FLOOD04628

• County: Bent
• Community: Las Animas
• Stream Name: Arkansas River
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: Las Animas Flood Control Project Operation and Maintenance Manual
• Date: 2/1/1979
• Prepared For: Las Animas
• Prepared By: US Army Corps of Engineers
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Project

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SECTION III

O?E~TION A!ID ~~INTENANCE

3-01. Levees.

a. Operation. During flood periods, the levees shall be
patrolled to be certain that:

1. There is not any unusual wetness on the landward slope of
the levee s;

2. There are no indications of slides or development of
sloughs;

3. Slump of slopes is not occurring;

4. There is no seepage taking place along outlet structure
contact with the levee;

5. Wave wash or scouring is not occurring.

6. No other condition exists which might endanger the
structures.

III-l

Appropriate advance measures shall be taken to insure the avail-
ability of adequate labor and materials to meet all contingen-
cies. Immediate steps shall be taken to control any condition
which endangers the structures and to repair the damaged section.

b. Maintenance. The superintendent shall provide at all
times such maintenance as may be required to insure service-
ability of the structures in time of flood. Measures shall be
taken to exterminate burrowing animals; to provide for the
removal of drift deposits and wild growth, such as trees and
bushes; and to repair damage caused be erosion. Periodic inspec-
tion shall be made by the superintendent to insure that the above
maintenance measures are enforced and to be certain that:

1. No unusual settlement, sloughing, or material loss of
grade or levee cross section has taken place;

2. No caving has occurred on either the landside or the
riverside of the levee which might affect the stability of the
levee section;

3. No seepage, saturated areas, or sand boils are occurring;