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<br />per second. Still inundating the flood plain and the low lyi.ng areas,
<br />the flood passed Sterling, Crook:, Ovid, and finally Julesbur9 with a
<br />peak flood of 37,000 cubic feet per second early the morning of June
<br />20th.
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<br />Thus the most devastating flood in Colorado's history left the
<br />state, but its effects were far from over. As a congressional report
<br />indicated, this flood had left b,,!hind the following estimated damages
<br />for Colorado:
<br />
<br /> Metropoli tom Remainder of
<br />Damage Denver South Platte Basin
<br />_ Cateqory Area --- In Colorado Total
<br />Residential $ 9,000,000 $ 1,051,000 $ 10,051,000
<br />Commercial
<br />Property 14,045,000 692,000 14,737,000
<br />Industrial
<br />Property 47,698,000 119,000 47,817,000
<br />Municipal 3,0:22,000 1,015,000 4,037,000
<br />Highway 2,770,000 14,785,000 17,555,000
<br />Railroads 80,500,000 4,350,000 84,850,000
<br />Utilities 4,414,000 2,938,000 7,352,000
<br />Agriculture 2,1:35,000 38,269,000 40,404,000
<br />Other 2,6:38,000 1,186,000 :l,874,OOO
<br />Subtotal $166,272,000 $, 64,405,000 $230,677,000
<br />(Direct Damages)
<br />Indirect Damages $155,4:23,000 $, 11,,534,000 $166,957,000
<br />TOTAL $321,695,000 $, 75,,939,000 $397,634,000
<br />
<br />"The Colorado and Kanllas Floods of 1965," Report of the
<br />Special Subcommittee to Inspect Flooded Areas in Colorado
<br />and Kansas to the Committee on Public Works, House of Repre~
<br />sentatives, House Committee Print No. 15, U.S. Govl~rnment
<br />Printing Office, Washington: 1965, p.13. This report note'"
<br />"1. The nature and dl~gree of preliminary estimate', compi]'
<br />to date currently indicate that total flood damages for th(
<br />South Platte River Basin may approximate $500,000,000 when
<br />more detailed surveys are completed.
<br />"2. Flood damages incurred in the basin during the flood
<br />period of July 23..26 are not included in the abOVE! estimates..
<br />
<br />Table I expresses th,~ re,;ults of this flood in terms of lives
<br />lost, injuries suffered, and property lost. For the South Platte River
<br />Basin as a whole, more than 3,500 families suffered losses, including
<br />11 deaths, 206 dwellings de,.trolled, 155 trailers destroyed, 142 farm
<br />buildings destroyed, and 516 smilll business destroyed or with major
<br />damage.
<br />
<br />SOURCE:
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<br />The full impact of the magni t.ude of this flood perhap" can be
<br />realized when the flood peaks of the we,~k of June 14th are compared
<br />with previous record peaks. On the basis of preliminary estimates sub..
<br />mitted to the Special Subcommittee of the U.S. House Committl~e on
<br />Public Works, the flood peak on Plum Creek at Louvi.ers totaled 146,000
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