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disastrous storms that has ever visijed this section of Colorado, ". a reporter was dispatched to learn the extent of damage in the Fountain Valley, This quiet little stream had lost ijs vaunted placidity and taken the form of a roaring, angry flood ," an immense volume tearing down the valley, carrying trees, fences, bridges. and timbers in ijs angry embrace ". So far as could be ascertained, no lives were lost in the southern part of town, but the loss of property in Fountain Valley will amount to many thousands of dollars, Never before has the Fountain been on such a rampage." Flood of June 1921, Wijh small and large streams flooding in varying degrees throughout the region. the town of Fountain and ijs residents earned the following praise in the Colorado Gazette of June 7, 1921. "All day and night, the bakery and restaurant in the town remained open to feed those who passed thru. and cijizens worked wijh the milijary and volunteers to break the road throu and keep ij open, Tho the town was not seriously flooded. the surrounding Cl)unty was. and the town's main water main, supplying the cijy, was put out of commission." But the townsmen made no complaint. They were too busy helping others." At Colorado Springs. neijher Fountain Creek nor Monument Creek flows went overbank, but wijh addijional flows from Shooks Run and other tributaries severe damage was caused below the mouth of Spring Creek, These floodwaters increased in magnijude toward Pueblo to become one of Colorado's most disastrous flood events, Flood of Mav 1935, This flOOd resulted from excessive rainfall of short duration over an area of less that 100 squate miles in the Monument Creek basin, at Colorado Springs, the west side area along Monument Creek suffered most severely, followed closely by the city's south end floodlild by Fountain Creek. Early news reports. appearing in the Colorado Springs Gazette Ot Evening Telegraph, informed: "Eighteen Listed as Dead or Missing Wijh Scores Reported in Hospijals '" All bridges across Monument and Fountain Creeks in the cijy. except the Bijou Street viaduct across Monument Creek, were destroyed ", South of the joining point of Monument and Fountain Creeks, the floodwaters spread out until they covered an area a mile wide", The town of Fountain was wijhout water this morning when the 10-inch water main from the reservoir was washed out where ijcrosses Fountain Creek '" Loss from Flood is Raised to $1,769.000 By Estimate of Cijy. County. State." Flood of June 1965, This flood did not cause appreciable damage at Colorado Springs, but caused severe damage further downstream, Jimmy Camp Creek flow was estimated to be 124,000 cfs at a point 4,5 miles upstream from ijs confluence wijh Fountain Creek, A book entijled "Valley of the Fountain" by H, Kay Brander Larson contains the following passages which describe the flood's effects in Colorado Springs' south suburbs, the town of Fountain. and nearby environs: "Millions of dollars in damages were wrought in the Valley during the disastrous flood of June 17, 1965. the latest in ijs long history, Hailstones as big as tennis balls fell in the Security-Widefield. Stratmoor Hills-Stratmoor Valley. and Fountain communijies Monday afternoon." At the entrance to Widefield off U.S, Highway 85-87, floodwaters running bank high in the drainage dijch washed away the roadbed as well as concrete lines on the dijch, Water cresting on Sand (Jimmy Camp) Creek wijh waves eight feet Colorado Flood Hydrology Manual 4.28 fRlJFT