FLOOD03314

• County: Gilpin
• Community: Black Hawk/Central City
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Flood Response Plan - Black Hawk and Central City
• Date: 7/1/2001
• Prepared For: Gilpin County
• Prepared By: HDR Engineering, Inc.
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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STAGE 2
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Gilpin County Sheriff, Central City Fire Chief, and or Black Hawk Fire Chief declare ~ if any or all
of the below criteria exists

a) National Weather Service issues a Flash Flood Watch, Severe Thunderstorm Watch, and/or Flood Watch for any of the following
waterways and or counties:
WATERWAYS: North Clear Creek, Gregory Gulch, Nevada Gulch, Eureka Gulch, Chase Gulch, No Name Gulch

COUNTIES: Gilpin

b) Observation of minor flooding on any of the above waterways.

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DATA SOURCES I

. NWS forecasts accessed through any or all of
the following CCIC, NOAA Weather Radio,
Weather Channel, and the Internet.
. Pickle Gulch (RAWS) weather station
accessed through the Internet.
. NWS Front Range (FTG) Doppler Radar
accessed through the Internet.

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ACTIONS REQUIRED ~

Establish the Emergency Operations
Center (EOC) at Gilpin County Justice
Center

EOC phone number is: 303-582-1060

1. Gilpin County Sheriff activates the EOC and
insures representation from:

. County Sheriff
. Gilpin County Manager

. Central City Fire Chief
. Central City Manager
. Black Hawk Fire Chief
. Black Hawk City Manager

2. EOC Staff will monitor data sources listed in the
prior Column.

3. EOC staff will perform the following tasks:

. Develop verbal communications with NWS-
Boulder for a briefing on the latest forecast.
advisories and watches and notify them of the
StaQe 2 issuance. Log initials of NWS
contact.
. Review the Flood Response Plan.
. Monitor radio communications of all county
and city agencies.
. Have field personnel monitor stages on
waterways that run through Black Hawk and
Central City and have them relay the
information to the EOC staff.
. Relay rainfall and waterway stage information
to the NWS. Log initials of NWS contact.

4. EOC Staff will make contacts to the following
agencies to discuss possible assistance if a
StaQe 3 level of readiness is activated, and brief
them on the current situation:
. Colorado State Patrol
. Colorado Department of Transportation
. High Country Fire Department
. Colorado Sierra Fire Department
. Central City Casino Association
. Black Hawk Casino Association

5. Agencies listed above will check current staffing
and plan on staffing to assist county and city
agencies if a StaQe 3 level of readiness is
activated.

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