FLOOD04203

• County: Fremont
• Community: Canon City
• Stream Name: Arkansas River & Tributaries
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: Flood Emergency Action Plan Arkansas River
• Date: 8/1/1996
• Prepared For: Canon City, Fremont County
• Prepared By: US Army Corps of Engineers
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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Cross-section of sandbag closurll

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Sandbag Clcsures. Sandbags used in sandbag dosures are generally of burlap. about 19 X 36 inches empty, although
any type and size may be used U necessary. (Accmmon size is 15X24Inches.) Sandbags arefiUedwtth eanh about
two.thirds full, shaken down loosely but not tamped. lbe bags need not be tied II they are carefully placed: .,~ open
unfmed end is folded back underthe bag so the weight of the bag keeps ttdosed. The bags are laid In layer-. The bags
of the bottom layer laid lengthwise of the opening, the bags of the seccnd layer laid crosswlse of the openir.;.the third
layer lengthwise and so on, each succeeding layer being laid In an altemate direction to the layer below. Each layer cI
bags should be tamped or tramped tmo place, with loose eanh or smaD bags placed in voids and recesses as a flUer.
Each layer of bags should be ccnstructed to full heighL Base width of a closure is 2H + 3', where H is the height in feel.
Side slopes should be roughly 1 to 1.

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