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Coconino County lays out conceptual dam and levee options to reduce Muns Park flood risk
Summary
County flood control staff and consultants presented conceptual flood‑mitigation options for Muns (Munns) Park — including a regulatory flood‑retarding structure near Frog Tank and a containment levee at Pinewood Boulevard — and said feasibility, permitting and funding remain major hurdles.
Coconino County Flood Control District staff and consultants on Tuesday updated residents on a long‑term flood mitigation planning effort that identifies Muns Park as one of five unmitigated FEMA special flood hazard areas in the county. Flood Control District Administrator Lucinda Andreani said the county is re‑evaluating earlier engineering work and adding economic criteria to prioritize projects that could require "tens of millions of dollars" to construct.
Scott Ogden, a professional engineer with J.E. Fuller Hydrology, described two leading conceptual solutions for the Muns Park basin. The first is a flood‑retarding structure — a regulatory dam that would temporarily store and meter peak flows during storms. Ogden said the concept, sited near Frog Tank on an unnamed upstream tributary, could provide on the order of 500–600 acre‑feet of…
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