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<br />ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN, COLORADO, KANSAS, NEW MEXICO D29 <br /> <br />16-17. Agricultural losses and damage to transportation and urban <br />facilities amounted to about $15 million. Eighty-five percent of the urban <br />damage above John Martin Dam occurred in the Pueblo area, About 90 <br />percent of the $170,000 damage in the vicinity of La Junta occurred in north <br />La Junta, across the river from the main town. At Trinidad, flooding of the <br />Purgatoire River caused about $8,000 in damage; at Starkville, Raton <br />Creek destroyed or severely damaged 26 residences. About 5 miles of <br />railroad near John Martin Reservoir were washed out by Rule Creek. <br />Between John Martin Dam, Colo" and Great Bend, Kans., the loss was <br />over $11 million, about $3 million of which occurred in Lamar, Colo. <br />Damage to Dodge City and the suburban community of Wilroads <br />Gardens, Kans., amounted to almost $4 million, and over $1 million in <br />damage occurred at Garden City, Kans, About $1 million was spent in <br />floodfighting and related miscellaneous activities. Holly, Colo., was <br />inundated to depths of about 8 feet by water from Two Butte Creek and <br />the Arkansas River (fig. 13).. Granada, Colo., sustained heavy damage <br />from Wolf Creek, Damage to many highways, bridges, flood dikes, and <br />railroad beds was extensive below John Martin Dam. <br /> <br />A small dam on Clay Creek southeast of Lamar was completely <br />destroyed, The dam on Muddy Creek and the spillway on Two Buttes Dam <br />were damaged, <br />In the Canadian River basin in New Mexico, damage along tributaries <br /> <br />- <br /> <br /> <br />FIGURE 13. _ Aerial view of flooding in Holly, Colo., on June 19. 1965. Photograph by <br />Pueblo Star Journal-Chieftain, <br />