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<br />Pueblo Flood Ha...rd Mitkation Phm <br /> <br />maps are required for all dams in higher risk <br />areas and can be obtained from a local <br />emergency manager or the dam owner. <br /> <br />, . <br /> <br />Early Flood Warning System <br /> <br />1- - <br /> <br />Pueblo uses a flood warning system on <br />Fountain Creek and its tributaries to help <br />monitor stream levels and changes_ This kind <br />of warning system helps reduce the risk from <br />riverine flooding_ Work toward an early <br />flood warning system started in 1986 and <br />was a positive step toward flood <br />preparedness It is used and supported by <br />the City and County of Pueblo, EI Paso <br />County, Colorado Springs and surrounding <br />communities such as Palmer Lake and <br />F ountain_ The system is designed to cover <br />over 1,000 square miles of the Fountain <br />Creek basin and includes 44 sensor sites_ <br />These sites may contain a combination of <br />rain and stream gauges and other weather- <br />monitoring equipment (e_g. wind sensors). <br />Data from these sensor sites is relayed by <br />radio to the Pueblo County Emergency <br />Operations Center, the National Weather <br />Service, EI Paso County Office of <br />Emergency Management, the City of <br />Colorado Springs, and the Pikes Peak <br />Regional Building Department_ Dan Bunting, <br />Regional Floodplain Administrator, <br />maintains and operates the Early Flood <br />Waming System_ The system continues to be <br />updated and additional sites to the system <br />are currently being explored_ <br />Please see appendix C for map of the <br />Fountain Creek Watershed <br /> <br />Puel110 FlooJljnf <br /> <br />Pueblo has a history of damaging floods_ <br />Floods have been recorded in Pueblo in <br />1844, 1864, 1867, 1869, 1875, 1880, 1881, <br />1889, 1893, 1894, 1921, 1935, 1965 and <br />1994. Following the floods of 1893 and <br />1894, the people of Pueblo decided to build <br />a levee system to rechannel the Arkansas <br />River through the city and reduce the risk of <br />flooding_ Many years passed without <br />damaging floods_ However, several regions <br />in Colorado in the summer of 1921 received <br />extremely heavy flooding, including Pueblo_ <br />General statewide rainfall, isolated severe <br />thunderstorms and areas of excessive <br />snowmelt contributed to major flooding <br />affecting the North Platte, Yampa, White, <br />Roaring Fork, Uncompahgre, and Arkansas <br />River basins_ These areas received floods <br />with recurrence intervals between 25 and <br />100 years. <br /> <br />9 <br />