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<br />CHAPTER 4 <br />COLORADO FLOOD HISTORY <br /> <br />The following flood accounts are typical for flood events which have occurred in Colorado, but are, by <br />no means, a complete history of such, They are presented here to give some insight as to the source <br />and magnitude of floodwaters affecting the State of Colorado, <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 Grand River Basin <br />Colorado River Basin <br /> <br />Flood history within each riVE" basin is divided into flood history of the main river of each basin, then <br />flood histories of the major tributaries in each basin, starting upstream and continuing downstream in <br />each basin, <br /> <br />The map below shows the locations of the rivers: <br /> <br />".. <br />w i-~ <br /> <br />IO)~~__I~' <br /> <br />:o~: <br /> <br /> <br />--;~dRi:;l- <br />t P~TTE <br />~IVER <br />BASIN <br />,-'" <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />". <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />'" <br /> <br />,,,. <br /> <br />105' <br /> <br />Colorado Flood <br />Hydrology Manual <br /> <br />4.-1 <br /> <br />DRAFf <br />