FLOOD10403

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Colorado's 1997 Flood Season In Review
• Date: 8/1/1998
• Prepared For: CWCB
• Prepared By: Riverside Technology, Inc.
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

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Table of Contents

4.2-2
4.2-3
4.2-4

4.3-1
4.3-2
4.3-3
4.3-4
4.3-5
4.3-6

4.3-7

4.3-8
4.3-9
4.3-10
4.3-11
4.4-1
4.4-2
4.4-3
4.4-4

4.4-5
4.4-6

4.4-7
4.4-8

4.4-9
4.4-10
4.4-11
4.5-1
4.5-2
4.5-3
4.5-4

4.5-5
4.5-6

4.5-7
4.6-1
4.6-2
4.6-3
4.6-4
4.6-5
4.6-6
4.6-7

Clear Creek County Affected Watershed.......................................4.2-3
Clear Creek County Precipitation Map ..........................................4.2-7
Flood Hydrograph, Rosedale Gage on Bear Creek
(approximately 1 mile below Witter Gulch), August 3,1997....4.2-10
Crowley County Vicinity Map ........ ......... .......... ...... ............... .........4.3-2
Horse Creek Watershed ....... ............... ..... .................. ............. .......... 4.3-3
Crowley County Precipitation Map ................................................4.3-7
Horse Creek at Ordway Well Field ...............................................4.3-10
Horse Creek Confluence With Black Draw..................................4.3-10
Water From Horse Creek Washing Out Fort Lyons

Storage Canal... .............. ...................... ...... ..... .................... ....... .......4.3-11

Flooding Along Breckenridge Creek Northeast of

Henry Lake ..... .................................. ......... .................. ...... ....... ...... ..4.3-11

Average Daily Flows for Horse Creek at Highway 194.............4.3-13
Crowley County Damage Areas....................................................4.3-15
Breckenridge Creek Near County Road 21..................................4.3-16
Horse Creek Washing Over County Road 28..............................4.3-16
Elbert County Vicinity Map .............................................................4.4-2
Elbert County Precipitation Map...... .......... .......... .............. ......... .... 4.4-6
Elbert County Affected Watersheds ...............................................4.4-9
County Road 197 at South Rush Creek After the
Night of July 29-30, 1997.................................................................4.4-11
South Rush Creek at County Road 197.........................................4.4-11
Culvert Sections Left by Flood Water Downstream of
Rush Creek-County Road 197 Crossing .......................................4.4-12
Agricultural Damage Along South Rush Creek..........................4.4-12
Overflow Damage to Small Dam on Tributary to

South Rush Creek ...................................... ................................... ...4.4-13

County Road 112 Bridge Over Bijou Creek..................................4.4-13
Flood Hydrograph for South Rush Creek....................................4.4-15
Elbert County Damage Areas ........................................................4.4-17
Kiowa County Vicinity Map ............................................................4.5-2
Kiowa County Precipitation Map....................................................4.5-6
Adobe Creek Below Arlington.........................................................4.5-8
Flood Hydrograph for Big Sandy Creek Near

I.amar, Colorado ..... ...... ................................... .......... ..... ....... ..........4.5-10

County Road 2 Crossing the South Fork of Mustang Creek .....4.5-11
Damaged Culvert Under County Road L in

Western Kiowa County ...................................................................4.5-12

Kiowa County Damage Areas .......................................................4.5-14
Larimer County Vicinity Map..........................................................4.6- 2
Larimer County Fort Collins Storm water Basins ..........................4.6-4
Larimer County Fort Collins Precipitation ....................................4.6-9
Spring Creek Flooding at Mobile Home Park .............................4.6-12
Spring Creek Flooding at Colorado State University .................4.6-12
Shields Street Bridge Along Spring Creek ...................................4.6-13
Flooding on Sunset Street ...............................................................4.6-13

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