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<br />flash flooding, Additionally, the county is at risk from
<br />severe winter storms, severe thunder and electrical
<br />storms. tornadoes. and wi ldfires, Hazardo\ls materials
<br />are an ever-present potential threat, especially along
<br />major rail lines and highways,
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<br />Recent Disasters in i\lorgan County. Colorado
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<br />1998 Severe Weather EVl:nt Morgan County Local Declaration
<br />1997 Flood Event DR-I 186-CO Presidential
<br /> Declaration
<br />1996 Tornado Event Morgan County Local Declaration
<br />199; Flood Evt:nt State of Colorado Executive Order
<br /> (dated June 8,199;)
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<br />FLOODING
<br />Annually, Morgan County, is subject to severe thunderstorm activity, producing riverine
<br />flooding and sheet flooding, that threaten the lives and properties of
<br />it's communities, From June through August of 1997, Morgan
<br />County received heavy precipitation, Many sections endured
<br />considerable flood damage, Both unincorporated areas and
<br />incorporated communities were affected by flooding, especially the
<br />communities of Weldon a, Fort Morgan and Hillrose, Weldoila is
<br />approximately 80 miles northeast of Denver and 12 miles northwest
<br />of Fort Morgan, Weldona's population is approximately 150, while
<br />the population of Fort Morgan is over 12,000, Prior to the
<br />Presidential Disaster in July, the community of Weldona experienced 1997 Weldona Flood
<br />street flooding June 2, 1997, when 18 inches of water flooded parts
<br />of town,
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<br />On July 30,1997 (DR-1186-CO), a six-block area (approximately 80 percent of the community
<br />of Weldon a) was inundated by flood water due to a breach of the Riverside Canal. As a result of
<br />the runoff generated in Schaefer Draw, and one of its unnamed adjacent tributaries, a breach
<br />occurred to the Weldon Valley Ditch and Riverside Irrigation Canal that transect the watershed,
<br />The flooding experienced in Weldona on July 30 was the most significant event in Morgan
<br />County during the 1997 flood season, The majority of the flood documentation for Morgan
<br />County summarizes this event. Damage to county roads, bridges, residential, and commercial
<br />properties was over $3 million,
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<br />On August 3'd and 4'\ heavy precipitation produced storm runoff from Beaver Creek and
<br />neighboring unnamed tributaries near Hillrose, Damage resulted to public roads, bridges, private
<br />residences, and commercial businesses, These damage estimates were approximately $800
<br />thousand dollars,
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