FLOOD02643

• County: Denver
• Community: Northeastern Colorado
• Stream Name: South Platte and Tributaries
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Post Flood Report South Platte Floods of May-June 1973
• Date: 7/1/1974
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: US Army Corps of Engineers
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Documentation Report

Table 3
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER
PEAK DISCHARGE SUMMARY - 1973 FLOOD
Peak Discharge Peak Discharge
Gaging Drainage 1973 Flood Maximum of Record Years of
Station Area Date & Time 9- Date 9- Record
(sq.mi..) (c.f.s. ) (c.f.s. )
Waterton 2,621 6 May 2030 4,030 Apr 42 5,700 47
Littleton 3,069 6 r-By 2100 l,R?n Jun 65 110....000 ' 32
Denver 3,804 7 May 0100 18,50Q., Jun 65 40 , 30a.... 78
'" Henderson 4,713 6 May 2100 27,300 Jun 65 29,60& 47
0 Kersey 9,598 8 May 0400 _~. 500 __~._13.. 34,5002 70
We1dona 13,245 8 May 2230 2 ,600 May 73 26,600 21
Balzac 16,852 9 May 1230 20 , 500 Jun 65 123,000 57
Julesburg 23,138 11 May 1130 22,000 Jun 65 37,600 71
North Platte, Nebr. 24,300 13 May 0330 20,000 Jun 35 37 ,100 57
Previous record values: 131,000 c.f.s., June 1921; 218,800 c.f.s., June 1965.