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<br />HhTlJRl Ur f'LliClUiNG <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />ThE' infc)rmHion ahOlJt the historIC tloo<1s comes trom twQ main ~ources: In- <br />t~r~ie>l, with long-tlme locdl rl.'~iderlts dM 1 Corp~ Jf Engin~ers I:ydrologic <br />,tllay ot tht' Lry~tdl RI~P" (51. The ldry~,t f1,y,,~ rel.<Jr<J"',1 un tM~ r.ry~till <br />K) ve,' Jre <1u<? to ~no',,"'el t duri ng the c,I,r i rl9 dnd ear I y summer Olon tr,~. L,l tl' <br />,w,"mer dr:d frlll f1 ood., indu(ed Dy rrlin,t[)rITIS rlnd otte" dCCo'"edni ed '!sj lar'J~ <br />mud Jnd deDri s f1 ow<;, hJ ~e Dee" exp~rit'nce(j on tri outari es Of the Cry~ ta 1 <br />~i ~er. <br /> <br />Carbonate Cre~~, IOLclteu "",ar tlw To~n of Mar~le. hd5 ~ history uf cloudbur,t <br />t I ood s dcco,npd~ied by 1 rlr'Jp !1IlJd and debri s f I ow'<;, Mr,. ~1ar j ori e Orl Dsky, <br />>'Ii dow I) t Cha r I es (Jr I 0 ~~ y + pi once r tr d ppe r dnd I:un te r. ~:cl s 1 i ,ed i n jt<l rb I e <br />SlnC1t tile turn of tile Ct'ntury. She ri',dll~ thdt ~drlJondU Creek hds flooded <br />severa 1 ti n:es i nundati n9 sect! ons of ~:arDl e oIith sil t ana de~r is. One <br />cloudiJurst occurred on July J I, \~4~. l'li gn ..ater tro," tl:dt storm wok out <br />severdl IwiGg'" dlong tile Crystal Ri ver tror" AdrDle to Carllonrldle; ho~'ever, <br />tll~ brid9~ dt Redstol'" held. <br /> <br />Many descendents of the e~rly pioneers still the in the arerl. None OT tne <br />"oldtimers"intervieoleart'ment:>ereadma~floodontheCrystJl. Thetlood- <br />iT:g incidences they do rememDer naa Deen (aused by cloudburst, + not snowmelt <br />runoff. They state that deiJri~ from tricutarie, cause more probl ems and d~m- <br />age than inund<ltion <Ilong th.. main ri~er. These cloudbursts reportedly /lave <br />occurred in 1 He July or early August. These C10Ull!lursts ha~e caused illdny <br />mud ,1 id\'s dnd carried I'lrge dillounts ot (j(>~ri s into the ri~cr incl uding huge <br />buulders the ~il!' of elcphrlnt~. High"...y \33 hd~ been clo<;e~ lOony times ~f <br />I"LHI sl i<l<.><; in the ,U"""'H' "lUnths. The Idrgest rccornen Srlowmel t dna rdi~- <br />flLlO<j<; i~ tl:e Cry,t.ll River bd,;in dn~ t~bulav.'<1 in lable (. Till' source of <br />d d ta t'o r T d b I.. ~ I, trom t~:" iJ. ". I,. S. "'1 t.. r SurJp 1 y record <; I 6. /, b). <br /> <br />Odt.. <br /> <br />iJb/~,/17 <br />U0/21/38 <br />UH!lJ8/41 <br />UI/Jlj4~ <br />UIJI1,lj44 <br />uull'i,'!;!' <br />lib/I ~/~J <br />iJl/vl /~I <br />lJl)/lu/!;Y <br />vb,/li'/G'i <br />J~/n/~~ <br />u~,/l4/11 <br />uljlt.