FLOOD08745

• County: Statewide
• Community: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Colorado Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan
• Date: 12/1/1999
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: Kistner and Associates
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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Colorado Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan -1999

supported over 100 mitigation projects since its
inception (for a comprehensive list see Chapter 4),

3.2.3
3.2.3.1

3.2.2 Local Governments
The chief executive officer of each political subdivision
(county and municipality) is responsible for reducing the
vulnerability of people and property to the effects of
emergency and disasters, Local governments disaster
emergency responsibilities include the following:
(a) Ensure that local government agencies are capable
of efficient and responsive mobilization of resources to
protect lives, minimize property loss, and expedite
recovery efforts; (b) Ensure that an Emergency
Management Office serves the jurisdiction; (c) Ensure
that a Local Emergency Operations Plan is prepared
and based on valid hazards and risk analysis; and
(d) Ensure that the local plan is exercised and kept
current. (Reference: Tille 24, Article 32, Part 2107,
Colorado Revised Statute, as amended) Local
government retains command of an incident unless it is
relinquished to another authority,

3.2,2.1 Local Government Hazard Mitigation Plans
Several Colorado local governments have prepared
hazard mitigation plans:

. City of Manitou Springs

. Montrose County

. City of Boulder

. City of Arvada

. San Luis Valley

. Town of Lyons

. Town of Jamestown

. City of Canon City

. City of Rifle

. City of Fort Collins

. City and County of Pueblo

. Town of Silver Plume

. Town of Georgetown

. Town of DeBeque

. Town of Wattenburg

Regional Government

Urban Drainage and Flood Control
District
2480 West 26th Avenue,
Suite 156-B, Denver, CO 80211
(303)-455-6277
http://www.udfcd.org
The Urban Drainage and Flood Control District was
established by the Colorado Legislature in 1969 for the
purpose of assisting local governments in the Denver
metropolitan area with multi-jurisdictional drainage and
flood control problems. The district covers an area of
1,608 square miles and includes Denver, parts of the
five surrounding counties, and all or parts of 33
incorporated cities and towns, There are about 1,600
miles of "major drainageways," which are defined as
draining at least 1,000 acres, The current population of
the district is approximately two million people,

3.2.4 Federal Government

3.2.4.1 Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA)
FEMA Region 8 in Denver is responsible for
administering the Hazard Mitigation Program, such as:

. The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)

. Flood Mitigation Assistance Program (FMA)

. Project Impact

. National Flood Insurance Program

. Leadership of Hazard Mitigation Survey Teams
and Interagency Hazard Mitigation Teams

. Planning activities conducted under Section 409

In keeping with the National Mitigation Strategy, FEMA
identifies mitigation measures and successful mitigation
activities, and it reinforces the traditional long-term goal
to reduce loss of life and property damage, by
eliminating or reducing the impacts of natural or
manmade hazards. FEMA's mitigation programs are
listed in Appendix B,

3.2.4.2

U,S. Department of Agriculture

3.2.4.2.1 U.S. Forest Service
During emergencies, the Forest Service may install
emergency measures on National Forest land for runoff
retardation and soil erosion prevention to safeguard life
and property on the downstream from watershed lands
suddenly damaged by fire, flood, and other natural
disasters, Where natural disasters cover National
Forest, as well as state andfor private lands, the Forest
Service works closely with the NRCS, state, and local
government entities in coordination of mitigation
activities,

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