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<br />~...jjb;;)'~~~"':'" "';~....,..:~"';,~.' e~"':"":'."~~",,c""~'~'~~'''''&~''''~'''''''''''>~~~":.,.i, -,_ ~~., <br /> <br />_,,~..ll',..,' <br /> <br />.: '.' ~ ~..,........,'"~ '0" ,,~~, """""'__,,,, " ,,~:ii-:-'~ ,~~,~,s~,..........~....,.j;...d,~':;.:~,~.-,... ,~k<': ",,~ ' , <br /> <br />'.':-L-'.,. ~e;. <br /> <br />tI, <br /> <br />he <br /> <br />months. The largest recorded annual flood occurred on June 16. 1921. from melting snow. <br /> <br />rn <br /> <br />Damage resulting from that flood consisted of inundation of low lying meadowland <br />adjacent to the White River and a washed out culvert bridge. <br />The following list of historic peak flood discharges over 4.500 cfswas (!ompiled <br />from records at the White River Gage near Meeker: <br /> <br />tJe <br /> <br />to Year Date Peak Discharge (cfs) <br />he 1884 June-July not recorded <br />he 1897 May not recorded <br />In 1901 May 21 5.000 <br />er 1912 June 9 4.800 <br />ee 1917 June 22 4.940 <br />rell 1921 June 16 6.370 <br />te 1929 May 26 4,550 <br />tit 1952 June 11 5,200 <br /> 1957 June 30 5,220 <br /> <br />[}l <br /> <br />'m <br /> <br />The Meeker newspapers. on microfilm at the Colorado Historical Society. were <br /> <br />to <br /> <br />researched for flooding accounts close to the above dates of recorded peak flows. The <br />following is a sample of flood-related stories as reported by the local press. The <br />photographs. figures 1 through 4. are from the Wildhack Collection. courtesy of the <br />Colorado Historical Society. <br /> <br />:0. <br /> <br />:IC <br /> <br />1.. <br />-~ <br /> <br />From "The Meeker Herald" <br /> <br />,Is <br /> <br />Saturday. May 22, 1897 <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />"The river will be higher this year than since '84". <br /> <br />ll~ <br /> <br />"This section, and in fact the entire valley so far as we could learn. was visited by <br /> <br />:I <br /> <br />heavy rains Wednesday and yesterday. It rained nearly all day yesterday". <br /> <br />-4- <br />