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<br />STREAM GAGE AT 27 TH LANE
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<br />CO!lPSOFENGINEERS,U.S,AIlIolY
<br />A~B:.JQUERClUE C:STRICT. NEW NEXICO
<br />HIGHEST TEN RECORDED
<br />FLOWS
<br />ST. CHARLES RIVER
<br />VICINITY OF PUE8l0,COlORAOO
<br />"ARCH 1970
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<br />PLATE 2
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<br />early ne~$p~per accounts, and authoritative information on the
<br />St. Charles RIver study reach is generally lacking.
<br />The following briaF paragraph, published in the
<br />Pueblo Deily Chieftain of July 21, 1886, bect illustrates the
<br />undeveloped nature of the area which has endured until recent
<br />years' "The St. Charles Wee on a 'high' yesterday, running bMk_
<br />full ell afternoon. Whether any damage ~as done out there is
<br />not kno~n. The Arkansas ~as also partly full, and even ths Foun_
<br />tdn gave evidence of to slight intention to rise."
<br />Long-term reeidents in the area almost invtoriably Use
<br />the flood of June 4, 1921, as a yardstick against ~hlch the known
<br />floods of later years ere meesured. Research confirms that the
<br />1921 flood on the St. Charles River ~as of major magnitude, being
<br />accompanied by simult~neous flooding on the Arkansas River and
<br />Fountain Creek which attained disastrous proportions at Pueblo.
<br />In the follo~ing excerpts from ne~epaper accounts, other floods of
<br />apparent significance ere described as they occurred in 1946, 1950,
<br />and 1955.
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<br />Auoust14.1946
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<br />"St. Charles H~s Record Flow," said the caption of the
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<br />Pueblo Star Journ"l's leading article en August i'. 1948. "The
<br />'<. Charles River""s reported by old-timers to "' at it. highest
<br />level since ,", flood cf 1921 durinq the height of the storm. It
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<br />left its banks in several places, carrying away t~o large hey
<br />stacks and eClmG baled hay on the nnehes 1n the bett"",lend. The
<br />water waS within three fsat of the bridge on High~ay 85. Hail
<br />stoed ~beut 16 inches deep along the high~ay... Although no
<br />bridgn~ ~ore ~a~h~d away, thore was extensive damage to the apw
<br />preeches. County highway crews ~ere out eerly working on bridges
<br />aCrOcS the St. Charles River. Peter Hughes, oounty highway
<br />eommisoionor, had juot returned to Pueblo oarly thio afternoon
<br />after being called out at 6:30 a.m. to direct operationo in that
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<br />area..."
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