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<br />Table- 3
<br />F I oed Pe~k St~qes nnd Disc~ar'les
<br />Cache- la Poudre River l!
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<br />FiOod 0os~riDtions
<br />
<br />A~ong the first descrintlQns of floods on the Cac~o la
<br />Po~dre River; s a lot~"r '.'rltten :,y M.toi ne Ji)ni~, a French tranrer on
<br />~~e river "car thD rr(l5e~t 51~() of Larorto. f'e wrote'
<br />
<br />Year :Ji)to
<br />1883 " June
<br />lil84 20 ~'B Y
<br />1891 9 J ~ ne
<br />1900 n ~''a y
<br />1901 " :kly
<br />1904 20 ""
<br />1009 " June
<br />191~ , JUfiO
<br />1917 " J~fiO
<br />1918 '" J~m)
<br />1921 0 JUfie
<br />1923 15 J"ne
<br />1924 " J"~"
<br />1930 " ~a y
<br />1938 22 June
<br />194') " June
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<br />Peak ili o<;~nr(j'"
<br />cf.s.
<br />
<br />5.6
<br />
<br />7,900
<br />(,.850
<br />21,OOrlY
<br />5,rlOfJ
<br />
<br />"On t~e first dill of J~ne 18~4, I stuck my stake on a <; la im in
<br />~he va II ey . . . . At that t i."e t~e 'itreJms ~ orB a II very h I g~. ,.
<br />
<br />7.5
<br />
<br />12,000
<br />31
<br />
<br />,\n extra ~eavy s~wp~ck aug,,,,,,nted by a r~lnstorm On 9 Ju~o 1864 resulted
<br />in further flood i ng on the Cac~e I a Poodro River. HI stor i an Ansa I 'ietro'~s
<br />wrote of the 1864 flood:
<br />
<br />5,180
<br />
<br />"Fort Coil ins. . . . OoIes its orl'.)i n Jnd 'i rst piace on t~e
<br />""p to the intervention of a flood In tne Cac~e la Poudre River. Tnis
<br />flood occurred on t~e last days of ~y anc first da'lS of June 18f4 and
<br />is sa I d to have been t~o worst kr><w n by ~ ~ Ite men. The water . . . .
<br />inundated the val loy from b I~tf to h luff '~lth a torrent that carried
<br />bverything not firmly attached to the soil ~ith it.
<br />
<br />5,5
<br />6.3
<br />5.6
<br />5.8
<br />
<br />5,380
<br />
<br />7,000
<br />5,200
<br />~,?30
<br />
<br />,,'
<br />6.~
<br />7.9
<br />
<br />8,5~O
<br />
<br />7,~M)
<br />1(),200
<br />
<br />6.4
<br />5.3
<br />
<br />(,,180
<br />6,0'>0
<br />
<br />"I f carried out t~o toll bridge lit Larorte at a tl",,, w hen the
<br />=vement 01 erdgratlo" '~est;"'rd stolled on t~.. bluHs south of
<br />Ldpnrt... !in the 9th of Juno, an extr~ord I nary ra; nstor"l set
<br />I n on t~e '.aters~ed ot the upper pdrt 01 li\<I ,-Iv,,', ",ei t,,~ li'e ""LW
<br />in the higher "Iti-rude~ and an enonn,,>us volu"", of wafer laden with
<br />(!rlti'lIood, ~ourerl into the ~Irelldy swollen chaMel, IInd the Sullen
<br />,0<1 r of t he ru ~~I i "'.I stream a sit bur st au t of the ca cyon was hea rd
<br />for <l IOn<) di~tance. On reac~ing t~e plains, t~e "."tor spread out
<br />"no ~'Jb"'ergod n"" bott"'" I"nds from b lutf to blu!f to a depth of
<br />several feet. The storm occLJrred I n t~e afternoofi and th" rag I ng
<br />torrent s.cpt dwn through the sold itlr~' Cilmp (at Laporto) in
<br />the night ~imst 'II itllOLlt ,.~rning . the campgrounds ~Elr" ccmplEltelv
<br />sch",,,,rge<l ~nd on Iy the roofs of t~e cab i n.. . . . '.erG vi s;h Ie . . .
<br />
<br />II
<br />
<br />Peak d i schargos I n oxces~ of j,'JOO C.1.5., from U. S. t-eolog i Ci] I
<br />Survey Water Surnly Papers, g~go at Mouth of ~anyon ~~5treu~ from
<br />Fort Collins.
<br />
<br />21
<br />
<br />Caused by failure of Ch~)ers Lake ~~.
<br />
<br />31
<br />
<br />GrOilto,-than 1:391 flood.
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