From the Sterling Journal Advocate (Judy Debus):
The Logan County Water Conservancy District (LCWCD) has initiated planning work for its Pawnee Creek Flood Control Project according to a press release from Shane Miller, director. The district has retained W.W. Wheeler and Associates, Inc. to provide professional engineering services for the project. The first phase of work involves development of a comprehensive hydrology model of the Pawnee Creek watershed, data collection and review, facilitation of stakeholder meetings, and preparation of a Phase I report according to Miller. The Phase 1 report should be available by the end of the year, Miller said.
Pawnee Creek is a large, uncontrolled watershed that drains more than 645 square miles from Pawnee Buttes to its confluence with the South Platte River near Atwood. Pawnee Creek is generally dry and its channel is more than a mile wide in many places, but the creek narrows near Atwood to a more confined channel that is susceptible to major flooding. The Pawnee Creek watershed has produced extreme floods about every 30 years and the last major flood occurred in 1997.
So the next big flood in this part shouldn’t occur for another 15 years? Nice to see they are beginning the construction now instead of waiting until it’s too late.
-Jack