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<br />Preface...."..,...,.""",......,..,.." .".""".""". " ~
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<br />Background Information.,......."...."",.,.....".,.,. ,.".,
<br />Settlement.,..".",.,.,....,....,.."."".....,.,..,.,.,
<br />The Stream and Its Valley "..,...,....,,,...,,..,.,,,,,,.,
<br />Developmer,tOl1theFloodPlaln..."...",.......""...."
<br />FloodSltU<ltlon "",.."",..""......,,,.....,,,.....,,,,.,,
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<br />~urcesof Data 3ndRecords .,.,...,.".,.""...,.....,..,
<br />Flood Season and Flood CharacteristIcs ., ..,.".", ""...,
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<br />Factors Affecting Flooding and
<br />Obstructions to floodflo",s
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<br />Its Impact".....""......
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<br />Flood damage reduction measures" .....,.. "........",
<br />Other f3ctorsand their lmpacfs "...",.....""......
<br />Flood ",,,,rning and forecasting ..... ".....,,, .....,
<br />Flood fighting and emergency evacuation plans ...,.
<br />Material ston.ge on the flood plain .".........."
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<br />Past Floods
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<br />5unvnary of Historical Floods"..""...,,,.,.,,,,,,,,,,,,, 15
<br />FloodRecords,.,..",.",..."".".,.,..,.,..",.,.""., 16
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<br />Flood Descriptions,.,....,.,.,.,.,.,.""..",.",.,...,..
<br />July 1912 ..,..",.,.,.."...".""",.,.,..,.,.,..,.,
<br />July 1922 ..,....."...."".""",."...,..,.,.,.,..,
<br />August 1933..,."".""."".,..,......".,.,.""",
<br />August 1945.",."",.,..",..........,.".,.,.,."",
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<br />Future Floods
<br />Frequency
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<br />Hazards of Large floods ...."..."... ....." "."""."..
<br />Flooded areaS "nd flood d"mages ...."....".....,.,,,.
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<br />Obstructions to floodflo...s ...",,, ...... ".,....,..,,, 26
<br />Velocltlesofflow.....".,.."",."",.".,.,.,,,,,.27
<br />Rate of rise and duration 01 llooding.............,,,, 21
<br />Glossary of Terms,...".,.....".",.,.....,..,.."..... ....,.28
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<br />Cherry Creek Basin Vicinity Ci imMolOQic~1 De~., ., ." 3
<br />5IrellmGa"eDllla...........,..."..,..,..."..,..... ICi
<br />Annual Peak DischarnOs for Cherr~ Creek near
<br />Franktown,Colorado......,.........................15
<br />Annual Peak Discharges for Cherry Creek near
<br />Melvin, Colorado ".".",.,.,.....,..,.,........,., I'"
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<br />Surnmaryof Portinent Dir,charqes-ChorrvCr"ek
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<br />Flood Plain Reference Data - Cherry Creek -
<br />Cherry Creek Lake Throuoh Frankto...n, Colorado,...., ~I
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<br />"HOlOGRAPHS
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<br />Looking sout~cast downstreaM from S+ro~ Ave~ue
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<br />Lookj~Q upstream from th8 lelt bank ~t thn
<br />upstreamll"'itofthestudv..,.,...........,.......
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<br />Looki no downstreil'" from tho left bank neilr t~p
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<br />Looking
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<br />Lookln<l uostraam from Wost P~~kor Roa4 """""""
<br />LookinqdownstreamfromWestParker.malj""""""
<br />Lookinq uostream from Colo~aljo Sta~e H i,,~wav 8~ "".
<br />loo~ln~ downstream t~om Coloraoo ~Tllte Hlonwav 8~ ",
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<br />Lookin~ u~5trOi\'" fro<'1 Colnraan State Hk~way ~r, ,....
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<br />Looking downstream tram Stroh Avenue
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