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<br />4_ ___ <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br />THE ARKANSAS RIVER FLOOD OF JUNE3-i5, 1921. <br /> <br />Sltmmarized atatcmC1l-ta of local reridenta. etc.-ConUnned. <br /> <br />v <br /> <br /> Duration. <br /> Locality. Statement regardIng amOIInt. <br /> Degan. Ended. <br />:;OUTII OF AJlKAN:\A5 RIVY.R. <br />Chandler Creer haIr a mile west oC 9 lnehc:t (measured lu buckct); did Hard~tat <br />Florence. not e.~tend up Chandler Creek 6.J1lp.m. <br /> 3 miles. <br />Hardscrabble Creek 011 divide 4: inches oC water ran over pralrio.. 3p.m..... <br />southeast oC Florence. <br />Rush Creek in sec. 9, T. 21 S., R. .................................... 3p.m..... 11 p. m. <br />67W. <br />Ryth Crrek In sec. 22, T. 20 S., Clond.bnrstCor3Omln'ltes. Hard. .............. <br />.67W. est rom 2 miles Mnth. <br />Pttk5 Creek 8 miles aoolc month... Tremendmls rain; wotl'r ran every. 2.JOp.m.. <br />wht"rc. <br />Prck~ Creek In 1'('.C. 31, T. 21 :-;," .................................... ip.m..... <br />R.67W. <br />Cameron Bod ():'IlC'ClI nrrnpl:'! ill :0;('(". Fivo prrincl:e or \'cry h:ud rain..... 3p.m..... 'MidnlJ:ht. <br />3O,T.20~.,n.f1(i\v. e p.m..... 6..10 fl. nt. <br />Bend oCRorkCreck In SC<'.J.t, T. 21 411lch~ DC ~"ater on level.......... <br />S., R. 67 W. 91'.m.... MidniJthL. <br />Between Rock and Soda crceJcl, Bot"ltodrowned In op~ tleld....... :H p. m.:. <br />sec. 29. T. 21 R.. R. 66 W. <br />n~ Flat, about ~CC.. 35, T. 21 S., .5 inches in 30 minnl.c3: G inches oC 5p.m...... }.(orning oC June i. <br />R.f>6W. water nm o'.cr prairie. <br />Dine Ribbon Creek in sre. 32, T. 20 Hardcstat lOp.m.................. ip.mm.. <br />~., It. M \V. <br />Bille Ribbon Creck In see. 2, T.21 S., 10 inchl'!9 (harde.1t 8t 10 p. m)........ 3p.m..... <br />R.MW. <br />Beulah, in sec. 3, T. 23 S., R. 68 w.. Hard rain all nlgh~...........:... 6p.m..:.. "a.. m. Juno 4. <br /> <br />v <br /> <br />",. <br /> <br />,r <br /> <br />v. <br /> <br />0/' <br /> <br />,/ <br /> <br />Nnn:.-Ktrepl where mcU1Cx\ ntmra.:'turfng ramCaH b J:1,"cn abm'r. thn amotmL, can be considered only <br />roughly approxunate. as the ob.'terve~ had no means otmalrlng l\ccurate meDsurements. . . <br /> <br />, Several ranchers on Boggs Flat stated that the precipitation dur- <br />ing the afternoon and night of June 3 was 14 inches. A hard- <br />surfaced road in that section was washed out to a depth of7 feet. <br />The area. drained by Dry Creek, unlike those of the other tribu- <br />tary streams, had its severest rain on June 2. Mr. J. F. :Wing, who <br />:!;"-..,>.;, ',' lives in sec. 26. T. 20 S., R. 65 W., stated that 'the heaviest rain <br />.....:J,';' .: . <br />~>:;:c::: ' c began about 2 p. m. June 2 and continued until midnight or later. <br />'~;:~, ',', At 11 p. m. the bridge over Twenty-fourth Street in Pueblo was <br />.~/;i" ' washed out. On June 3 it was misty or rainy all day, and at 7.30 <br />~,>~'i .' p. Ill. a very hard rain began, which became a cloud-burst at 10 p. m. <br />The residents li\'ing south of Arkansas River tll'reed that the <br />litOI'm came from the northeast, then worked around north, and <br />finally to the nurthwest. The most complete statements are sum- <br />marized below. <br />Mr. Fred Rosencrantil, who lives in sees. 32 and a:~. T. 20 S., R. 65 <br />:,':,':' 'IV., said' that the storJll appca rc,] to come from the northenst Illl<J <br />was met hy another storm whieh ('ume from OI,llhld,Y (10(':11 Ilame <br />tor Oreenhorn ~[()lITltaiTl) to the stJllthwl:'sL .\1 thaI till1l' the water <br />ill the .\rk:msas appcar!'r! to hI:' (jon-in!: hoth "I' alld .J0\\"I1 strealll, the <br />np-riv!'r ClIrr!'ut l,('ini'" ('allscl] hy the inflow from BIlle ]1ihLon Cn'd, <br />lInd other arroyos from the south. <br /> <br />::.,. <br /> <br />~. . <br />..' <br /> <br />:."' <br /> <br />~. <br />, <br />1- <br />l <br />! <br />i <br />!: <br />J <br />t <br />\ <br />i. <br />r. <br />