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<br />TABLE 2
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<br />timbers in it~ ~~gry embrnce... So f8r as co~td be ascert~inad,
<br />no live, wer~ lod in t,.\~ ~c,~th~!:n IHut of to~n, bLt the 1~s8 "f
<br />,HOp"!:ty i~ FOuntain 'Jdley ~'il1 ,,",~unt to many tho'_.alds af da:la!:s.
<br />f.leve!: bda"" ~"n th~ .colJntuin be"~ on ~~ch a "~~pat;e."
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<br />~ICKEST TE~ CM1~ClNG FLOODS !'Ii ORDER Of OCC:JRREN:E
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<br />FOU':TAHJ CREEK fROM COLO,~AC0 SPRINCS TC FOII\'TA1N, CCLC~';DO
<br />
<br /> Estim"tsd
<br />Or:jer Peak
<br />~'umber D~te af Crest Disch"rQe
<br /> c.f.s.
<br />1 June 1C, i864 48,000
<br />1 July 25, 1885 "
<br />3 ,August 1, 1896 40,000
<br />, J~ne 1, 1914 "
<br />, June 3, 1922 18,000
<br />, ,~ay 27M28, 1922 .
<br />, July <C, 1932 .
<br />" ,lay 30M31, 193.5 55,000
<br />, ,,' <e, 1940 22,10D
<br />10 J~~e n, 1955 .
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<br />J'cne3,lg2l
<br />~ith small and large str~~~. flOOding i~ va!:ying dGgree
<br />througho~t the region, ths town of rount~in and it~ resident. earned
<br />the following Rr~is~ in the ColoradO SRti~g2 Gazette of June 7, 1921,
<br />"All day and all night, ths b~kery a!\d rostua!:ant in the town re_
<br />mained open to feed those ~ho p~ssed thru, and citizens worked with
<br />the military and volunteers to ~r8~k the road thru and keop it opsn...
<br />Tho the to~n w~s n~t seriously flooded, the eurroundi~g county was,
<br />~nd the town'. main watsr ~ain, supplying the oit~, was put out of
<br />commissio!\,.. B,~t thE townsmen m~ds no ~omplalnt. The~ Vlere too
<br />busy helping ethers." At ColoradO Springs neither fountain Crsek
<br />nor Monument Cre~k flows ~snt overbank. but with addition~l flows
<br />from 5hookn R~n 3nd oth~r t~ib~t~ries eevCtO d~mago w~~ ~~~oud bsla~
<br />the mouth iJf Spring Creak. Thase floodwahrs increased in m~gnit~de
<br />town!:d Pueblo to bocomo 0~8 Df Colo~ado'o mo~t di~o~trou~ flood
<br />
<br />.No sst imatsd di .ch~rge d"~,,, 8v~ileble.
<br />
<br />Flood Oe$Cri~UOM
<br />followi"" ~l's de~criptio"s "f kno,"n l~rge floous tl1~t
<br />h~'Je o:c~rred on fount~i" Creek in tho dcinity M' Coion,do 5prin,;n,
<br />i~cl"di"g ~"c~rpt~ frQm loa~lly publiah~rj n~w~ ,,~colJnt..
<br />
<br />events.
<br />
<br />JuLv25.l8B5
<br />Produced by a wnterspoutMtype storm th~t ~uportedly
<br />burst just north of the Colorado College in Color",do Sprin<J"" to~-
<br />~enti~l reinfall ~e~ultad in initi~l flooding on ths Monument [reek
<br />and Sho"k~ R~n tdbut~ry stra~",s. According to the C~lor~Jo Sprin<J5
<br />
<br />ft1;w 30-31. 1935
<br />This flood rssulted f~~" ~xceG.ivG r~infall of short
<br />
<br />GazeHa on J~ly 26, iB85'
<br />disnstrous sto~mG th~t hse
<br />
<br />"In "vary respsd, it w~s on~ af th~ mo~t
<br />e'J"r vi~ited thb ~"ctior. of Color~cc.
<br />
<br />d~r~tion over an ~!:e" of less than 100 square miles in th~ MonLJmp.nt
<br />[rosk b~9in. At Colorado Springs, ths wsst ~idu arna along mon~me~t
<br />Crsek suffe!:8c ~ost sov~reiy. follo~od 010501y by thG city's so~th
<br />end floaded by fo,..nt"in C~S8'<. Early n8~' rsports, apposring in tho
<br />Colo!:~do 5pring" Go~ctte Ot Evening Tslegr~ph, informcl<.l' "Ci'lhtsen
<br />lish.d A~ Dnad Or Mi.si"g I~ith 5cores Reported ln Hospit~ls... All
<br />brid~~" ~Cr()gS Menu".ent ~nd fount~in C:eek. in the ~ity, Bxcapt th~
<br />:lija" 3tt~"t vJ.uJ""t ~cruss :<'onu"'"nt C,~~k, WSts "estroyell.., South
<br />of the Joi"'~,, roint of ":on,,",@nt ~nd fount~in Cr,,~ks, the flood-
<br />w~tBrs spre~d O'Jt until they coc'ered "n ~rea ~ ~il.. wid~... 7h~
<br />
<br />...a rnporte!: ~aS disp~tched to le~rn the sxtent of d~moge in the
<br />Fo~nt~in ';'~11ey. Thi. Quist litUa ~tr"~", h~d lost it~ v~un:~d
<br />olooidity ~nd t~ksn ths for", of ~ ro~ring. ~ngry flood...an i,"nens~
<br />"01",,"0 t~~ri~g da"n tho 'ide,,]', co=r]'~n; ~rec~, fcn~n, tri(l~o~ a~,d
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