FLOOD06192

• County: Delta
• County: La Plata
• County: Gunnison
• Community: Pitkin, Delta, La Plata, Gunnison, & Routt County
• Basin: Western Slope
• Title: 1993 Colorado Flood Report
• Date: 6/1/1994
• Prepared By: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Documentation Report

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VII. STATE ACTIONS AND RESPONSE

Several state agencies participated in the preparation, monitoring and response to the spring 1993
flood threat. Agencies which played a major role included: the Governor's Office; the Executive
Director's Office of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources; the Colorado Water Conservation
Board; Executive Director's Office of the Colorado Department of Local Affairs; the Colorado Office of
Emergency Management; and the State Engineer's Office.

The Flood Control and Floodplain Management Section of the Colorado Water Conservation Board
played a major role in the following areas during the spring 1993 flood season:

- Field inspection of flood threatened communities,

- Recommendations for emergency response in the
event of flooding,

- Snowmelt and streamflow monitoring for State
Agencies and local communities,

- Flood forecasts as a result of monitoring,

- Field documentation of flood events e.g. Rifle, and

- Recommenda1ions f(lr post-mitigation activities.

Also, lhe CWCB slaffoflhc Flood Control and Floodplain Management Section served as members
of lhe State's Flood Mitigalion and Preparedness Team. In this capacity, the CWCB participated with the
\ I.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramcnto District; the Colorado Office of Emergency Management; the
Slate Engineer's Office; and lhe Colorado Geological Survey in performing flood threat assessments in
sev~ral Colorado west slope communities in April 1993.

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Apticipation

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