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County
Fremont
Community
Florence, Canon City
Stream Name
Arkansas River
Title
Floodplain Information Report
Date
6/1/1982
Prepared For
Fremont County
Prepared By
CWCB
Contract/PO #
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Floodplain - Doc Type
Floodplain Report/Masterplan
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<br />Theflocdwascausedbyac1oudburstupTexasCreek,20 <br />miles west, late in the evening and at 9 o'clock the <br />river wasrunninq banks full andstlll rising. At <br />10 o'clock the bottom lands were covered by a raging <br />torrent which carried destruction with its terriffic <br />force. <br /> <br />Owing to the fact that people living along the banks of <br />the river were warned Of the approach of the flood no <br />lives were lost in this irrrnedhte vicinity, but there <br />was a rumor circulated to the effect that one or t\olO <br />persons were drowned near Hillside. This report we <br />could not confirm. <br />AtH o'clock Tuesday night theO&RG train schedule was <br />annulled and itis impossfble to state when they 10111 be <br />resumed. It is estimated that at least seven miles of <br />track is washed away between here and the point where <br />the flood waters entered the Arkansas River. The line <br />between here and Pueblo is clear. <br /> <br />About 7 o'clock In the even1ng word was telegraphed from <br />Cotopaxi to this city that the flood was caning and the <br />people living alcmg the banks of the river were given <br />due warning of the danger. <br />Gardens on the sauth side to the west were destroyed and <br />orchards badly damaged. Many places along the river's <br />course, which Tuesday presented the appearance of thrift <br />anclprosperity, are now swept bare of their verdure and <br />are covered wfth black mud, the very picture of deso- <br />lation, <br />The Santa Fe depot was entirely surrounded by the tor- <br />rent and the west apporach to the bfg steel bridge, <br />whichtrestledand f111ed in, was put out of commision. <br />The break, however, can be repaired at canparatfvely <br />small outlay. <br />At about II o'clock the Ninth Street bridge, whiCh had <br />withstood the terrific poundings of many a flood, col- <br />lapsed and swung aroundwfththecurrent, lodging on the <br />north bank, the upper efld about 100 feet frantheabut- <br />ment. The structure 1s practically intact, although <br />sanewhat out of shape. <br />On account of the breakwater made by the old slag dump <br />and foundation of the old electriC light plant just <br />above the bridge on the north side, the current was made <br />to swing almost due south throwing its force directly <br />against the sauth pier wh1ch crumbled Hke sa much sand <br />and the costly structure was swept down the current. <br />The bridge was bui1t by the l!ounty ata cost of $6,000, <br />but it will entail a much greater outlay to replace it, <br />as the channel at that point is now about forty feet <br />wider than formerly, and a center span 10'111 beneces- <br />sary. Until the bridge is rebuilt the people of Lincoln <br />Park 10'111 be put to great inconvenience, as they will be <br />compelled to use the Fourth Street bridge to enter the <br />city. <br /> <br />.. . <br /> <br />It is impossible to estimate the damage done by the <br />flood, but in dollars and cents it will llITlount to a <br />considerable sum. <br /> <br />CANON CITY DAILY RECORD <br />CANON CITY, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO <br />AUGUST 3, 1921 <br />Sl00,OOO PROPERTY LOSS AS SOUTH CANON <br />PEOPLE FLEE TO PLACE Of SAFETY <br /> <br />. . . <br /> <br />The greatest flood in the Arkansas River, since 1909, <br />came down its channel from the westward betlOeen 7:30 and <br />9 o'clock, Tuesday night, inundating all of the low <br />lands in the vicinity of Canon City and dolng tremendous <br />damage to r~nchi ng and gardeni ng interests, There was <br />no loss of life, although there were mony norrow es. <br />capes. Scores of houses in South C~non, in the Hot <br />Springs addition and in the Vine street ne1ghborhoodon <br />the north side were flooded, the water in sane of them <br />was as much as three feet deep at the peax of the flood, <br />All of the river bridges were left intact, but many of <br />those spann1ng the 9Ila11er streams were taken out by the <br />high woter, handicapping travel both in and out of the <br />city. The public highways suffered severely and a <br />numbl'rnf thf<\\w('re reported imoassable this mornfng. <br />Just how great the damage to the roads has been cannot <br />be known until more complete reports have been received. <br />The greatest property loss In the Canon City district <br />will be borne by the gardeners, many of IOh01l had their <br />crops almost entirely ruined. Celery fields that pro- <br />mised a splendid harvest before the storm are covered <br />with silt today. <br />Canon City seems to ha~e been in the very vorte~ of the <br />flood and it was only because He town is built on high <br />ground,well back from the river, that the recl'nt Pueblo <br /> <br />The force of tile flood waShed away the breakwaters and <br />riprapping for several miles and the Channel of the <br />stream is entirely changed, <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />9 <br />
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