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<br />"I <br />';-: <br />! <br /> <br />o <br /><:) <br />(-, <br />UI <br /> <br />, <br />, .. <br /> <br />en <br /> <br />~ .;t <br /> <br />magnitudes and locations where the discharges were measured <br />are listed in Table 3 (Ref. 2,3,4). <br /> <br />Year <br /> <br />1864 <br />1894 <br /> <br />1906 <br />1919 <br /> <br />1921 <br />1923 <br />1923 <br />1938 <br />1938 <br /> <br />1938 <br /> <br />1941 <br />1942 <br />1945 <br />1949 <br />1949 <br />1951 <br />1976 <br />1976 <br /> <br />Table 3 <br />PAST FLOOD RECORD <br />BIG THOMPSON RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES <br /> <br />Flood Discharge (cfs) <br />Unknown <br /> <br />Location <br /> <br />Thompson Valley, <br />near Loveland <br />Destroyed dam near <br />mouth of canyon <br />Mouth of canyon <br />1.S miles below <br />Drake <br />Drake gage destroyed <br />Mouth of canyon <br />Below canyon <br />Mouth of canyon <br />Dixson (Dickson) <br />Gulch above Narrows <br />Cedar Creek at <br />Cedar Cove <br />Mouth of canyon <br />Mouth of canyon <br />Mouth of canyon <br />Mouth of canyon <br />Near Loveland <br />Mouth of ,canyon <br />Mouth of canyon <br />Above Drake <br /> <br />Unknown <br /> <br />6,000 <br />8,000 <br /> <br />Unknown <br />3,590 <br />7,000 <br />5,600 <br />3,620 <br /> <br />2,940 <br /> <br />4,690 <br />3,730 <br />7,600 <br />3,330 <br />7,750 <br />3,530 <br />31,200 <br />28,200, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />A description of some of the past flood events in the study <br />area is provided in the following paragraphs (Ref. 2, 12). <br /> <br />Ma~31 -June 1, 1894 - The general storm of May 31 - June 1, <br />18 4, caused a flood which destroyed the Home Supply Company's <br />dam near the mouth of the canyon. <br /> <br />-7- <br />