A"

SCOPE OF WORK

COMMUNITY OF WELDONA
MORGAN COUNTY, COLORADO
Flood Hazard Mitigation Feasibility Study

December 1, 1997

Contractor
For the purposes of this project, the consulting engineer (Contractor) shall be the firm of WRC
Engineering. Inc.. a Colorado corporation. The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) is
the project owner. The maximum State funding to the Contractor for this project is $20.490. Of
the total state funding, $14,000 shall be used for engineering services, and $6.490 shall be used
for surveys and mapping.

SUmmary of Requested Work
The Contractor shall perform field investigations, technical analyses, report writing, and other
tasks necessary to complete selected portions of the desired engineering project. The engineering
project for this Scope of Work is the Flood Hazard Mitigation Feasibility Study (Project) for the
community of Weldona, Colorado. Completion of this project will be performed through a
cooperative effort by the Contractor, the CWCB, and the Omah.a District of the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, and Morgan County. Project assignments and responsibilities are outlined in a later
section of this Scope of Work.

Authoritv
According to Section 37-60-106(l)(c) of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the Colorado Water
Conservation Board has the power and duty:

"... to devise and formulate methods, means and plans for bringing about the
greater utilization of the waters of the state and the prevention of flood damages
therefrom. . ."

Proiect Location
The project area is located in northeastern Colorado. Weldona is an unincorporated community
within Morgan County, which is approximately 12 miles northwest of Fort Morgan. A vicinity
map of the Weldona area is attached as figure I.

Watershed DescriDtion
The watershed of interest is the Schaefer Draw basin, which is within the South Platte River basin.
Weldona is located approximately 0.5 miles north of the main channel of the South Platte River.
Schaefer Draw, a left bank tributary to the South Platte, has a total drainage area of about 7 square
miles at its confluence with the South Platte River. However, two irrigation canals, the Riverside
Ditch and the Weldon Valley Ditch, which are north of Weldona and run parallel to the South
Platte, historically have intercepted the natural flood flows from Schaefer Draw before the flows

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