//j <br />ul/'!4/l! <br /> <br />lAdLE 2 <br />HlSTO~,IC FLOODS <br /> <br />Location <br /> <br />Cry,tdl Rivpr at Marble <br />Crystal River near Redston" <br />Carbonate Cr\'ek at Marble <br />Cart\ondt.l' Cree~ at M"role <br />Cry s td I R i ,er Il('d r I~e<l S to ne <br />Crys td I K i ~er nedr R,'dS tone <br />C"J"L~l Ri ,," ""d" Re~,t()n" <br />Cry~tdl River Jl1o~e Avalandw Crl'''' <br />rhompson Creek 1l~~ r (orbundd le <br />Thompsu" Cn'ek near Cdrbonddlc <br />Cry<;tdl Hi.er Jllo,e A~dlandl~ Creek <br />Cry,tdl Ri.pr,ltl'l,JCita <br />Crystol ~nt'r dllo~e Ava\cl~ch(, Vr-ek <br />Ilut<.hCreek (trit:>.of (odl Creek) <br /> <br />.S ~ S~D>'I: OR . r~ln <br />.. indirectflowestillldte- <br />? flooding source or di >ch,'rqe un~nO\,n <br /> <br />~lr. Charlc, Tholflas, son ot Chdrles nlU"'J~ '~l1tl \lid, <1 homestp.d~er "nd c<lttle- <br />'lO<In, r,\n sl,p,'!, for "'Ort' tlodn 2~ yeJrs alo'HJ the Crys tdl ><i ~er. He rememllered <br />till' 1'J4~ tlood b<'Crluse he ,,~s c.lught in ,-ldrl>l~ and lIau to led~'" nis car ther~ <br />tor lU dJYs until the rOdd could ~to reopened. I"" said tn1t four y~ars of <br />drought <luring the Ileprt'5sion cause<l much ot the ~~gctation to ,jie allowing <br />many mud slides and largp coul ders to be roll e~ do..n into the ri~er during <br />tM~ occasional hed~Y rain or cl O~dburst. <br /> <br />During thp. c\OlJdbur~t of ;'ugU'it K. 1941, a bl 9 rock rolled da~n. ,aught wIder <br />the bridg~ on Carbonate Cred ~n<1 pig~y-lldcked the lJridge OO>'ln to the ",di~ <br />~trt'.'t ot lown. 1M damaqe cduS~d by this flood i'. thought to lJ<: u,e fi"dl <br /> <br /> ~"'~~ <br />Drainag", Area DischJrge <br />(sq. mi.) Source" (CTS) <br />74.3 S 29dl) <br />U'~ S 44lJIJ <br />~.l , , <br />5.1 , , <br />:'<'9 S 3%1J <br />Wi S J%U <br />cl') S ~! \ u <br />IS; " nilU <br />iiJ S') liJU <br />lb , tiN <br /> , <br />1,7 S :!law <br />I ~l , 1'J4J <br />Ibl " 17",/ <br />1.1 " lGJ~" <br /> <br />"is.,~tf'()U~ lllu'~ lu j-dll ..m Lh~ ~...:;,-,no,nk~::y str1ckcn cO;,.C:l'n:~,. of j~J~~!:. <br /> <br />Il,p IIli I \ ~ .''''1 ",.wlll., 'l"drr'y were (I "sed d te'~ n\(Jr:tll, ,1fttor the tlno'] ann h,w': <br /> <br />"t'~"" n~"jll'",'d. <br /> <br />tlII'C 10 th,- 1,IHU' ~ wnen ,j ;IOrt'Url <br /> <br />"ls()r"mCllllle'.l'<lhcdrlngot tI,e <br />dlJOve tilt' w~H eM of l<l.lrl\le <br /> <br />I~T',. Orlosky <br />ot the cliff <br /> <br />:lrflke '" f d~I<$,,,ng up <br /> <br />thl! lry,tal <br />tnruugn th~ <br /> <br />K i ~eT". I t >la, two yedrs betQre the r j ver coul d work J cn.nnc 1 <br />sl i<Je d'H! flool dgain into tl,e Crystdl Ri ~cr Valley. <br /> <br />,\ rl'cel\t cloudbur,t occurrc'u o~er tile Coal Cr~ek '.'Her;heo on J"ly 2", j'j77, <br />(sti"'dte, of t1o'~, dn<l ddln~g~S 'Nerc r<"p()rt"~ hy thc U.S. i'oruH s"nice oTJ <br />tt:~ :.1ia-Contin"ot ro~1 J'll! Coke CUUl!)d"Y. It ~JS C'<;tl,ndVd tn~t d ;:./ s'1udre <br />",,1.: Jr~d ot tnc' South Fork of uutcn Cr~ek {a triDuury ot ~o~l (:.-,,"') <br />prU!l"i;~d J ;Jl'J~ rlool \>t I,uuu ~h. A ~ub;;tao1tia\ ~~rll()n ur th,; flv" <br />conSisted ut :nud ,]n~ '!~hr:s. Unc rOJa elTIbankl~ent thdt '~"~ ~1'':Volll'd j(J t"Pt <br />dl)OH' tile streJII)b~d 11<1<1 tilt.' ',"dll culvert !)Iugge(j with dpbri,. '>ul",,<.;ucn:ly, <br />t<1P St'Olment dn:",,,ul~k<1 to tnp top uf tn", l'''U""<",~,,t ""J '''~f',...~~~d ;1... <br />