Cranston Burn Area Preparedness

•Burn Area Risk Maps

•Property Preparedness

Presentation Outline

Risks to the Cranston Burn Scar Communities

• Rainfall runoff can be 2 to 7 times higher than normal, particularly during small storms

• Slopes subject to erosion, failure

• Extreme Flood, mud and/or Debris Flow potential from large streams such as HurkeyCreek, Dry Creek, and Coldwater Creek (and major tributaries of those creeks)

• Localized flood, mud and debris flow potential from other local hillsides and streams

• Rockfall from steep slopes

• Extended road closures, loss of utilities

Can be triggered by rainfall of 1” per hour or moreRainfall only has to occur for 15 minutes

Takes 3-5 years for slopes to stabilize/recover

Rules for Debris:

• Never underestimate the power of debris flow

• Clear a path for debris

• Deflect debris, don’t dam it

• Protect your home first

• Protect windows and doors

• Work with adjacent property owners

Down Timber in the Watercourse

Pre-Fire & Post Storm Hurkey Creek at Fleming Ranch

Down Timber in the Watercourse

Pre-Fire & Post Storm Hurkey Creek at Fleming Ranch

Take Steps to think about your safety now

•Consider your risk – what would you do?

•Be Prepared to Leave

•Think about your escape route

Hazard Risk Map

Hazard Risk Maps

Hazard Risk Map

Hazard Risk Map

RivCoReady.org/ActiveEvents

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Fleming Ranch

Fleming Ranch

Fleming Ranch

Hurkey Creek Park

Hurkey Creek Park

Apple Valley and Yokoji Zen Mountain Center

Mountain Center

Mountain Center

Idyllwild

Hazard Risk Maps

Property Preparedness Tips

Other thoughts on Insurance – Talk to your AgentSANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today issued a formal notice to all property and casualty insurance companies reminding them of their duty to cover damages from the recent mudslide and debris flows if it is determined that the ravaging of hillsides and vegetation by the Thomas and other fires was the efficient proximate cause of the mudslides. In general homeowners' insurance policies, excludes flood, mudslide, debris flow and other similar events.However, Jones put insurers on notice that both the Insurance Code and case law have established the legal doctrine of "efficient proximate cause" which means if the facts show the Thomas Fire, a covered peril, was the efficient proximate cause of the subsequent mudflow, mudslides, debris flow, landslide, or other similar event, then damage caused by those events should be covered under the property owner's insurance policy.

Information for Homeowners if Subject to Flooding

Standard homeowner policies do not cover flood damage!

Purchase Flood Insurance offered by the National Flood Insurance Program

(Policy takes 30 days to activate)

1-888-Call-Floodwww.floodsmart.gov

Preventable Rain Impacts:

• Unprotected slope failures

• Retaining wall failures from blocked drain holes

• Collapsed commercial building roofs due to plugged roof drains

• Fallen trees

• Localized flooding from blocked drainage courses

Before the Storm• Store outdoor furniture and other objects that

could be damaged by storms, thrown by winds, or carried away by water.

• Cut down weakened trees that could damage your home.

• Take care of grading or drainage needs on your property.

• Inspect retaining wall drain holes, surface and subsurface drains and yard drains for signs of obstruction or malfunction.

• Establish native plants or place other ground cover on bare ground, slopes or freshly graded areas.

Contact the National Resource Conservation District for assistance - 951.654.7139

Before the Storm – Sand Bagging• Stage and store sand and sandbags before the

storm.

• You can obtain sand and sandbags from the local hardware store.

• For information regarding how to fill a sandbag: http://www.rcflood.org/FloodSafety.aspx

• Sandbags will last as long as they don’t have a hole. If the bags are reusable, residents should keep them for the next major rainstorm. To discard, distribute sand in a flower bed or over a lawn, and then throw away the empty bags.

• It is illegal to dump sand in a stream, in the gutter, or in the storm drain system.

Take Safety Steps Now• Have an emergency plan/emergency kit• Protect your property• Be prepared to leave• Know your local access roads

During the Storm• Stay informed of road conditions rctlma.org/trans quickmap.dot.ca.gov

• Never drive or walk into floodwaters• Never go around barricades• Follow all orders by safety officials

QUESTIONS / COMMENTS

Many Responsible for Flood Management• Riverside County Flood

• Dams, levees, basins• Regional channels and storm

drains

• Cities/County• Road culverts• Smaller storm drains (<=36”)• Catch basins (roadside inlets)

• Rural Property Owners/HOAs • Minor drainage infrastructure • Natural washes within private

property

Hazard Risk Maps

Hazard Risk Maps