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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The flood occurring either June 7 '01' S. '1921, '!I'll. ll11parent17
not ler1ou!I III tl",ere h scaut mention of 1t in the tlC'lrSilnper.. !he Denver
l10clq lA,ountnin Nfl....' of June 1:1 statea;

Evergreen !JJ\d. l!orrhon reported ... ne6r o10U1iburllt. wh1eh
brok" i!.1 Benr Croek croJWon ebout 5 0' clock (J'lUl!l 7) and lMted
an M"\l.1'. After I\. lull a. stend:!' do'llIlp01U' bO(;'l.n at 9 o'clock
the t01l1\' reported !In<l. wnll contintLing ut midnight.. nom.' Creek
rOS8 l'.nother foot as a ruuU.

'!'he only lr~orme_Hon reSl!.rd.ing the flood 01' .1'0.11 16. 1923, 11 an
erUot. in the Jefferson County Rer-1ibU= 01' July 19. 1923. all followlIl

'.rhe TallE7 (BelU' Crllek) .~s visUed by a ~aV7 st.om
~nday &1'ternoon. tllki~ out a pert of t119 C. 8. s. brillg9
at. Coll'lUl.

. llegarding the tlMd at A~o 30. 1925;'t.he Den"/'er RockJ Uounb1n .
Jews 01' Sept.. 1., 1.925. ":portsl

A check 'Of the property d!l.Ola€~ done b1' the heav", rain" tha'
fellln t.he d1!ltrict of 14orr1son and !lent Bear and 'la.rkey Creer..
cut of' their bt\Jlks SUnday llft.ernoon (f",u.c.~st. 30) 'Il111 run into .
thon.l91'1.tldll, of, dolllU'9, nocording to fin romou.noement I"~-:>do late
)'ollte::-do7 by of:Ueb1.s .,.00 tra.Yelled over the nood-lll1ept loerr1to1'1.
'!he destra.ction of llosquito b::i~-;ll span."ling Bear Croek trsee mUet
below Uorr1aon on the l.lorrhcn-l'ort Logan h1ghwa;y nUllo the
heavieat /laIrAgG from the storm. Craig !ledtord, s"lI;:le1'inter.dent of
muntull. plU'k. s.nno'u.nced. .. .-. Conslderablll da=go 1I'a. done too
the highwn.y Jwst b elo'll stlU''tra.ck 1Io .. · lobs datnaee to the roadbed. -
'lIOUld lllllO'lUlt 1.0 "between $400 IU1d. .$;00. .. .. · A h~V7 lou 1mS 1lUe-
\sinai!. by :t'8IlideI!.ta of both ~torr1aon I'M. Stll,rbuckthru drOl/ll.ing of
eh1ckonll II .. . bu.t the da:age _II conll1dol'ed 111g.'I1.\ as cOlll)?ared
with the toree ot the ato:'lllo"

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Eight ;years lator the Jefferson County Repub').10t\Jl, of M,. 13. 1933. COllP
mllntll on the 1925 !lood, &s follows I

Tho 1M' tbres.t or h1r.;h 'later luBeaX' ~eek Walt SI1.tIdaT.
.Aui,!;o 30. 1925. 'llihen tll:\UlY picknickeu were in the oa.n;yon. TwO OJ'
tr;ree br1.dges 1\'lIU lI!>9hed cut, I!ll.tomobiln were' caUKpt in the
_tel." and oarried into the oreek. "but minor d.ama.ge 'lIaS 40ne to
the road And no lou of lit. was reported.

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