FLOOD02102

• County: Statewide
• Title: Floods of June 1965 in Arkansas River Basin, Colorado, Kansas and New Mexico
• Date: 1/1/1974
• Prepared For: Arkansas River Basin
• Prepared By: USGS
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Documentation Report

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FLOODS OF 1965 IN THE UNITED STATES

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FIGURE 5. - Cumulative precipitation at selected weather stations (pI. 2) in Canadian River
basin, New Mexico.
RAINFALL ON JUNE 14-15
Rainfall at reporting stations in the Arkansas River basin in Colorado for
June 14-15 was less than 1.7 inches except at the Colorado Springs airport,
where 2.74 inches was reported. Three weather stations north and west of
Lamar (pI. 2) reported about 1.6 inches. In New Mexico, flood-producing
rains fell over the Mora River basin and the area north and northeast of Las
Vegas. At Roy, 2.50 inches fell on June 14, most of it in 2 hours; and at
Valmora, 4.73 inches was reported on June 15. There were many unofficial
reports of 4 inches or more during the 2-day period.

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RAINFALL ON JUNE 16

Intense rainfall began on June 16; major flooding occurred the next
several days. There were 15.5 inches of rain reported 28 miles south-
southeast of Lamar, Colo., and 3.34 inches at Black Lake, N. Mex. The
description given by Matthai (1969) sums up conditions in the Arkansas
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