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<br />ti~bG::o in its ~ngry c~br~cG... 50 far ~~ cc'.ld be sscertdnd,
<br />no liv~. ~('re lost in thO! southern part of to~r, b~t the lc~s of
<br />"roperty in raunt~i~ U~118y will ~mo~nt to ~any thowsa~js of doll~rs.
<br />'~~VH t.efore ha3 the Fountain tJ~en on ~u~h a ra"lpage."
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<br />HEHEST nN O,lr'1AG:;;C FLOmS n ClRDE'l or OCCURRE~CE
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<br />FOUNTAiN CREEK FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO rOUNT~l~. COLORhD~
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<br /> E~timatl!d
<br />Orde~ Peak
<br />N"mber D~te of Cre$t Disch,,~qe
<br /> c.f.s.
<br />1 JUflB 10, 1864 40,000
<br />1 July 25, 1885 .
<br />3 ,August 2,1886 40,000
<br />, June 2, 1914 .
<br />5 June 3, 1921 18,000
<br />6 May 27_2B, 1921 .
<br />, July 20. 1932 .
<br />6 May 30_:31, 1935 55,000
<br />9 May 28, 1940 22,WO
<br />10 Jl1ne 17, 1965 .
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<br />June3.l921
<br />~ith ~~.ll ~~d large "~re6m5 floading in verying degree
<br />throughout th~ region, the to~n of r~~ntain and its resident~ e~rned
<br />the follo~ing ~rdise in the Color~do Springe Galette of June 7, 1921,
<br />"All d~y and ~ll night, the bekery end restuerant in tha town rs-
<br />~eined open to feed those who pa~5ed thru, and oitilens ~orked with
<br />the milite~y end vol~nteers to breek the ro~d thru end keep it opBn...
<br />Th: tho town w~" not seriously flooded, the eurrounding county ~e~.
<br />~nd the town's m~in w~ter main, su~plying the city, was put out of
<br />cOCll1liosion.,. But the townsmen mede no oomplaint. They ",en too
<br />busy h~lping others." At Colorado Spring. neither Fountain Creek
<br />no~ Monument Creek flows ~ent overbank, but ~ith additional flowe
<br />fro~ Shooks Run and othor tributeries severe d~mdge wes caused belo~
<br />tha no~th of Spring Creek. Tha~o floodw~t8rs i~crs~sed io ~~gnitude
<br />toward Pueblo to becQmA o~~ of Color~do'" most disastrous flood
<br />llvent~.
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<br />Flood DQscriptio~s
<br />Followl~S are de5c.i~tio~s of k~o~n la.ge floods thet
<br />h~V8 occurred on ,ou~tei~ Cr~~k i~ ~he vicinity of Colorado Springs,
<br />including e~~erpts fron locally publishod news accou~ts.
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<br />Mi':v30_31.1935
<br />This flQod resulted from ex~essiva r~infall of short
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<br />Julv 25, 1885
<br />~roduc~d by e ~atsrspout-type storm th~t reportedly
<br />b~rst just no~th of the Colorado Collegs in Colori':do Springs, tor-
<br />rential r~i~f~ll ~e5ultod in i~itial floooi~g on th~ Mo~ument Crenk
<br />"nd5hooks Run tributaryetre","s. Acc.ording to th.. Color"do Springs
<br />Ga,..tte 0" July 26, 1885' ''In every r~Qpect, it "~H ona of the lIIost
<br />disastrous storms th~t ha~ ever vidl~d thi5 soctiOI1 of Coloredo.
<br />...a ,~porter w~" dispatoh..d to leer~ tho exte~t of d~m~gs i~ the
<br />rountain V~lley. rhis quiot littl.. stre~~ had lost it$ v~u~ted
<br />phcidity Md takSf\ th.. form of " "",ri<>g, angry flood...df\ i"",~,,~..
<br />vo\"",~ tA~rin~ dow~ the v~lley. c~rrying trees. fe~cs", bridqes and
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<br />duretioo over an aree of lesa than 100 squere rniles in ths i'1onurn..~t
<br />Creek b~sin. At Color~do Springs, th.. wa~t aide dre~ ~long mo~urnent
<br />Creek suffers~ most severely. followed closely by the city's .outh
<br />end floodBd by Fountain Creok. [~rly news reports, ~ppeBrinq i~ the
<br />Color~do Springs G~lett9 or [ve~ing Telegr~ph, informed' "Eightea~
<br />lioted A. Dead Or mlcoi~~ With Scereo ~.portcd In Hospitals... All
<br />bridgoo ~~roes '~o"umor'\t and Fo"nt~in Crseks in th~ city, ~xo..pt thH
<br />BijouStr"Atvi"ducteoro.smonuOlentCresk,wer<!dc.troyad... South
<br />of the joi~;"'g point of 'Y'o"u",~nt and Fount"iri Cr",~;';~, tho fl"od~
<br />waters spread out uOltil they covsrsd an ~rBa e ~ils wide... The
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