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<br />private citizens and o1;her con~rne(l nongovernmental agencies; and <br /> <br />(4) reduce expenditures en tutute flood control projects for t.he <br /> <br />protec1;ion of developments whieb shc)uld not bebuUt within the nood <br /> <br />plains. <br /> <br />2. llie Stream and Its Va.lJ.e.T. Wolf Creel< originates in the <br /> <br />south-central part of Prowers County., Colorado. ~llis county enean- <br /> <br />passes some 1,640 square miles in the sc)utheastern part .of Ccuore.do. <br /> <br />llie area is devoted almost excluSively to agriculture with about <br /> <br />half to ranching and half to farlDing. ~he county is entirel3' in <br /> <br />the Great Plains pby-siographie provinc:e. 'Il:1e drainage area of 1~01f <br /> <br />Creek above Granada comprises 122 square mLtes. ~he stream trellds <br /> <br />northeastward and enters the ArkansB:S River near Granada, The "ater- <br /> <br />shed is steep with an average thalweg slope of about 20 feet per <br /> <br />mile. The area is sparsely cove:red 1{ith vegetation engendered by <br /> <br />the semiarid climate. lliese conciitions tend to produce high peak, <br /> <br />lOOderate volume floods. <br /> <br />3. Past Floods lIZld Flood Dt'-ta. Stream gaging records are not <br /> <br />available for Wolf Creek at GrllZljl.ds.. However, repc)rts indicate that <br /> <br />there WllS flooding at GrllZlada frc>m Wolf Creek in Mn3" 1918. September <br /> <br />1920, J~ 1925, J~ 1935, M~ ).936, .Tune 1949, M~ 1951, M1o/ 1958, <br /> <br />June 1965, and August 1972. Des<.<riptioDS of the more notable floods <br /> <br />follow . <br /> <br />a. J~ 11-12. 1935. llie JuJ;y 1935 flood is the earliest <br /> <br />for Which a discharge estimate is avaiJ.ll.b1e. 'lhis storm was described <br /> <br />App. 3 <br />2 <br />