FLOOD01056

• County: Jefferson
• Title: Floods in the Bear Creek Watershed
• Date: 1/1/1990
• Prepared For: Jefferson County
• Prepared By: USFWS
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Documentation Report

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.A.no~hc:r flood occ~cd on ne!1T Crot:k nbot':..t Jun~
e"".ot. dn.te of which n:l3 n.)1; bcr,n d!lnnltel;r <J3tablhhad.
'rr~nSCl'i..,t of JU!l!) 6, 163:1, Sanl

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* · · do?a~tatio~ ell ovor our f~ir et~te cnuscd by tb0
at~~d1 do~nnour of rr~n which co~~e,~ed ~~e3d~y la3t (U~7 29)
cont.ir:1.\..1.n.:: t1yreo c1.~ys. Ill. ~ t:-..l3 ilood h~\:1 be~r.. wide~rc~
over tho 9tat.s, Ct2.U9lng 0. va.~t c:..."'l.')u.nt. of d!;,r:.rtgo to :rc~d5t
brld.G()~' rdlro:ld tr:::,c;';ll, E.ll'i "riv,~te :oro"llrty in aV0r"J direc-
tion. Ths dill~~~e hc~ OS0U partic~~:l;r S~fCrG in th~ foothill
reGior..:] 1Vf'~ere tl~3 If;lter gn.t.l:.::rrcd. from tna m::nint:1.ingid~1 into
,ast flood, o~ylng'e'7erJthing before th~1. $ $ .

Uorri~on ~3 b~cn n gre~t ~~!er~r in l01~ of bridCos. rail-
roed trtlck:a. hou.se~" gs.rdc~i1, tate., ~:c.d tl:sir autm:l~r r')::)or"t read
throU1~ Bear Creek Car~on is effectually closed for the ~er.

T'h~ gli!:le article 31110 llt.'lte'.J that Jefforeon Count7. .in 'lI'hich Mon19on ill
located. 10'3t 100 bridgoa.

'lth~ flood of July 24. 1096. reMhed Uort'hon at S p.llI. and C0'79l"ed
the win atrll~ta to l\ denth of about throe :f'SGt. It c.o..r.;" 7fHh a ~J.m or
',';":>11 of ~ater from g to 10 foot hieh. e.nd ori,?-:-.ated in C:t1b Creek, llbO-;j)
E:'1erg:reen, being nu,,~ent.~d by flood!.} from trib'J.to..r:r 9.tre~d, j1~rt1C"'~o.rll
T'u.:rkoy e::c.d Ht. Varnon Cr.;e..l.ra. Twent;-S.e787:. 11.1$3 1fera lost July 21~. Tl1.3
;U'tornoon of July 25 a 3oc::l1c.d f'lo'Jd "~\lrea. do'<'P.1 W;. Yernon Creek, e.nd tho"
"'::0 witn.JS90d both a! th,'m d.ecl"red th!~t tho socond 1rn'-l=':J. tho \'fCM~.,
~~e fir~t left the re~lo of the town 9P~ ar~ dazed. but tho second completely
~;;..ecb:,d tho town. Tae storm 'IIhl,cl,l o,,-uMd the flood of JuJ.;r 24 is dll9cribed
'07 tb.3 Colorado 'l'ranscrirt of July 29. .M fOUO",,3;

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At l".bO'J.t 1 olclocit 'Frid!V Ilnning (July 24) den!!!) cloud9
Me. ~t:"cred 10'\'1 dO'!!l on the ".u'roll"~i~, mmu:tniull (at Golden)
and at tr~'\t hour "n unnreced.entl!d d~oW of roin n.r.d k'~"-1l
conr,.anccd. contintl.ine to :f'~,J,1 in sntlota for an ~ur or more" .. ..
Tl:.'Il cloud3 wera tinged with .a d,').o'k e>een hue. r-"'k:n& th(j llcenll
!l. "lmird and tearful ona. Refero tile rain oven :particl17 oens$!!
the ~e.t8r 1n tho (Cltl~) croe," beg:'.n to rise rnl'idl;r ~ .. ...
Il:r 3 o'cleck Clear Crock =3 on tea r~)"g", a body of 'lfate1"
IS or 10 fllet deep cOllling dQ':Yl1 from Beaver :Brook.

The ~ of Au~t 5 $tntea:

.. .. ,. Co=r.cine at the origin or the flood ..hich 15 at
tho hec.d. of Cub Creek I'lb;l1..t 5 m.ile] !lO~lth-;;ellt of 'E.Yorgreen.
t.r.;,ra 19 nothing but ruin and desolation in 1 t$ wnlte.

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