WSP03473

• File Number: 5000.300
• Description: Flood Protection Section - Mudflow Mitigation Plan - 1987
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/3000
• Author: Garfield County
• Title: Debris Flow Annex - Garfield County Emergency Operations Plan - Date Unknown
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

OOOSH

caused approximately $100,000 in damages.

2.

Econoraic

loss of tourist trade due to lnedia
end fish kill in the Roari~g Fork River,
undocumented.

coverage
although

impacts include
of tr,e event
these losses are

3,

The "hidden" irj;p2ccS of debris flow.5 are
report by !\lariail Sr.Jith cJnd the ~!::. Sopris
"Debris Flo'..: Costs and Inventory of
..\rea." SorLle of these costs 2:-e:

documented in a 1986
Soil Conservation Board,
City of Glenwood Springs

(a) traLlrna, and the stress induced by recurring fears in some
residents ~~en thunderstor~s occur,

(b)

up an8 repair, including boots I
to [urnaces and appliance motors,

costs of
tools, and

cle.sn
da:!l2ge

hOr.leo\.,mer
gloves 2nd

(c) the loss of landscaping, acquired over many years and too
costly to replace all at once. aod

(d) lrreplaceable
family ph.o:os,

as cIa thcs, books,

personal
e~c.

possess~ons

such

D. Pooulation at Risk

j, Although most parts of the city are vulnerable to debris flows,
the threat is greatest to people and pLoperty on the upper parts
of debris fans, wIth vulnerability decLeasing to those lowest on
the fans.

2,

The primary land use 10
residential, the nost vulnerable
Drive and east of Grand Aveoue/U

the most. hazard-prone areas is
area being that south of Park
,S. 82 (approximately tOo haOles).

3,

The
and

(65 beds), nursing home
potentially at risk,

(60 beds)

populations of the hospital
apart~ent buildings are also

4. ~lerch2nts, shoppers, and passers-by may also be
rar.ticularly during business hours.

at

risk,

E. Structures at Risk

1. V~ll.cy View 11aspital (includillg oxygell storage tanks in rear),
j 906 fllake Avenue, 65 beds.

2. Glen Valley Nursing Home, 2305 Blake ^venu~, 60 b~ds.

3. Colorado Hountain College, Glen\.;ood C3mpLls, 1402 Slake Avenue.