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<br />resulting in torrential rainfall and damaging floods in the immedi te <br />locality. Because of the relatively small area covered, a single <br />intense storm may not be recorded at any of the scattered rainfal ,sta- <br />tions, which therefore furnish only limited information as to the umber <br />of storms occurring in the basin. There are given in Table No. 6 he <br />number and magnitude'ot all I-day storms with a station rainfall one <br />. inch or more at typioal stations. <br /> <br />TABLE NO.6 <br /> <br />NUMBER AND MAGNITUDE OF 1-DAY STORMS HAVING <br />A STATION RAINFALL OF 1 INCH OR MORE <br /> <br /> <br />Cuchara Camps <br />Elevation 8200 above <br />mean sea level <br />Period of record <br />1 00-1 <br /> <br />Huerfano (near) <br />Elevation 6010 above <br />mean sea level <br />Period of record <br />1 17-1 · <br /> <br />. Pu~10 <br />. Eleva ti 4663 <br />:above me sea level <br />Period of record <br />00 1 <br /> <br /> <br />Storm <br />Rainfall <br /> <br /> , <br /> :Number of : Number of :Number of: Number of :Number 0 :Number of <br /> I-day : accumulated I-day ; accumulated I-day : accumu.- . <br /> storms. : I-day storms: storms .1-day storms' storms .1ated 1- <br /> '. :da storm <br />3.50-4.00. 0 0 1 1 0 0 <br />3.00-3.49: 0 0 1 2 1 1 <br />2.50-2.99' 1 1 3 5 1 2 <br />2.00-2.49' 1 2 9 14 3 5 <br />1.50-1. 99. 11 13 22 36 6 11 <br />1.00-1.49: 51 64 64 100 28 39 <br /> I <br />"Records of Walsenburg were used to fill in period from 1934 to 1 <br /> <br />18. Run~Off. - The mountainous portions of the watershed ar <br /> <br /> <br />characterized by steep rocky slopes and deeply accumulated snowfa at <br /> <br /> <br />the ~igher elevations, A large part ot the remainder of the basi <br /> <br /> <br />rough and hilly with steep slopes that have been practically denud d of <br /> <br /> <br />v~getation by overgrazing. The physical features of the watershed are <br /> <br /> <br />conducive to a rapid concentration of run.off resulting in flash foods <br /> <br />of high peak flows I of relatively small v~lume and of short duration, <br />Melting snow in the mountains furnishes practically all of the bas flow. <br />Statistical data pertaining to the stream gages in the basin are s own in <br />Table No.. 7 and the location of the gag~s is shown on Sheet 1, Appendix A. <br /> <br />-11- <br /> <br />'1 <br />