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<br />... <br /> <br />On 24 July 1896, a cloudburst of approximately one-half <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />hour duration caused a flash flood on Tucker Gulch at <br /> <br />Golden, Colorado. Three residents of Golden were swept away <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />by floodwaters. Hilh water marks showed the floodwaters to <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />be 30 feet deep where they passed throulh a narrow lulch. <br /> <br />Tucker Gulch is just south of the headwaters of Van Bibber <br /> <br />." <br /> <br />Creek. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />On 2 and 3 September 1938, a leneral storm occurred <br /> <br />over the front range with localized cloudbursts producing <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />from 3 to 8.5 inches of rainfall over a period of one-half <br /> <br />.". <br /> <br />to 3 hours. Mount Vernon Creek near Morrison, Colorado had <br />a discharge of 9,230 cfs from a draina,e area of 9.45 <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />square miles. Cold Spring Gulch, which enters Bear Creek <br /> <br />about 5 miles west of Morrison, had a peak discharge of <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />9,000 cfs from a 4.5 square mile drainale area. To put <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />these events in perspective, the effective drainage area of <br /> <br />VanBibber Creek is 17 square miles. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />; <br />. <br />,. <br /> <br />Another example of the devastatin. nature of the flood <br /> <br />events alon. the front ranle of the Rocky Mountains is the <br /> <br />,T <br />;. <br /> <br />flood of 31 July,- 1 Au.ust, 1976 on the Bi. Thompson River <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />in Larimer County Colorado, approximately 40 miles north of <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Van Bibber Creek along the front ran.e. As much as 12 <br /> <br />III <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />,- <br /> <br />,'. <br /> <br />t;" <br />