FLOOD06258

• Designation Number: 25
• County: Mesa
• Community: Grand Junction
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Title: Floodplain Information Report - Colorado and Gunnison River, Grand Junction, Colorado
• Date: 3/1/1973
• Designation Date: 10/1/1973
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

of heavy runoff by the NatIonal Weather Service River Forecast Center
In Salt Lake City and are dIstrIbuted through the news media. These
forecasts provIde tImely warning of antIcIpated floodflows on the
Colorado and Gunnison Rivers.

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Flood fighting and emergency evacuation plans. - Mesa County has
developed a CIvil Defense Emergency Operations Plan that Is applicable
to flood dIsasters In the Grand JunctIon area. Under thIs plan, cIty
and county law enforcement agencIes warn the Inhabitants of an Impend-
Ing flood and coordinate search and rescue operatIons, maintenance
departments remove debris and make emergency repaIrs, and welfare
agencies care for displaced persons and coordinate Red Cross
activIties. These activItIes are coordinated by the CivIl Defense
Director In accordance with established policIes of the local govern-
Ing bodies.

Storage of floatable materials in flood plain areas. - The uses
of flood plains In the study area do not result In the accumulation
of significant amounts of floatable materIals that could be carrIed
away by floodwaters. Thus, the presence of floatable materials
constitutes a neglIgIble flood hazard or potentIal flood loss.

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