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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />were reported in the Sand Creek basin during the storm of <br />16 and 17 June 1965. <br /> <br />b. CMrry Creek basin. The storm of 2 and 3 August 1933 <br />occurred over the basin upstreSDl trOll! Franktown.Rainfall mounts <br />varying tro~3 t09 inches were reported within alO-hour period. <br />A storm extl!lnding over the Cherry Creek basin on 5 August 1945 <br />produced up to 5 inches of rainfall. . A storm on 18 and 19 July <br />1946 produced over 3 inches of rainfall at the Weather Bureau <br />station 9 miles east of Parker. On 16 June 1965, a major storm <br />centered over the Plum Creek, Cherry Creek, and Bijou Creek basins. <br />Rainfall amounts from this storm ranged up to 10 inches in the <br />Cherry Creek basin. Most of the rainfall occurred in a 3-hour <br />period. <br /> <br />11. FLOOD HISTORY <br /> <br />a. Sand Creek basin. The flood history of the Sand Creek <br />basin has produced evidence of at least 21 floods since 1896. <br />Early flood history is meager. Selected Sand Creek basin floods <br />are described briefly in the following paragraphs. More detailed <br />flood histories are presented in appendix III. <br /> <br />(1) Flood of 30 May 1948. A severe rain and hailstorm <br />occurred on 30 May 1948 over Sand Creek and over the area east of <br />Denver. The resulting runoff produced discharges on Sand Crllek <br />estimated at 7,720 cubic feet per second near Buckley Field and <br />15,000 cubic feet per second at its mouth. Sand Creek floodwaters <br />contributed to flooding along the South Platte River. Sand Creek <br />flooding damaged many homes, some tourist cabins, an oil refinery, <br />business places along U. S. Highway 40, and eroded cultivated <br />fields. Along the South Platte River, 1,000 acres of cropland <br />and pasture were inundated and sevel'al county road bridges were <br />damaged. In Aurora, flows on Westel'ly Creek disrupted traffic, <br />inundated 32 homes, and closed the sewage treatment plant. <br />Damages wel'e about $148,000 within the Sand Creek basin and about <br />$20,500 along the South Platte River. . <br /> <br />(2) Flood of 8 and 9 May 1957. A heavy rainstorm over <br />the Sand Creek basin on 8 and 9 May 1957 caused major flooding <br />within the basin and along the South Platte River. Peak dis- <br />charges were estimated to be 25,500 cubic feet per second on Sand <br />Creek near Stapleton International Airport and 10,500. cubic feet <br />per second on Toll Gate Cl'eek near Buckley Field. Flooding was <br />widespread. Severe dSDlage was inflicted on public ut:l.lities and <br />on agricultural, residential, and government property. A sewer <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br />. <br />