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<br />The crest stage of the flood of Qetpber 19,-i908,was 10.1 feet, or 1.9
<br />feet lower.
<br />:Mr. Oscar Hellbeck, engineer for the Arkansas Valley Sugar
<br />Beet & Irrigated Land 90., made the following computations of the
<br />discharge of Arkansas River over the diversion dam of the Amitv
<br />canal, 2 miles east of Prowers: · .
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<br />Di8charye of Jlrknn8a., Rit.c,' at .1mitll canal, .June: 1-5, 1921.
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<br />Time. Depth DIscharge. Time. Depth Discharge.
<br />l'Verdam. over dam.
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<br /> Fed. S=n4.!td. Ftd. S=n4.!'d.
<br />June 4, 11.00 p. m........... .......... 2,000 lune 5, 4.00 a. m............. 8.5 155, lXXt
<br />12.00p. m........... ............. 6,000 4.30 a. m_........... 9.0 170,000
<br />IuneS, 1.00 8. m_............ """2:5" 10,000 8.00 a.m............. 9.0 170, (0)
<br />1.10 B. m...~............. 15, roo 8.30a.m............ 8.5 155,000
<br />1.308. m............ 3.0 20,000 9.00..m............ 8.0 130, 000
<br />1.4Ga.m.............. 4.0 28, 000 10.00 8. m........... 8.0 130,(0)
<br />2.008. m............ 5.5 45,000 11.00 B. m. ........... 8.0 130,OCO
<br />2.30 a. m............ 8.0 5.;,000 12.00a.m........... 7.5 110,001
<br />3.00 B. m............. 7.0 III 000' l.00p.m............ . 7.0 80,000
<br />3.30 B. m............. 7.5 110;cm 9.00 p.m............1 6.0 5;;,000
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<br />At Lamar the river started to rise at 4 a. m. June 5. At 8 a. m.
<br />the gage read 10.4 feet, and at 11 a. m. the crest height of 11.9 feet
<br />was reached. This stage continued until 1 p. m., when the river
<br />started to fall. The flood was 2 or 3 feet higher than that of 1904,
<br />the greatest flood previously recorded.
<br />At Holly the high~,ate.r mark was determined from levels after
<br />the flood to be abou{ 9.1Jfeet above the datum of the State gage.
<br />The discharge was estimtte.d as 120,00Q second-feet. I .
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<br />The tributary streams below Pueblo chiefly affected by the flood
<br />were Fountain, Chico, and Salt creeks and St. Charles River. These
<br />streams, unlike the tributaries above Pueblo, which had a very high
<br />but short flood run-off, had sustained high stages. This .was due
<br />to the fact that the rain extended over the greater part cjf their
<br />drainage areas, and although it was not llS heavy as that over the
<br />smaller areas of the upper tributaries, it caused high stages in the
<br />streams, on account of the compar-atively large drainage areas. For
<br />the same reason the high run-off was not concentrated at one time
<br />but continued for 24 hours or longer.
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<br />Fountain Creek is fonned by a number of small streams on the
<br />north slope of Pikes Peak, of which Catamount and Cascade creeks
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<br />. Hosea, R. G., unpubllshC'd report on .\rkansns River ftood. dated August 15, 1921.
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