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<br />d. Holly, Colorado.- Holly is protected from flows on <br /> <br /> <br />Wild Horse Creek by a leveed diversion which routes the creek west <br /> <br /> <br />of the city. In June 1965, however, a peak flow of 182,000 cubic <br /> <br /> <br />feet per second was generated on TWO Butte Creek, entering the <br /> <br /> <br />Arkansas from the right bank just opposite Holly. This flow crossed <br /> <br /> <br />the Arkansas River valley and flowed along the Wild Horse Creek levee, <br /> <br /> <br />destroying the levee and allowing floodwaters from both Two Butte <br /> <br /> <br />Creek and the Arkansas River to inundate the city to depths up to 8 <br /> <br /> <br />feet. The community was without power and gas utilities during this <br /> <br /> <br />flood, as well as being isolated from outside contact for a three-day <br /> <br /> <br />period. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />e. Syracuse, Kansas.- Two Butte Creek and Wild Horse <br /> <br /> <br />Creek enter the Arkansas River about 25 miles upstream from Syracuse, <br /> <br /> <br />and the city is vulnerable to the high intensity flood peaks generated <br /> <br /> <br />in these and other tributaries. The largest recorded floods occurred <br /> <br /> <br />here in October 1908 and June 1965. The latter type of flood may be <br /> <br /> <br />reasonably expected to occur again. The AT&SF railroad embankment <br /> <br /> <br />serves as a protective barrier to prevent floodwaters from entering <br /> <br /> <br />the main business district, and past floods have been confined to <br /> <br /> <br />the southern part of the city. During the June 1965 flood, homes, <br /> <br /> <br />businesses and utilities suffered damage, including the water supply <br /> <br /> <br />(wells south of the city), sewer, and power systems. Local bridge <br /> <br /> <br />approaches are vulnerable to destruction, resulting in the disruption <br /> <br /> <br />of traffic. <br /> <br /> <br />f. Garden City, Kansas.- At Garden City, levees con- <br /> <br /> <br />structed by local interests provide a fair degree of protection from <br /> <br /> <br />Arkansas River overflows, but past large floods have repeatedly <br /> <br /> <br />breached the north and south-bank levee systems. South-bank resi- <br /> <br /> <br />dents were evacuated in April 1942, June 1949, May 1951, and June <br /> <br /> <br />1965, north-bank levees were saved in 1951 following a successful <br /> <br /> <br />flood fight, but were breached during the other flood events. In <br /> <br /> <br />June 1965, the city park and zoo, fairgrounds, public utilities, and <br /> <br /> <br />residential areas were flooded and extensively damaged. Also, although <br /> <br />A-IO <br />