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<br />I <br />, <br /> <br />TABL(2 <br /> <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." <br /> <br />HEHEST nN O,lr'1AG:;;C FLOmS n ClRDE'l or OCCURRE~CE <br /> <br />FOUNTAiN CREEK FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO rOUNT~l~. COLORhD~ <br /> <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 . <br /> <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~. <br /> <br />*No ostimated discharge deta available. <br /> <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. <br /> <br />Mi':v30_31.1935 <br />This flQod resulted from ex~essiva r~infall of short <br /> <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 <br /> <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 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />e <br />