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<br />City of Rilk Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan <br /> <br /> <br />Courle.y . AI Gibe., Grand Junction Daily Sentinel <br /> <br />iv <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Foreword <br /> <br />On Saturday May 15th, 1993, <br />the City of Rifle in Garfield <br />County was hit hard by a se- <br />vere flash flood. The flood, pos- <br />sibly the "flood of record", <br />according to the Colorado <br />Water Conservation Board, <br />caused damage to several <br />homes and businesses in the <br />City of Rifle. In sympathy with <br />those who lost homes or pos- <br />sessions in the flood, Governor <br />Roy Romer toured the dam- <br />aged area on Wednesday, May <br />19th. The Governor expressed <br />his desire for state and local <br />officials to work together to <br />help the community recover <br />from the effects of the flood. <br />This flood hazard mitigation <br />plan is an attempt to help the <br />community not only recover, <br />but to mitigate the effects of <br />future floods as well. <br /> <br />The City of Rifle is faced with <br />a serious flood risk. Govern- <br />ment and Rifle creeks, which <br />flow through the City, have the <br />potential to cause major flood <br />damage to land and property <br />adjacent to them. The safety of <br />those living along the creek <br />banks is a prime concern. <br />Through community aware- <br />ness, mitigation and prepared- <br />ness the effects of future floods <br />can be reduced. The lessons <br />learned from this flash flood <br />event were used to outline this <br />plan for the mitigation offlood- <br />ing problems in Rifle. <br />