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ASFPM PresentationColorado’s Flood Decision Support

System

RIVERSIDEAmy Volckens

Jay Day

CWCBCarolyn FritzChris Sturm

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Colorado Water Conservation Board

AgencyTo conserve, develop, protect and manage Colorado's water for present and future generations

Flood SectionTo devise and formulate methods, means, and plans for… the prevention of flood damages

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Colorado’s Flood Decision Support System

Objectives

• Provide a statewide clearinghouse of flood information

• Be useful to a varied audience

• Integrate state systems

• Provide dynamic information

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(currently under development)

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Project Status and Plans

• Status– Now – available to CWCB– Oct 2010 – available to public

• What next?– Augment information for snowmelt

events– Improve statewide historical flood layer– Add dashboard for alerts and updates– Include more local data

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Acknowledgements

• AMEC• CO Division of Water Resources• CO Division of Emergency

Management• 5-2-1 Drainage Authority• Anderson Consulting Engineers• Colorado River Water Conservation

District • Dewberry• FEMA Region 8• NOAA National Severe Storms

Laboratory• NOAA National Operational

Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center• NRCS• Pikes Peak Regional Building

Department

For providing data and/or participating in the user needs assessment, we would like to thank:

• San Luis Valley GIS/GPS Authority

• Urban Drainage and Flood Control District

• Cities of Boulder, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs

• Counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Chaffee, Clear Creek, Delta, Denver, Douglas, Eagle, Elbert, Garfield, Grand, Gulpin, Gunnison, Jefferson, La Plata, Larimer, Mesa, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, Park, Pueblo, San Miguel, Summit, Teller, Weld

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More information?

Carolyn.Fritz@state.co.us CWCB project manager

Amy.Volckens@riverside.com

(970) 484-7573

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Thank you!