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<br />The flood has done great dal\lage at this place. The Fountain, <br />which flows through this town; has been very high for the past 24 <br />hours. Early this morning ithe north approach of West First <br />Street bridge was carried away. . The water rose so high by <br />noon that a large amount of bridge timber and other materials was <br />carried away. . .. At 7:30 this evening a two-room <br />house .. located at the south end of West First Street bridge <br />was carried away. <br /> <br />June 2-7. 1921. This flood wasl described in the Colorado Springs <br />Gazette on June 4, 1921 as followS: <br /> <br />Shooks Run had before 9 p.m.: <br />spread its waters over the <br />covering several blocks. . ~ <br />were roaring, (filling) the <br />gardens, farms, ranch houses, <br />the worst storm in 25 years. <br /> <br />(June 3) become a river. It had <br />northwestern part of the city, <br />Sand Creek and Fountain Creek <br />banks to overflowing, flooding <br />etc. Old timers declared it <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Mav 27. 1922. This flood was p!1oduced by an intense local downpour <br />over the Templeton Gap drainage a~ea. A 6-inch rainfall was recorded <br />during the storm. Damage to the extent of $59,700 was caased by the <br />flood in Colorado Springs, where a residential district in the <br />eastern portion of the city was inundated. <br /> <br />Julv 30. 1932. This is the maximum known flood in the Templeton Gap <br />area. It was greater than the 1922 flood and caused $144,800 worth <br />of damage. No rainfall data are ,available, and records indicate that <br />this flood was produced by a clqudburst, typical of those occurring <br />in this area. This cloudburst 6ccurred in the Black Forest with a <br />wall of water sweeping down thro~gh Templeton Gap, flo~ding Papetown <br />mining settlements just north o{ Colorado Springs and flooding most <br />of northern Colorado Springs. Rain during July 27-30, 1932, caused <br />flooding on Fountain Creek from its headwaters to its mouth. <br /> <br />Mav 31. 1935. This storm was :concentrated in the Fountain Creek <br />Basin, chiefly over Kettle Creek.' <br /> <br />In describing this flood, which i was the greatest known on Monument <br />Creek, the Colorado Springs Gazette, on May 31, 1935, stated: <br /> <br />The destructive flood waters I from half a dozen cloudbursts swept <br />through Monument Valley. .!. shortly after noon. Earlier, a <br />cloudburst had sent Sand Creek, east of Colorado Springs, on a <br />tear. . . four lives were ,lost in Colorado Springs and the <br />property damage, exclusive of that suffered by the railroads, was <br />estimated by the city engineer as $1,215,000.00. <br />! <br />In Colorado Springs, Monument Cr~ek reached flood stage in less than <br />1 hour, attained its peak 1.5 hQurs later, receded slightly for 1.5 <br />hours, and was back within its ch~nnel 1.5 hours later. <br /> <br />10 <br />