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<br />Cheyenne County History of Recorded Natura Hazard Losses <br />There are 316 events listed by the National Climatic Data Center between 1950-2002 <br />NCDC Filters Applied: Tornadoes :2: F1; Damage:2: $3.000: Hail :2: 2": Wind :2: 75 MPH <br /> <br />Date Event Location Damages Other Info Data Source <br />Unknown Fire Kit Carson Town torched by fire 5 Colorado Tourism Office, <br /> times, one started by train Planning Team <br />1887 Blizzard History of Cheyenne County <br />1912 Blizzard Burned cow chips History of Cheyenne County <br /> Trains out for 3 weeks <br />1919 Flu Pandemic 2 deaths in SE County History of Cheyenne County <br />3/26/1931 Blizzard Burned com cobs NCDC <br /> 25' drifts, <br />8/4/1933 Flood Arapahoe 5 bridges washed out 10 hour downpour NCDC <br /> on US 40 Approx 26" <br />1930's Drought Dust Bowl F arms abandoned 47 day dust storm/1935 Planning Team <br />1945 Fire Wild Horse Burned from Hugo to Planning Team <br /> Tribune, followed ditch, <br /> started by cow kicking <br /> over lantern <br />1952-1958 Drought History of Cheyenne County <br />March 1957 Blizzard <br />7/20/1958 Tornado $25K F2, 5 iniuries NCDC <br />June 1965 Flood Big Sandy R & Homes damaged in KC Debris blocked RR bridge NCDC, CWCB, SCS <br /> Wild Horse Creek (c4 40-287 <br />5/10/1975 Tornado F2 NCDC <br />11/18/1975 Blizzard Livestock killed Planning Team <br />July 31, 1976 Lightening 1 death NCDC <br />2/23/1977 Dust Storm Cheyenne Wells Homes filled with dirt Tumbleweeds galore! Planning Team <br />3/17/1977 Blizzard 5,500 poles lost Power/phones out 5 days, REA <br /> Ice damage 21 days in SE County <br /> Large cattle/calves loss <br />6/17/1977 Hail 2" NCDC <br />2/1978 Ice storm History of Cheyenne County <br />6/16/1979 Tornado $2.5M F2, 200 yards x 3 miles NCDC <br />1980 Blizzard State Dec CO-OEM <br />1981 Grasshoppers State Dec CO-OEM <br />6/13/1986 Hail 2" NCDC <br />1987 Wildfire NE comer of County State Dec CO-OEM <br /> <br />56 <br />