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<br />direct and indirect damages amounted to $400,000, Today, the flood of April 1942 ranks <br />as the second largest of record in Trinidad's unenviable flood history. <br /> <br />Flood of Mav 1955, This flood's disastrous effects were exceptionally severe at <br />Trinidad and nearby Star1<ville; early area damage estimates reached as high as $4 million, <br />Over 141 residences, businesses, and public buildings were damaged, and seven <br />residences were destroyed, Major damage occurred to transportation facil~ies, utilities, <br />and river bank protection worKs, Most tragic, however, a youth of 18 and an aduR woman <br />lost their lives. Considerable urban damage occurred at Star1<ville from Raton Creek where <br />19 residential un~s, four businesses, and a church were damaged, The water lines <br />supplying the town were damaged and water had to be hauled in for about two months, <br /> <br />4.3 RIO GRANDE RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />4.3.1 RIO GRANDE RIVER <br /> <br />Flood of 1884, A flood of record occurred during June 1884 and was caused by <br />the meRing of the very heavy snow cover, augmented by heavy rains. ARhough records <br />of discharge are lacking, ~ is believed that the flood of 1884 was one of the most severe <br />on the Rio Grande, From the files of the Del Norte San Juan Prospector ~ appears that <br />the river started to rise at Del Norte about May 15 and rose 3 feet in 3 days. W~hin the <br />next week ~ overflowed ~s banks and washed out the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad <br />tracks in several places, presumably near Creede, The San Juan Prospector, May 31, <br />1884, stated that two bridges over the Rio Grande above South Fork had been destroyed <br />by drift and that the river had overflowed ~s banks at Del Norte and inundated a large <br />section of land below the railroad tracks, From about May 24 to June 20 the river was out <br />of its banks at Del Norte and at the peak on June 14 and 15 the statement was made that <br />the Rio Grande was higher than since 1872 (1869)? the entire bottom lands below town <br />were from 1 inch to 2 feet under water, but that the water did not reach the main part of <br />town, <br /> <br />Colorado Flood <br />Hydrology Manual <br /> <br />4.30 <br /> <br />a=w=r <br />