FLOOD00051

• County: Pueblo
• Title: The Arkansas River Flood of June 3-5, 1921
• Date: 2/5/1996
• Prepared For: Pueblo County
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Documentation Report

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THE FLOOD BELOW PUEBLO.

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Time of /foorl /lorc nt pn;,,'., mt-F'ormtnlll Creek.

. Point of observation.

Dl3tancc
above
mouth.

Approximate time or nOOll
flow.

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11.1.5 p. m. June :l.1I
Between 11 and 12 p. In.
11.30 p. m.
About midnight.
After midnight.
3 a. m. June 4.

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II Flood came very suddenJy.
Stnoe and di..oharoe of Fo,,"ta;1I Creek nt lIIolI/h.

Tim..

Approxi.
matedis.
charge.

Stage.

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lune 3, ~tfdg:ghi::::::: :::: ::::::::::::::::::: "2:5 feet'dccp:400 irei'\~.i(i~::::::: :::::::::::: t,~
June 4, 2.30 B. In.. ......... ................... n reet deep, .JOO (eet whIt... ................. 12,OCXJ

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Mfdntght.......... ................ .... -& tcct 1X!low ('rest............................ 18,000
June 5, 5 a. m... ...... ... ..... ................ r,. feet belo\v crest............. ............... t!,OOO
5 p. m......................... ..... ... 7 feet below' crest...... ...................... 10,000
June 6,3 p. m....... .... ...................... .. ......... ..... ......... ......... ............1 .1. 000
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The total dI~hnrge wa." ahollt 70,000 acre-fecl.
ST. CKARLES RIVER.

. St. Charles River drains the eastern slope of the southern half of
the Greenhorn Range and the foothill region lying betwe'en that
range and the Arkansas. After leaving the mountains the St.
Charles flows through a canyon for 10.miles, below which the valley
widens, and the river finally emerges upon the plain, across
which it flows in a northeasterly direction to its junction with the
Arkansas, 8 miles below Pueblo. Its chief tributaries are Spring
. Branch and Greenhorn Creek. The topography of its drainage basin
is very rough, as the stream traverses the steep slopes of the moun-
tains, the deeply eroded foothill region, and the rolling plains next
to the Arkansas. The drainage' area is 482 square miles.
The following table has been compiled from topographic maps:

Ele-vntioll.' and di..tanee.. a:tollO Sf. Cllar'les Ri'ver from SOlt1"Ce to mOlllh.

EleTa- Dbtance. Descent between
tion points.
Point. above I
sea level. From Point to Total. Perroile.
source. point.
Fed. Mil... MiltS. Fed. Fttt.
SOUTce.............................................. . 9,000 u""6."5" ..,.uti.S' u'"2"750' ..........
Contour crOS$ing..... ..... ................. ... ....... 6,2.'50 420
Do.............................................. 5,150 10.7 I '.2 '500 119
D').............................................. 5,250 IS. 5 7.8 500 6'
Do.............................................. 5,000 24. 7 6.2 250 40
Do................................................ 4,800 al.9 i 7.2 200 28
Do... 4, iOO :!6.0 '.1 100 2<
Do...:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.:: 4,6CO .,l~. 1 I '.7 100 21
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~ronth............................................ "'l ',560 .1. 9 1.2 41l :i3
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