FLOOD09387

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Flood Fighting Instructions
• Date: 1/1/1991
• Prepared By: US Army Corps of Engineers
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

OM 500-1-6
January 1991

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a. Sector SupervisolC. Each Spctor Supervisor should i,,,,p<,<,[ Ids <,Ill i r..
Sector and overlap parts of adjacent Sectors, making a detailed inspection 01
all pertinent data and features. Specifically, he should check levees for
settlement, erosion, drainage facil ities, rodent damage, and road crossin!js.
He should note access routes to and upon the levee that can be used for
mobilization of supplies, "quipment, and manpower.

b. Detailed Preliminary Work. When time permits, local interests should
accomplish the following items.

(I) fill up bad holes or washes in the levee crown and compact

firmly.

(2) Repair gaps where road crossings or cattle trails have been worn
down and the levee is below grade. fill and compact firmly where needed.

(3)
culverts before

Clean out, repair, and close all
they are covered with flood waters.

flap and sluice gates

on

(4) Expedite rodent control if indicated. Removal of beavers and
their dams, where necessary, should be done by State Came Officers.

(Improve,
subwater.

(5) Ascertain
if requi red. )

condition of all roads leading to
Roads leading to levees may be

and upon the levee.
soft or wetted by

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(6) Determine what will be needed and locate necessary tools and
materials (sandbags, brush, lumber, lights, polyethylene sheeting, bentonite
clay, gab ions , rock, steel jacks, etc.) and distribute as necessary. (If
supplies are not available, contact the Corps, see Appendix A.)

(7) Locate telephone and radio communication facilities and obtain
lists of all team forces and equipment,

(8) Make liai.son arrangements with American Red Cross, Contractors
Associations, State and f.,deral representatives, as appropri.ate.

(9) Check for livestock and other property within the levee subject
to flood damage.

(10) Investigate all drainage ditches on the land side of levees for
slumps along banks, or other obstructing conditions.

(11) Remove all explosives of any kind from vicinity of levee.

(12) Erect stop logs in existing structures at applicable locations.
(Local officials are in charge of this action.)

4. Earthen Levees. An earthen levee is in danger whenever there is water
against it. This danger can be considered directly proportional to the height
of the water, the duration of the flood stage, and the intensity of either the
current or wave action, or both, Faulty design, faulty construction, bad

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