Break-away traffic flange for a hydrant

A hydrant comprising:

• a hydrant body;
• a lower barrel detachably secured to the hydrant body, a top end of the lower barrel contacting a lower end of the hydrant body;
• a traffic flange comprising
• a body portion defining an arcuate shape defining a non-whole fraction of a circle, the body portion comprising an upper surface, a lower surface, an inner radial surface, and an outer radial surface, the body portion defining a body portion width in a radial direction relative to a main axis of the traffic flange, the body portion further defining a plurality of fastening holes extending in an axial direction of the traffic flange relative to the main axis from the upper surface to the lower surface;
• and
• a break-away portion extending from the body portion and comprising a plurality of tabs extending radially inward in the radial direction from the inner radial surface of the body portion, a total width of the traffic flange in the radial direction of the traffic flange at each of the plurality of tabs greater than a total width of the traffic flange in the radial direction of the traffic flange between adjacent tabs of the plurality of tabs;
• and
• a plurality of fasteners securing the hydrant body to the lower barrel, each of the plurality of fasteners extending through a one of the plurality of fastening holes of the traffic flange, wherein each tab of the plurality of tabs, positioned in a radial direction, is adjacent to a corresponding fastening hole of the plurality of fastening holes.