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<br />.. <br /> <br />Abstract <br />Introduction <br />Background <br />Study Area <br />Methods <br />Results and Discussion <br />July 12, 1996 Rainstorm and Flood <br />Effects of the Buffalo Creek Wildfire <br />Effects of Watershed Rehabilitation <br />Acknowledgements <br />References <br /> <br />Illustrations Captions <br /> <br />1. Map of the Buffalo Creek study area showing the extent of May 18, 1996 <br />wildfire, selected flood sites, and isohyetal patterns from paleoflood <br />interpretations and Doppler radar (NWS-WSR-88) by Henz Meteorological <br />services for the rainstorm of July 12, 1996. Insert map at lower right <br />shows the general location of the study area near Denver, Colorado. <br /> <br />2. Schematic cross section with hydraulic properties for the July 12, 1996 <br />flood in Buffalo Creek near the North Fork South Platte River at Buffalo <br />Creek, Colorado. <br /> <br />3. Relation between peak discharge and contributing drainage area for <br />rainstorms in 1996 and 1997 in the Buffalo Creek area, Colorado. Lines <br />show approximated l-hour storm rainfall for burned and unburned basins. <br />Selected flash-flood data for extreme rainstorms for similar, unburned <br />basins in the Colorado Front Range foothills help assess the effects of the <br />fire on flooding in Buffalo Creek. <br /> <br />Robert D Jarrett <br />"capt'n flood" <br />U.S. Geological Survey <br />Box 25046, MS 412 <br />Denver, CO 80225 <br /> <br />Phone: 303-236-6447 <br />Fax: 303-236-5034 <br />Intemet: rjarretl@usgs.gov <br /> <br />Page 9 <br />