Hayman Fire

State: Colorado

Date of Request:  July 23, 2002

Date of Event: May 21, 2002

Contact E-mail: stuart.simpson@co.usda.gov

Contact FAX #: 720-544-2965

Name of Event: Hayman Fire

Type of Event: Wildfire

Location (County, Parish, Other) of Impairment: Douglas, Teller, Park, Jefferson

Cong Dist: 3

Description of Damages:

• 137,784 acres of timber, brush, and grass burned
• 116,965 acres - -public; 373 acres state
• 20,446 acres private; 133 homes,
• 1 commercial and 466 out buildings were burned

Est. of Damages:
$ 112,000,000

Number of Sites Investigated:  1

Number of DSR’s Prepared:  1

Type of Work Planned & No. of Each Type:

• Seed application 9,450 acres
• Seeding 9,450 acres
• Mulching 1,740 acres
• Mulching (Denver Water)1,200 acres; 
• Slope scarification 2,340 acres
• Contour logs/wattles 4,280 acres
• Directional felling 350 acres
• Noxious weed control 8,500 acres
• Sand bag & straw bale barriers 7,000 LF
•  Concrete highway barriers 15 sites; diversion channel 1,000 L.F

• Well/spring protection 10
• Sediment basins 10
• Rock Check structures 100
• Log debris racks 100
• Culvert evaluation/replacement 16
• Road water bars 5
• Warning signs 25
• Pond spillway reinforcement 8
• Cheeseman Reservoir sediment protection 1;

Number of Sites to be Repaired 1/: 2

Total Construction Cost for all Sites: $ 9,066,800

Total Financial Assistance Needed:   $ 6,800,100

Total Technical Assistance Needed   $1,360,000

Number of Persons Impacted:  1.5 million plus

Number of Buildings Impacted:
1,200

Number of Utilities Needing Protection:

Number of Roads Needing Protection:
60

REMARKS:
The potential exists for sediment and debris to damage streams, rivers, homes, water supplies, irrigation diversions, agricultural lands, and roads. One catastrophic storm could cause 1.5 million people, whose water is supplied by the Denver Water System, to be without water.

The Colorado Department of Natural Resources agrees to cover the 25% sponsor share with $2,266,700