Avon

WindsorSimsbury

Bloomfield

Hartford

Farmington

West Hartford

Newington

Wethersfield

New Britain

Plainville

Rocky Hill

East Hartford

CantonSouth Windsor

Glastonbury

East Granby

Park River Watershed Flood ControlLegendFlood Control Structures

Conduit

Flood Wall

Levee

Flood Retention Reservior

Concrete Channel

Other Modified Channel

Flood Water Pump Station"M

WatershedSub Basin Boundaries

Hydrography

FEMA Flood ZoneA

AE

AH

AO

D

VE

X500

�2,500 0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,0001,250

Feet

1 inch equals 2,500 feet

Data Sources:Orthoimagery: 2006 USDA NAIPWatershed Boundaries: CT DEPFEMA Flood Zones: CT DEPHydrography: MDC

Flood Control Structures within the City of Hartford: Digitized fromAsbuilt RecordsFlood Control Structures outside the City of Hartford:

The Floods of 1955 devastated many areas in the state including the Park River Watershed.Many engineering studies were conducted after the floods. Federal, State and Localagencies financed the studies as well as constructing the flood control structures identied inthese studies. This map depicts most of the flood structures constructed resulting from thestudies on the map as well as the earlier flood control structures in Hartford that wereconstructed following flooding in 1936 and 1938.

Greater Hartford Flood Commission Reports

US Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service and State of Connecticut Departmentof Agriculture and Natural Resources Reports

US Army Corps of EngineersReports