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<br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />'~-~~ <br /> <br />Sta.tetlellt 1'IIgardir\8 noods on :Bear Creek, Colorndo <br /> <br /> <br />-----------=::~ <br /> <br />""-'-'-prop~ed 111 . <br /> <br />Denver District <br /> <br />u. S. Geologica.]. Survq <br /> <br />- -- <br /> <br />i100ds on Bear Creek which C~U30 ereatellt 1e88,O'r l1teand " <br />property damage are cau.sed 'l>y oloudbu.reh. Thalla cloudburst floods <br />occur in teM. .ect.l,n 6r tr.e creek between lklrriMn and :tvergreen, ' <br />between elevat1.,n& of 15.800 e.nO. 1.000 feet. LIt. Vernen Creole and 'Celd <br />, Spring Gulch are especially SUbJect to tl'>.elll. . The enly kn01ll'11 record ef <br />a eloudburst floed originating .!\hoye EVll!'green 19 that O'f 1396. which <br />OJ.'iginatlld ill Cub- creek at Rn ele'lat1on of' 8.OC.Q feet 0'1' 1D:l-re. accord- <br />ing to' ne'lf!lJl!l.per OOOe=tl, and It!l.temcnts of looal," roaidentll. Thh 1I!l-S <br />$pf>arentll the greatest fleod recor~ed and was C3U~ed by & cloudburst <br />ocourr1llg arlieI' a: general ra1l'i. ef 24 h:Jura' duratien. ' Mr. ?rank 1601'1'11. <br />whO' lives en Cub' Creek, OMle to' Colerado in 1887 and _. img!ig~<i in <br />frai","ht1ng on :Bear Creek tol' ~ :reare. statea that he nevei" snw a <br />flood on Bel'l.r CrtHilt a.bove Cold Spring Gnlch. which 15 aheut. 5 IIliles <br />!!bOTG Itorrhon. He Yll.II not on Bear Creek in 1596. 111". E:rne.at H1ekll <br />ot "..vex-green. who 1>AII lived on Be3.r Creek above Uorrlllen tor rtJAr!:;f' :reart. <br />,t.aies that he believe, most floods orit;1nat/J in Cold Sprillg GuJ.ch. <br /> <br />&st. eleudburllh along t.he> &aliter'll slepe ot the mountain <br />r~ in e."\lltern Colorado oocur at elevaUone ranging from 6.000 to <br />15,OOO1'ee1o. and. only when there' 11 ... me.rked rnnga in ~1!lIIpe:rat\U'e .in a <br />rel~tive11 ~ll area.. ~his cendition exi.tllcr~efl:r in tho foethill. <br />where the warm Idr:fromthe plnins drifts toward the lllOunta.ins,h <br />defleoted up'imrd:. and rapidly cools at the higher' a.lt1.tudu near the <br />hen.<!.s 0'1' the oa~nl!. For thl..ll rea.llen, oloud1l'\l1'lltll generally oocur in <br />the aft ernoon 0'1" early oveni~ of an 'OIl'll!l1J,S.lly wa:rm dny. It 111 readily <br />lleGl1 that they, can '.eldOill occur-At. highez; .1l.1t1tudolS in the lllOuntains. , <br />Il.S then the differences in temperature Are usmally-intluff1c1l!:ntnand the.._ <br />mae~ of WarIil a1r in the hi.gh valleya is not great enOUf;h t.o C&l.lIe e:tt;( <br />decided drift tC"Re.rd., t.h" sdj &Cent. 1llClUl1t.~1nlS. <br /> <br />The JllB;jor floods- on Dear Cl'eek s1nce the 'mlh:r was .ettleil <br />about 1860 are. in tho order of their eccurrence. May 22. 11\16,.July 26. <br />1111\5. J1lly20. lSsG. June 1.. 11194, July 24 and 25. 11396.. AU!:;.15.1903. <br />Jume 1 or 8. 1921..luly .16.1923.' .l'llg. :P. 1925. July T:,19}}. JulF-lh. <br />1933. Aug. 9. 19}4. P.M Sept. 2. 19)13. ,WUh t.hll'exeapUon of: t.h\)sa in <br />161blilLd. 1921. thenneed~ were C!l.U.!Ied by cloudbursts, l!.:OO the flood. I <br />of July 24. 1896. July 1,1933. A11g.9. 1934. l'..nd sept-. 2. 1938. ware I <br />llli)lSt de.tructive, to, property and t.he only ones ill "hich lives were 1,0a\. i <br /> <br />,J' <br /> <br />j <br /> <br />Water Reso1Jrres Oivis<<m <br />Colorado l)iSli lei Ubrall <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />.~./' <br /> <br />-- --~ <br />'. ~ , ~ \.-.. ..-,". ~'- -..-'.--.,--... ---..,.-.-..", .'~-~. <br /> <br />.- <br />