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..atar" appeared on 81jou CraekabouT 4 mllas upstraam from Its confluencewltntheSouthPlatteRlver. The flood crest reached FOrT Morgan on 31 May and ..as reported to be 10 feet above flood stage having a discharge of 84,300 cubic feet per second. Altnough the flood crest attenuated rapidly do..nstream from Fort Morgan, the floodwater reached the Union Pacific Raltroad grade near Crook, Colorado. of the northern sections of the South PlaTte River basIn On 14 and 15 June. Asthestormsystemm:lvedSOUTllward,torrenTlal rainfall cenTered principally over the Plum Creek ..aTershed on 16 June and on the BIJou Creek..atershed on 17 June. Storm rainfall of The period extended over ~ 3,000 square miles of the South Platte River basin, IncludingthePlumCreek,CherryCreek,andSandand Toll Gate Creek watersheds in the Denver region, and the 81jou Creek, Kiowa Creek, Commanche Creek, ~dger Creek, and Beaver Creek ..ater- shedS to the east. FloodIng occurred on the South PI"tte River from Plum Creek do..nstream to North Platte, Nebraska as a result of thlsralnhll. Auqust-September 1938 - Heavy ra!nf,,11 during the period from 30 August to 4 Septembar over much of the upper South Platte River basin caused flooding on many of the mountain streams trIbu- tary to the South Platte River as wall as the South Platte River Itself. Relatively mInor flooding was reported on the $outh PlatTe ~Iver. May 1969 _ Heavy rains started on tne afternoon of 4 May and continued with Only IntermittenT breakS until 8 May. The storm covered an area "long "nd near the eastern slopes ot the mountaIns and extended Into portions of the high plaIns. The heaviest amounts were centered 25 miles southwest of Denver and extended In" band along the foothills north..ard TO near [stes Park. The weather station at Morrison reported a total storm rainfall of 1\.27 Inches and a maximum dally amount of 5.17 inches. General flooding resulted along the South Platte River. April-May 1942 - The flood of April-May on the South PI"tte River ..~s caused by excessive rainfall and snowmelt. The sustained high flows created considerable dalTlilge m<'l!nly due to erosion. Some levee failure Occurred. Falling temperaturc~ In late April furned the rainfall to snow as well as subsiding the melT of the existing sno..pack thus prevenTing more serious flood- Ing. ~~y-June 1919 ~ He~vy ra;nh!! over ~ melting sno"p1!C~_ caused flooding on the South Platte River f~ mld-~y to late June from LIttleton, Colorado to ~rth Platte, Nebraska. COnsIderable damage was Incurred by homes, farm buildings, and crops along thaT ro~ch of The river. May-June 1973 - Snowmeit runoff from the lower mountain areaoftheSouthPlatteRiverbasinoo9(1nabouttnemlddleotllprll. Rainfall, amounting to as much as 6 Inches. which was the major causative factor of The flooding in the South PI~tte River basin, began on 5 May. Sharp Increases In flow as a result of the raln- hll runoff ..~r~ recordAd at all gaging stetlons along the South PI(ltte RIver from Littleton to the COior~do-Nebraska State Iloe, Therainfall runoff waS augmented bym:luntaln runoff which was also increasing during thIs perIod. TheresulT...ascharacterlzed by hlqh, sharp hydrograph peaks from the rainfall runoff follo...ed June 1965 - Heavy to torrentIal raInfall over large por- tIons of The South Platte River basin created extensIve floodIng along the South Platte RIVer. Heavy rainfall occurred over portions " 2'