PUB00015

• Year: 1998
• Title: Stewardship of Colorado Stream Corridors
• CWCB Section: Watershed & Flood Protection
• Author: CWCB
• Description: Statewide River rehabilitation and floodplaim needs inventory
• Publications - Doc Type: Tech Report

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. reduce the at-risk population's vulnerability to flooding, prevent further encroachment into flood
hazard zones, and preserve the natural resources and function of the floodplain areas.

Table 1
Most Damaging Floods in Colorado

Date Major Stream or Location Deaths Historical Damages
Damages in 1997
dollars(l)
July 1896 Bear Creek at Morrison 27 $------- $--------
Oct. 1901 San Juan River near Pagosa Springs 2 100,000 6.3m
July 1912 Cherry Creek at Denver 2 1,000,000 64.3m
June 1921 Arkansas River at Pueblo 78 19,000,000 550.4m
May 1935 Monument Creek at Colorado Springs 18 1,760.000 52.5m
May 1935 Kiowa Creek near Kiowa 9 --.--------- -------------
May 1955 Purgatorie River at Trinidad 2 4,000,000 35.5m
June 1965 South Plate River at Denver 8 500,000,000 3000.m
June 1965 Arkansas River Basin 16 46,700,000 281.5m
May 1969 South Platte River Basin 0 5,000.000 23.0m
Sept. 1970 Southwest Colorado 0 4,000,000 17.0m
May 1973 South Platte River at Denver 10 121,500,000 375m
July 1976 Big Thompson River in Canyon 144 35,500,000 86.5 m
July 1982 Fall River at Estes Park 3 30,680,000 46.0m
June 1983 North Central Counties 10 17,500,000 25.1 m
May-June 1984 Western and Northwestern Counties 2 31,000,000 43.7m
May-June 1993 Flooding Western Slope 0 1,794,830 2.0m
May-June 1995 Statewide Colorado 21 46,500,000 50.1 m
June, July, Fort Collins, Larimer, Weld Logan, 6 250,000,000 250m
Aug. 1997 Phillips, Morgan. Elbert, Lincoln,
Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers, Baca,
and Clear Creek Counties
Total 342 $4.91
billion

(l) The letter "m" denotes millions of dollars.

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