FLOOD03409

• County: Statewide
• Community: State of Colorado
• Stream Name: All
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: National Water Summary 1988-89 Floods and Droughts Colorado
• Date: 1/1/1990
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: USGS
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

210 National Water Summary 19S5-S9-Floods and Droughts: STATE SUMMARIES

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Areal Extent of Floods

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June 2-17 and Aug. 2, 1921

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June and July, 1983

May and June 1984

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3. PURGATOIRE RIVER AT NINEMILE DAM, NEAR HIGBEE

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WATER VEAR

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EXPLANA nON

Areal extent of major flood
Recurrence interval,
in years
26 More
to than
50 50
, June 2-17 and Aug. 2, 1921 (watsr year 19211
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Annual stream peak discharge
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100-yearrecurrence
10-yearrecurrence
Peakdlscharga
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100 KILOMETERS

U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations
and corresponding drainage basins - Numbers
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Figure 3. Areal extent of major floods with a
recurrence interval of 25 years or more in Colo-
rado, and annual peak discharge for selected
sites. water years 1889-1988. (Source: Data from
U.S. GeOlogical Survey files.)