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disastrous storms that has ever vis~ed this section of Colorado. ... a reporter was dispatched to le~lrn the extent of damage in the Fountain Valley. This quiet little stream had lost ~s vaunted placid~y and taken the form of a roaring, angry flood ... an immense volume tearing down the valley, canying trees, fences, bridges, and timbers in ~s angry embrace... So far as could be ascertained, no lives were lost in the southern part of town, but the loss of property in Fountain Valley will amount to many thousands of dollars. Never before has the Fountain been on such a rampage." Flood of June 1921. W~h small and large streams flooding in varying degrees throughout the rElQion, the town of Fountain and ~s rBsidents earned the following praise in the Colorado Gazette of June 7, 1921, "All day and night, the bakery and restaurant in the town remained open to feed those who passed thru, and c~izens worKed w~h the mil~ary and volullleers to break the road throu and keep ~ open. Tho the town was not seriously flooded, the surrounding county was, and the town's main water main, supplying the c~y, was put out of commission... But the townsmen made no complaint. They were too busy helping others." At Colorado Springs, ne~her Fountain Creek nor Monument Creek flows went overbank, but w~h add~ional flows from Shooks Run and other tributaries severe damage was caused below the mouth of Spring CreBk. These floodwaters increased in magn~ude toward Pueblo to become one of Colorado's most disastrous flood events. Flood of Mav 1935. This flood resuKed from excessive rainfall of short duration over an area of less that 100 square miles in the Monument Creek basin. at Colorado Springs, the we~;t side area along Monument CreBk suffered most severely, followed closely by the cit(s south end flooded by Fountain Creek. Early news reports, appearing in the Colorado Springs Gazette or Evening Telegraph, intormed: "Eighteen Listed as Dead or Missing W~h Scores Reported in Hosp~als... All bridges across Monument and Fountain Creeks in the c~y, except the Bijou Street viaduct across Monument Creek, were destroyed... South of the joining point of Monument and Fountain Creeks, the floodwaters spread out until they covered an area a mile wide... The town of Fountain was w~hout water this morning when the 1 O-inch water main from the reservoir was washed out where ~ crosses Fountain Creek... Loss from Flood is Raised to $1,769,000 By Estimate of C~y, County, State." Flood of June 1965. This flood did not cause appreciable damage at Colorado Springs, but caused severe damage further downstream. Jimmy Camp Creek flow was estimated to be 124,000 cfs at a point 4.5 miles upstream from ~s confluence w~h Fountain Creek. A book ent~led "Valley of the Fountain" by H. Kay Brander Larson contains the following passages which describe the flood's effects in Colorado Springs' south suburbs, the town of Fountain, and nearby environs: "Millions of dollars in damages were wrought in the Valley during the disastrous flood of June 17, 1965, the latest in ~s long history. Hailstones as big as tennis balls fell in the Secur~y-Widefield, Stratmoor Hills-Stratmoor Valley, and Fountain commun~ies Monday alternocln... At the entrance to Widefield off U.S. Highway 85-87, floodwaters running bank hi~lh in the drainage d~ch washed away the roadbed as well as concrete lines on the d~ch. Water cresting on Sand (Jimmy Camp) Creek w~h waves eight feet Colorado Flood Hydrology Manual 4,28 [RIJFf .. ~ ,. .