FLOOD08180

• County: Pueblo
• Community: Pueblo
• Basin: Arkansas
• Title: City and County of Pueblo Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan
• Date: 8/1/1994
• Prepared For: Pueblo
• Prepared By: Office of Emergency Management
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction
Purpose of Study .... _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . ., 1
Scope of Study . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2

Pueblo and Its Vulnerability
The Pueblo Community .......................... 3
Streams in the Pueblo Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3
Explanation of Flood Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., 7
Early Flood Warning System. . . . . . . . . . . _ . - . . . . - . - . - 9

Pueblo Flooding
June 3, 1921 Flood. . . . , . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10
June 3, 1994 Flood. . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . ., 12
Flood Response and Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 14
Flood Damage . _ . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 17

Center section includes maps created by Pueblo County Public
Safety and Operations, Geographic Infonnation Systems

Flood Mitigation Activities
Flood Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., 18
Structural and Non-structural Mitigation ............ - 20
Summary . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 21

Appendices
Appendix A - In The Event of a Flood ........... _.. 22
Appendix B - Forms of Structural Mitigation . . . . _ . . . . _ 24
Appendix C - Fountain Creek Watershed ............. 26
Appendix D - Stream Activity During Pueblo Flood . . . .. 27
References . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 29

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