Laserfiche WebLink
<br />Elbert County History of Recorded Natural Hazard Losses <br />There are 277 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 />Data Source <br />CWCB <br /> <br />Other Info <br /> <br />Damages <br />Train engine missing in quicksand of <br />Kiowa Cr. <br /> <br />Location <br />Kiowa Creek <br /> <br />Event <br />Flood <br /> <br />Date <br />5/21/1878 <br /> <br />CWCB <br />CWCB <br />CWCB <br /> <br />Castlewood Dam fails <br />% of Town of Elbert destroyed <br />and not rebuilt <br /> <br />3 bridges on Comanche Creek out <br />7 lives lost at Elbert, 9 total <br />All bridges lost, 59 buildings lost <br />Water 8-15 feet deep, 5 feet of sand <br /> <br />Bijou Creek <br />Kiowa Cr <br />Kiowa Cr <br /> <br />Flood <br />Dam Failure <br />Flood <br /> <br />1930 <br />August 4, 1933 <br />May 31. 1935 <br /> <br />CWCB <br />NCDC <br /> <br />NCDC <br />NCDC <br /> <br />Bijou Creek <br /> <br />Flood <br />Tornado <br /> <br />1940 <br />6/26/1952 <br /> <br />F2, 7 miles long, <br />33 yards wide <br />Fl tornado, 2.75" hail <br /> <br />$250K <br /> <br />I -70 washed out <br /> <br />Bijou, Running, <br />Kiowa, Plum <br />Creeks <br /> <br />Hail/Tornado <br />Flood/Tornado <br /> <br />5/17/1960 <br />6/15/1965 <br /> <br />NCDC <br />NCDC <br />NCDC <br />NCDC <br />NCDC <br />NCDC <br />NCDC <br />NCDC <br />NCDC <br />NCDC <br />NCDC <br /> <br />Fl <br />F2 tornado, 2.5" hail <br />F2 <br /> <br />F3 <br />2.5' <br />1 <br /> <br />78 MPH <br />98 MPH <br />4.5" <br />101MPH <br /> <br />$3K <br /> <br />$250K <br />$3K <br /> <br />$5K <br />$5K <br /> <br />Simla <br /> <br />Tornado <br />Hail/Tornado <br />Tornado <br />Tornado <br />Hail <br />Hail <br />High Winds <br />High Winds <br />High Winds <br />Hail <br />High Winds <br /> <br />6/19/1980 <br />6/14/1982 <br />6/04/1983 <br />6/06/1990 <br />6/21/1991 <br />8/12/1993 <br />6/12/1994 <br />10/05/1995 <br />4/19/1996 <br />7/23/1996 <br />10/29/1996 <br /> <br />$5.2M over 15 counties <br />Hit NW Elbert County <br />$399,688 <br /> <br />FEMA <br /> <br />NCDC <br />NCDC <br />FEMA <br />CWCB <br />CO-OEM <br />Planning Team <br />NCDC <br /> <br />MPH <br />NE of Matheson <br /> <br />81 <br />13 <br /> <br />& culverts <br /> <br />injury <br /> <br />$550K-FEMA/State <br />6" rain <br />scout tent-l <br /> <br />Elizabeth <br /> <br />Gravel roads <br /> <br />near <br /> <br />Hit <br /> <br />Matheson, 1 injury <br />$21M over many counties <br />$137,236 FEMA PA <br />$21,806 State, $21,806 County <br />$772K, primarily road damage <br />Cut CO #13, North of Elizabeth <br />10 mi. SW of Kiowa <br /> <br />67 <br /> <br />Severe Storms <br />Fed. #1186 <br />High Winds <br />T-stormlWind <br />Wind <br />Flood <br />#1276 <br />Flood <br />Flood <br />Lightning <br /> <br />1997 <br /> <br />7/30/1998 <br />7/27/1997 <br />4/8&9,1999 <br />May, 1999 <br /> <br />8/5/1999 <br />2000 <br />7 /1l/200 1 <br />