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<br />'0': <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CONTENTS <br /> <br />Abstract______________________________________________----------- <br />Introducgon___________________________________________~---------- <br />Acknowledgments_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _______ ------ -- -- ~- -- -- ------ -- -- -- - -- - --- <br />Previous flOl)d investigations___ __ - _ _ - ____ ------------- - -- -- -- ------- <br />Geologica.l Survey.. ___ _ __ _ _ - _ ___ -- -- -- ---- -------- --- --- -- -- --- <br />State Engineer of Colorado_____nn_n____nn_n___..__nn___u <br />City' of Denver .:.____ __ __ ___ ___ ___ - - ---- '---- ------- -- -- -- - -- -- -- <br />Occurrence of floods_ _ ___________________________________________..._ <br />Topographic zones___ _ __ ____ _ _ _ _ _ ___ -- __ __ __ -- - ----- -- -- - - - - - -- <br />Influence of topography on precipitation_ _ _ ---------_____________ <br />Areas subject to floods__n__..nnnn__n_nn__n_nn____un <br />Methods of measuring fioods___n..__n_nn__n___n.._h____....nnn_ <br />Meteorologic conditions causing major floods____nnn__unu.n__h__ <br />1844_,___"___,,_,____,_,________,_,_,,____,,_,,.,,___------- <br />June 1864____________________________________.._______________ <br />May 21-23, 1876__ _00__ ,___ _ n______n_ _nn__ __ ____00. 00 __ _,c <br />June 1884___________________________________________________~ <br />May 29-June 1, I894__n_n__n_____~hn---n-~nn-n--nu- <br />September 3-6, 1909,_____n__'___'____,_______'__noou____' U <br />October 4--6, 1911.. ____________________________________________ <br />June 2-7, 1921__ __ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ ___ -_ --- -.... _ ----- -- -- --- - --- - -- - --- <br />Cloudbursts__________.________________________________------- <br />Precipitation recrirds___ _ _ _ u_ __n ___u_n _ __n __ __ _ ___ _ _ ___ <br />~a.jorfloods------------------------------------------------------ <br />South Pla.tte River _ _ __________________________________________ <br />Bear Creek________________________________________~______ <br />Clear Creek_ _ _ ~ ______~__________________________ -- ------- <br />St. Vrain Creek_ _______________________________ -----______ <br />Lefthand Creck",."___,.",_,_____,,_,,__,,_______,, <br />Boulder Creek__________.~__7----------.-----------..- <br />South Boulder Creek_____________~______________~_ <br />Thompson Itiver~_________________________________________ <br />Buckllorn Creek______________________~________________ <br />Cache 10. Poudre Rlver__n_____u__u_______n_____________ <br />Cherry Creck__._________________________~________________ <br />Kiowa and Bijou Creeks___ __n____Un______________n_n_ <br />Republican River _ _ _ _ _________________________________________ <br />Arkansas River_______________________________________________ <br />Grape Creek____________________________________~_____._._ <br />Wilson Creek_________~___________________________________ <br />Fountain Creek___________________________________________ <br />Comparison of floodsuuu___.un_______~________nu_ <br />Templeton Gap_ _ _ ___ __ _ _ _ __ __ __ _ __ __ _ ~ _ _ __ _ - -_ ____ ___ <br />Hogans Gulch_ _ _ _ _______________________________.____ <br />St. Charles Riveru----____un_...___n_n____n______e_ <br />Chico Greek__________________....____________________ - <br />III <br /> <br />;, <br /> <br />Page <br />1 <br />2 <br />2 <br />3 <br />3 <br />4 <br />4 <br />4 <br />5 <br />5 <br />7 <br />9 <br />10 <br />10 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />19 <br />22 <br />22 <br />23. <br />23 <br />30 <br />35 <br />38 <br />41 <br />41 <br />44 <br />46 <br />49 <br />51 <br />59 <br />68 <br />72 <br />72 <br />84 <br />84 <br />85 <br />92 <br />93 <br />94 <br />94 <br />95 <br />