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. I " - . . , e , 0 , , . > . ' .^ <0 .. . 0 , " " , ,~ 0 0 ON < > , > . . " 0- '" - 0 H g" "> - . " " >0 > "- .. > . 0 .. .. < . to: 8< > . , .~ 0 .< or " " ~ . > , , . . " , . " by a slow recessIon because of the contJnulng mountain snowmelt runoff. Bankfull discharges were experienced along portions of the main stem of the SOuth Platte RIver for most of the month of May and on Into June. Accounts of flooding along Pawnee Creek are not as abun- dantasontheSouthPlatteRlver. Slnceseve..lIl tlooosl"W8 undoubtedly occurred, the apparent laCk of flood data Is probably theresultottherurlll nature of Pawnee Creek. Resldeotsofthe PawneeCreekarea,however, indlcit-teThatfloodlngoccursabout once every 5 to 10 years along Pawnee Creek. AVl!lllable flood accounts Indicate flooding did occur In 1883, 18'14, 1914, 1921, 1935,1Iod 1965. June 1965 _ Fl00dln~ of 14 and \5 June due to heavy rain- fal I caused considerable flood damage throu9hout the lower reaches of Pawnaa Creek. Hundreds of acres of cropland were Inundated. Atwood, Colorado was completely Inundated by floodwators. Flood- water overTopped highway and railroad grades east of Atwood. Pawnee Creek floodwaters flowed In an easterly direction Toward Sterling causing the inundation of portions of Sterling. The photographs of figures 6 through 9 show floodIng in the Sterling area on 20 June 1965. They were furniShed by t~ Low~r South Piette Water Conservancy District. 22 "