MUSEUM FIRE FLOOD AREA

Flagstaff officials have adjusted the amount of monsoon rainfall that would trigger an emergency flooding alert on the city’s east side.

The Flagstaff City Council on Tuesday is set to give an update on mitigation efforts in the Museum Fire flood area on the city’s east side.

City of Flagstaff officials are reminding residents in the Museum Fire flood area that the threat of flash flooding still exists despite extensive mitigation put in place in the last year.

The City of Flagstaff will end its Museum Fire flood area sandbag efforts in the coming weeks throughout the Sunnyside and Grandview neighborhoods.

A new emergency siren will alert residents of east Flagstaff of imminent flash floods from the Museum Fire scar. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, the system was tested for the first time today.

Local officials on Friday will test a siren designed to alert people in the Museum Fire flood area including the Grandview Homes and Sunnyside areas.

Work crews in the Museum Fire burn area north of Flagstaff are working to shore up flood mitigation measures ahead of this year’s monsoon season. One project that recently began is designed to reduce the amount of sediment moved by rainfall.

The city of Flagstaff this week began construction work to improve drainage in neighborhoods within the Museum Fire flood zone.

The Biden administration has allocated nearly $13 million in disaster funding for Arizona wildfire recovery. It comes as communities continue to grapple with flooding from recent severe fires in the state.

The Coconino County Board of Supervisors this week unanimously approved an audible siren system for areas impacted by flooding from 2019’s Museum Fire. Last summer, more than 50 Flagstaff homes were inundated with water causing over $1.5 million in damage to private property.