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<br />under water fer t~" t i rst t i"l<! 5; nee IJS',,"
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<br />rortu~ately, ~Q I ives '~ere lost, bc't th€~" 'd"~e 5"ve~,,1 n~rrw
<br />escapes by t~,c sottlers On be bottOM lan15,"
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<br />Ra i n5 b"~Ml in the jasi n about., p."'. on 30 r~y 1'l3~ a.1d
<br />a peak d;5C~a~~~ of 6,80D cu)ic feet per socQnd, at ~ stano of J.82 feet,
<br />was rn~che~ Q.t L;vp~~~r. on the ~orth ~crk C~c~n I~ Pou~~n River at f. n,m,
<br />The flood ~eac~ed the canyon qac;e in the :;ilche I~ Pouc~e Rive~ at ;1,15 ~.rr."
<br />"it~ a1 esti"'Jted dischn~~[) of IC,2()~ cubic f""t pe~ secc~d nt 7.'1 f<:>et qa'1"
<br />~elght, TI>I) flood ~"ache-rl r<")r~ Collins at ~bout IC,'}~ p.m, ~nr1 1~5twl
<br />apr>~oxi",atcly two hou~s, f.'ost of t~e o~m"<:)e occu~n",i to h;1"'''V5, "~id'1e~,
<br />and i rr i g.,ti on 5t~\lctu~es ur>st~,"~m.
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<br />Floods in IJ8~ and 1891, the latter ~es\J I ting 1~<Y:1 ~
<br />?at'1 failu~o In the u~po~ basin, 'das~"d ou~ t~o ~ldgo an~ so no acc\Jr~te
<br />11000 stago ",as rne~su~ed, Tho peak clscMrge in 11391 wa~ late~ osti"larod
<br />trom a ~igh ~Me~ .01ilrk to be 21,ono cubic lee.t pe~ second.
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<br />Heovy ra i n In t~o basi n CO!fI/'C.cncec befo~c noon on 20 r.by
<br />1904 i.lnd Idstud 5 or () hours, centerl~g over S~on""~ II C~eek. (It Liverreore
<br />o~ the North Fork C~chc li,l Poudre Rivo~, the p,.~k dischi.l~gc ~~s estimatno
<br />ot 20,00C cub Ic feet r><"~ second. The flood, "A ~a II of 'date~ 10 to 14 f<"ot
<br />high", ~euched the milin stream early In the ,1fternoon of 20 rby an~ ~Nched
<br />the ~outh of the canyon shc~tly ~fte~. The ~Jtcr ~epo~tcdlv soroa~ ovor
<br />a~out a mi Ie 'd Ide surfDce w hen it ~Oi)chod the D la; ns,
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<br />The 1904 flood rMched 'o~t Collins late I~ the afto~noon
<br />the Sil""l o"y "no co~tinlH'd for a~out.5 hou~<;. All 1>~ldg"'5 ~ut one in
<br />Fo~t COllins ~o~o ~est~oyed. ,'.~out 150 1'(lLJ~;OS in the Ie", lands we~e
<br />S.'OpT f rom the i ~ fe\Jn~at I ens Jne Car~ i ad SQMe d i st~ nce Co; nst~e~m. I<cpo~fs
<br />c,!"flf'ct '.1'; to .~,,('t~cr t~i5 flood o~ tMe 1864 flood "e~~ 'lro~te~, Tho ~e2k
<br />discha~go J~ no 'l090 nCiJ~ Fort Colilns was estl",a~<:!d ~o ~o qron-t"r -than
<br />21,OOOCllbiC feet per <;ocond,
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<br />The ro~t Collins Ex~~e% ~ald 01 t~o 1923 fl<:>oe:
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<br />"IH'IM '''.lter On the roudro ~(lcond only to ro" f 100,1 C' 1904, ton;'lht
<br />shut off all t~avnl on hig~'JYs "o~th ~nj ~cst 01 ~hc eltv and hac d~lvr.n
<br />a 5Corf> Qf f~",i I ies f~om thej~ hC<1cS 00 Ho lo.Jl"n~~. Th" south dannol
<br />of tile f'ouM~o i,,'>Iithin ~ It", inchos cf the Union Pl1ci'lc t~~ckbetw""n
<br />~e~e ~nd Cheyenn~. Th~ee foet of wate~ "~5 d~ivan tou~iSt5 f~~ the;,
<br />camp 'l~ound In the 1>0ttOC1S. Tllo GovJ fill,," f\o~tl\;e~t of ~,(l~e '.,a5 e~ti~ely
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