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<br />1.0 Introduction <br /> <br />The Town of Crestone, and the uninoorporated community <br />of Baca Grande just south of Crestone, are located in <br />Saguache County, Colorado, at elevation 8,000 feet above <br />mean sea level. <br /> <br />Localized thunderstorms occurred in the Crestone and <br />Baca Grande area on Saturday, August 22, 1987 between <br />16:45 and 17:45 and again on Monday, August 24, 1987 <br />between 14:50 and 15:10. The resultant flash flooding <br />on three unnamed tributaries to North Crestone Creek, <br />Burnt Gulch, South Crestone Creek, and Willow Creek <br />caused considerable damage. <br />