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<br />.. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />.r.O<< ""Hr, lasted much :",.,~ec tho' "J",. _,'"" ~ , <br />~ " c ~ v'' ",e nver '~.'-' oll ov~rf,o", <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />.",~t"r recharge ar"~, and possibly also as " nursery ~rea for aquatic <br />v,,~n~ <br /> <br />stage at Oe\ None fr= about ~o, " ,_ '''~' ,_. ,,' " " . <br />v ~~" v. n" nH years, Be '00... <br /> <br />3nnu31specie.. po,tions of the flood plain also have potential aa ps.rkand <br /> <br />Flooding in the study at"ea can result fro", snowmelt runoff, gene-c..l <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />reo .", ~ io n are a., and as a vis ua I ll;< eenbe It. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />FLOODRISTOR'i <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />stage has r",""ined for only a fe.. days. The hi~h"st flood .inee gaging <br />.ration ..,cords heve ""en kept ""~ that of June 1927; bat the Hood of 1884, <br /> <br />..hieh o".",n-f-,- ._. "",_A ~ . ~ ,. <br />_ v ~ ", 'v," ,,~ti ~eeo "stab"ahed, may have been <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />higher "nd the Ootohu- 1911 flood ...as higher at Del Norte. The flood of <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />1927 was c""sed by" combination of all facton: bc""y anow co"cr, precipi- <br />tation in ,', fo=-f ,-," fo". .' l b ' <br />~ ,,_, ...o\ole.. im,o"..ute y y sudden "ncrease 1n <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />rains, cloudbur.t storms, or a combination of those conditions. The runoff <br /> <br />temperature, and rain durin~ the period of ma~imum snow melting. A mOre <br />detailed deacriotion of this event ia"''''-''-''.f'' <br />." "" oHowing newspaper <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />fro", .no,,",elt occurs during the period from late May to early July. Thia u <br /> <br />the time of the year thst the study erea is most susceptible to flooding, <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />srticlefromtheMonteViotaJournaI,Julyl,l'127. <br />Rio Crande Ri\fer Reaches Flood Sta~ and Creat Damage Results <br />to tl1e Road., Brid.~es and Crop. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />e.pecIally if there is W"[tller than uaual temperature. and the anoWllle1t is <br /> <br />aUlI;Olentedwithrain. Runoff fromanOWlllelt" is characterized by moderate peak <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Estimated <br />!reqo.:e_~c'y of Occurrence <br /> <br />A number of cloudbursta and incesaant rain for four days on <br />the RioCrande wntershedh"ve cauaed the RioCrande River tOlloon <br />a rampage during the past week, floodin.~ the low lands and rhcr <br />rancheaandco\ferinll;approacheatotheriverbridgea. Anllmberof <br />bridgeshavebeen",ashedoutneartheheadoftheri\ferbu.none <br />of the bridges on the highway ~tween Monte Vista and Creede have <br />go""out. <br />. The Squaw Creek and ''Thirty-mile'' b.idges, near the FQtTUe.~ <br />Un10n, were taken out by thehill;h water whIch reacbeda tre"",ndouS <br />crest the fiut of the week. Othe. bridge. removed were the Att <br />Neale bridge at Blue Creek, the Rh'erside bridge and the Collar <br />bridge. The bridge st Wsgon Wneel Cap is safe but the approaches <br />are flooded and traffic ,"Illadeove. the railroad bridge. <br />The D&RGW t."in ~nt to Oel Norte Wednesday but haoked down <br />to Mon.c Vista as t"e tucks"""re threatened. Since that ti_ the <br />tr.~in nas not gone weat beyond thu town. <br />Although some cara ha~e passed over the Gunbarrel road <br />between townandthebridge,a1",ost the entire distance iaunder <br />"'atera"dthesa,""condition is found intheSoldiers' II""", lane <br />and the Stoeber lane. k~idents of the north countt)' are making <br />their ..ips." this place by ""'.y of AlaOJlou. <br />Resides the damage to roads and bridges, the lettuce cropa "p <br />the tiver andhllyerops are badly affected. Some cattle "'ere <br />drowned near Del N"rte. <br />1:he w,1ter reaohed the 1.igbtne. pl.,ee, on,,-half mi.le north of <br />Mc'>nt..Vista. <br />Gte... weat~er to'hy and the "otice"ble lowe, in\: or tll" ,",.ne< <br />intheriv". indicates that t!'le dan"e.of further fl", , <br />_ i. pas, <br />"\'Iles.rains should start "g..in. <br />It i. npo.ted l',at '0"," CHI bunk hOllSeS .."d a garap-" On <br />Squow Creek ",ere wasbed away hy " cloud bu.st Tuesday ~rning. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />nows, long du.ation, and large volumes of "'liter. Most of the annual rain- <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />fall occur. during the ~onths of July through October. The intensity of <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />rainhll 's "..,..d...~t.. to high ~nd the runoff is Char&cteri~~d by high peak <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />flows of short dur~tion with ...latively small volumes of water. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Following 'Ire notable flood. of reco~d 'It va.iou. locationa, dischan:e. <br /> <br />. <br />I <br /> <br />and estimated f.equency of occur~~nc": <br /> <br />Di.charll;e <br />Cubic Feet/Second <br /> <br />Location <br /> <br />Date <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Spring 1884 <br />June5,1'105 <br />Oot.5,I'1lt <br /> <br />20,000-:': <br />10,000 <br />6,000 <br />18,000 <br />9,&30 <br />15,000 <br />7,100 <br />8,060 <br /> <br />Ala"",sa <br />OelNorte <br />South Fork <br />Del Norte <br />Del Norte <br />Del Norte <br />HonteVista <br />nel ~orte <br /> <br />a <br /> <br />June13,l921 <br />June29,1927 <br />1>Iay22,1'148 <br />May 30, 1979 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />t <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />(Below study ares) <br />Lessthan50-y.. <br />Greater than 100-yr. <br />Crellter than IOO-yr. <br />Leu thlln 50--yr. <br />C.eater than IOO-y.. <br />(8elow study area) <br />Approximately IO-y~. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Of the seve...l recorded tloods, all ~ut (One occurred dudnlt the ".,nth. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />of May to Joly. The flood of June 1884, caos~d primarily by extraordina.y <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />w <br /> <br />I <br />