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<br />c"pted by the Thompson and Platte Ditch concentrating the flooding problems
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<br />Intense rain,
<br />hail flood Milliken
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<br />downstrea", along the ditch.
<br />Tw"o s1ll..11 ponds are located on th......tershed'.. maIn dr...in.."".....y..bout
<br />half.."y down the MIIln. The tar'}"r of the two is.. four-acre tarropond
<br />located just south of County Road 44 between County ~ds 1~ and 21. The
<br />smaller is more of ... slough just weet of County Road 1\ between County
<br />Roads 44 and 46. Stora"" effects of both were accounted for during hydrologic
<br />aMIy"i".
<br />County gravel roads crlesor<>U the dralna"ebasin at on"tnil.. Intervale.
<br />These tend to obstruct the natural drainage paths. Drainage structuree, where
<br />provided, are generally inadequate and fr~uently at lea"t partially choked
<br />with ....di"'..nt. Sl~lflcant raInfall eventa in the past have rendered SOme
<br />county roads impassable due to erosion resultin~ from overtoppin~.
<br />Two railroads crOSB the ~lliken ~atershed, both ~ithin Milliken. The
<br />Union Pacific ll4i1roadcrosaes to"'n d1agonally north"'est to Boutheast. The
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<br />~n thd centr~l ~n~ caotcrn p~rtc of ~~likon were ~tan~i~1 w~t~r ~n~ ~~~l.m~nt
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<br />BrDAVEALBEE
<br />MlUJKEN-Re:sidenl$of Milliken Ire
<br />cleaning up lodayaftorI Ila.h1l00d
<br />We<lnesdayallomoonlhllcausodalle..t
<br />SMOOdama~.tohomesandbusin~,
<br />l=<fingtollUtial...ports.
<br />Heavv raim! and hail 10=d lhe
<br />Hill'Mro Dilch to top III banks and
<br />overflow north dO""llwOSld. streets to
<br />MainStrffi.F'lvebusinessesandIOho"",.
<br />raoorledlvllood~,
<br />Mllliken yolunteer firem.n evacuated
<br />Itveullamill.saro!U1dtp.m.NolnJuriea
<br />IrUere~,l>owev"', ,
<br />, AllaastlwoIUM.ld.uds....reslghlad
<br />In the vlclnily when a lhund.rstotm
<br />.Y$lemstalkedlh.PfO<lIf!.ang.and
<br />.....lomW.ldCOunty.
<br />"I se.. lwo of lhem."sald Slew Mort,:'
<br />voJilnlNrli.emanlnJoMstown,l"".ted
<br />four mlle.s..O$\ of Mllliken. "Idldn'tthlnk
<br />BIl)'thIngof,lLTheyjustcurladbackup
<br />BIKI....nt over bead. 1..ld 'OK,good. LeI
<br />Wlndso...orrylboulil'"
<br />But /10 fUM.1 clouds wer. sighted in
<br />Windsor.lnd Fort Luploo waslha only
<br />Weld COunly town to ...port tornado
<br />damag..
<br />Otle 01 tile two funnel .Iouds Mort
<br />sighte<l wu !\ear Milliken. lnll1ll reports
<br />bad I tomodo moving north from Pial.
<br />tovilla tewo.rd MilliJeon, ..here ralnand
<br />bailwettp~lingtlle...a,
<br />''Th. "'or it was .t.:r.J."'\g." M:Jllk.n
<br />re:sldenIWIVIleOlsler..Jd,"youcouldn't
<br />ba,ue<!ni\." "
<br />Alan Brownwood. an lrea flrmtl'.sald'
<br />lba fUll1l.1 cloud eul of Millik.n "Ioolr.ed
<br />Iilo:..moke,"
<br />ObI...'. wH. ftor.nce ..id lhll
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<br />h.oJl-frompeN~.low.lnllt'si1a-"just
<br />clO$edin fromeveryw!lere."
