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<br />CHAPTER 4 <br />COLORADO FLOOD HISTORY <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The following flood accounts are typical for flood events which have occurred in Colorado, <br />but are, by no means, a complete history of such. They are presented here to give some <br />insight as to the source and magnitude of floodwaters affecting the State of Colorado. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The flood history is broken down into the major river basins of Colorado: <br /> <br />South Platte River Basin <br />Arkansas River Basin <br />Rio GrandtFliver Basin _ <br />Colorado River Basin <br /> <br />Flood history within each river basin is divided into flood history of the main river of each <br />basin, then flood histories of the major tributaries in each basin, starting upstream and <br />continuing downstream in each basin. <br /> <br />The map below shows the locations of the rivers: <br /> <br />,or <br /> <br />,or <br /> <br />, " <br /> <br />,... <br /> <br />,... <br /> <br />'01" <br /> <br />,,,. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />w <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />101' <br /> <br />'00' <br /> <br />,... <br /> <br />,... <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Colorado Flood <br />Hydrology Manual <br /> <br />4.1 <br /> <br />a:w:r <br />