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<br />the rainfall occurrod ",ithin a 3-hourperiod. Peakdischar90s <br />alonllChe,ryCroek",erel,OOOcubicfeetoerseconduostre"",from <br />Fran ktown , ~9 ,900 cu b i c feet pc, S<lcon d near ~1e I V in, and 58, 000 <br />cubic foet per ~<lcond at Charry Crack da~, An estimated peak <br />Ilowal 14,100 cUbic f<let ocr second discharqed from Piney C,eek, <br />il right-bank trlbuta,y af C~erry C,eek, 'luring the even Ing and <br />night 01 16 June, the Cherry Creek ra~,erva i r Impounded a Ilood <br />whiChhlldavaiumcof 16,OOOacre-feef. Of the 18 small dams <br />constructed by the Soil f'..onsp.rvatlon SorviC<l In the upper Cherry <br />Cre<lkbasin b<lt",aenFranktowoandParker, 31<er<lfllled, Two 01 <br />these were subsequently ovortopoed and sustained erosion da~ge. <br />Tr.eremaining 15 structures were outside 01 the area of hiqh <br />intfmsity rilinlall and rec<liv<l<1 only rr>ader"to runoff, The heilvy <br />runoff caused major Ilooding along the main stem af Cherry Creek <br />from the vicinity of Franktown to the Cherry Cr<lek reservair. <br />^bout 2,720 acres wer<, llooded. '.\05t 01 the bridges across <br />ChllrryCre(!k were either dama<1<ld or df'stroyp.d, Dne life was lost <br />curing the f load on Cherry Cr.."k, F loo~ darnages totalod <br />S 1,306,000, Figuros 10 throuqh 13 <,'>ow 1100<11 n!1 "nd f loo~ dam- <br />agos caused by this flood. <br /> <br /> <br />--- <br />.-." ~-- <br />"".~ . <br />-. ....-'=:<- - <br />- <br /> <br />- <br />.~,.~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />"- <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />,,, <br /> <br />-..... <br />.~~;. <br />.~...,~,' <br /> <br />-' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />'- <br /> <br />Flg\lralO, Looking downstream towards Fr"nktown. <br /> <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Figure II, Looking upstream from ColoradO State <br />Hlgh\o"av85, <br /> <br />20 <br />