<br />~llorm.attordin~theOlsle'"
<br />l!o:rtad.~ul20mi"ul... t21n.lIa.of
<br />(aiu1dl~thatlll'nod,
<br />Slonn-relaledpoweroutag..cal1<Od
<br />IOffit re:slcltnt:s to Ioscpower for aboul $0
<br />rn!null!sal~:30p.m.
<br />'.OnaoIthefirstbousestobeflooded..ban
<br />tIleHWsborolnigatiollditchoverllowad
<br />..a:sJooJ\Idson'sonl.....AV1!IlIll!.
<br />-Althou,gh J\ldson didn't believe tile In-
<br />lerforofhisbouseiMlrTedanyDood
<br />'damag.,hisla-.rnandgardenoren:..1Shed
<br />...~y. Still be, like manY' Milliken
<br />.....,rl"t. fOllodbwnorinlheSilualion,
<br />"W.U,ICI/lSlllvagemyradishas,"JIld-
<br />IOllAld, "I r.ansWloeommafloatingcv.r
<br />theN."
<br />Tha/la.<h/l<K><lcaughtreddwtaIlkeJim
<br />Garouno by s"'1'rlse. Garduno had Just
<br />..lunle<lf"""..ortlnd..:lS....\C!li"
<br />tol.vt.skm..1IM he n<:eivada tolephc","
<br />call1romhissisl.r.
<br />SOOIlafter G'rdunonctlcedlhal...ler
<br />I}adengulfedlll.fronlla""andhad'''l'''d
<br />irI!o.I)J~~~,ndl,'ok."l>lrutkp.arked In
<br />thfodriveway:---" - -
<br />"I decided I had bell.r move these
<br />cars,"he..!<L"ljust..ishadlhadsome:
<br />boots." .
<br />l'ial~r ev~oluallv ""illPd over Mairi
<br />Street inlo MOM" and Pal'. trailer
<br />~~~"'si"'nl!lbare.......tem-
<br />, alvf !rolJ!.\he',bom...
<br />AIthoughlheHillsboroDitclJbasovero
<br />nm Its banklbelore, rarely Iw It caused
<br />""muthnooding,..ldOl,IPr aMlllik~
<br />mldr"l.in<:el~
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<br />Great Weatern Railroad runa east_..st on the north edge of town, "ending ..
<br />apur track into the heart of town. Thea.. railroad embankments also impede
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<br />natural okainege through t>U.IUken.
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<br />Flood Hietori'
<br />Flooding has hiatorically ~en a problem in ~lllken. Residents recount
<br />numerous flood events ",ithin the past 20 years part1cularly both ot the la..t
<br />two years. Th. Colorado ~ater Conservation Soard prepared 8 detailed study ot
<br />the June 3, 19811'lood. On June 25. 1982, duringtl\e couree of this "tudy,
<br />severe flooding occurred ag..in following ..n intense thunderstorm.
<br />The June 3, 1981 flood reBulted from an int.ense thunderstorlD that dumped
<br />an .."....age ot between 2 ..nd 2.5 1nch-e.. of rain over th.. entire ~sin in one
<br />hour's tUne. Total<ia.....qew.."..sti"'at..dat$5,OOQ. The.....ln causes of damage
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<br />from upland fields. Dirt. road" in th.. West.ern Fl"" P..th suffer..d erosion
<br />dam8ge .... well. No major structural daMaqe occurr..d ..nd th..r.. ~re no
<br />lnjur1..sorde..th". Ilewsp"p<lrartlcle" cov.rlngthe evont. are presented 1n
<br />Ftgur~s 5 and 6. The cover photograph and aaaemblagn of picture.. 1n Figure 7
<br />are ..cen..", of th.. June 3. 1981 flood t.ak"n by l<.>ren Schulenburg" of the
<br />"Lo'lel:l.nd DilUy Report.er-fler..ld,"
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<br />Figure 5. N.."'''p'''per artic:l~_ {rom "r"''1e1""d Daily
<br />ll.eporter-Heral<l," June 4, 1981.
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