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<br />fi <br /> <br />June 2-5 period, a severe storm over Colorado caused excessive runoff <br /> <br />~ <br />, rJ-: ~ i <br />. I <br />I <br /> <br />to create peak.flows of 103,000 cubic feet per second (c.f.s.) at <br /> <br />-------... <br />Pueblo an~16S,000'~.f.s. at Lamar. After the flood, 78 bodies were <br /> <br />~ <br />recovered at Pueblo, which also suffered $10 million in property losses. <br /> <br /> <br />Farther downstream, Dodge City, Kansas, reported a peak discharge of <br /> <br /> <br />32,000 c.f.s. and floodwaters sufficiently deep in places to compel <br /> <br /> <br />horses to swim across streets. Severe damage was incurred at Larned, <br /> <br /> <br />Kansas, as well. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />b. Flood of August 1929.- In August 1929, a storm caused <br /> <br /> <br />the Purgatoire River to flood and this led to a high stage on the <br /> <br /> <br />Arkansas River at Lamar, Colorado. <br /> <br /> <br />c. .Flood of April 1942. - Caused by excessive rainfall <br /> <br /> <br />coupled with snowmelt, this flood attained a peak discharge of 21,000 <br /> <br /> <br />c.f.s. at Dodge City, Kansas. Many basements were flooded, but struc- <br /> <br /> <br />tural damage was relatively minor. Downstream at Larned, the flood <br /> <br /> <br />was described as the worst in Larned's history. Through the efforts <br /> <br /> <br />of volunteers manning the local dike, however, the city avoided <br /> <br /> <br />disaster and became the only city along the Arkansas to escape <br /> <br /> <br />serious damage. <br /> <br /> <br />d. Flood of June 1949.- At Dodge City, Kansas, the crest <br /> <br /> <br />stage was 13.3 feet with 16,200 c.f.s, discharge. This was the first <br /> <br /> <br />flood to reach Dodge City since the completion of John Martin Darn in <br /> <br /> <br />October 1948, and the darn's regulatory operation appreciably reduced <br /> <br /> <br />the effects of the flood. Although damages were thus minimized, some <br /> <br /> <br />residents were forced to evacuate their homes to escape the rising <br /> <br />.r <br /> <br />waters. <br /> <br />e. Flood of May 1951.- Produced by sustained rainfall <br /> <br /> <br />over southeastern Colorado on the watershed below John Martin Dam, <br /> <br /> <br />Holly, Colorado, was the first community to suffer significant inun- <br /> <br /> <br />dation. In Kansas, Syracuse and Garden City were forewarned and able <br /> <br /> <br />to prepare sufficiently to escape major damage. Despite flood fighting <br /> <br /> <br />efforts at Dodge City, the city's dikes were breached and flooding <br /> <br /> <br />resulted. At Larned, the floodwaters were successfully controlled. <br /> <br />A-6 <br /> <br />-~'''' <br />