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<br />town of Fountain WeS ~itho"t ~ater this ~o,ning w~en the IC.inoh <br />wate~ main from the reservoi: was waehed out where it crooses Foun- <br />tainCresk... Loos rrom rloools Raised To $l,769,CQOBy Eetimate <br />QfCity,County,5teto." <br /> <br />Eest of Security-Widefield on the Clarence Foster <br />RanCh, residents clhbed to the top of high cottonwOods <br />to escape water. pouring down Sand Creek... <br /> <br />Junel'l.1965 <br />This flood did not cause a~preciab18 darnage at Colorado <br />500ing8, ~ut ceuced cevere damage fcrther Cownotreom. Jimmy Camp <br />Cr~ek flow was eetimated to be 124,COO c,f.s. at a point 4~ miles <br />upstream from its confluence with Fountain Creek. A book entitled <br />"Valley of the Fountain" b~ H. K.y B..,nder larson contains the fol_ <br />lowing pa8e~g8S which describe the flood'. effeots in ColoradO Springs' <br />s~uth suburb', the tOwn of Fountain, and nearb~ environs: <br /> <br />Tnis ",eek ~trsam [fountain]... usuall~ oarrios a <br />minimum amount of 5urfac~ wate~.,. ~urin~ flOOd $t~ges <br />it reachsd a height of l~ co 12 f~st in depth end e mile <br />wido along this stretoh of count~~5ide. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />S~snes of damagBs inflicted b~ historic floods of th~ <br />past are shown in Figures 1 ~nd 2 on p~ges that follow. The .ountain <br />Creek flood pi~tures, by Stewarts Commer~1al Photographers, were <br />furniehed b~ Wee tern History Department, Penrose Public Librery, <br />Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Jimmy Camp Creek flood pi~ture in <br />rigure 2 weS furnished by the Security Advertiser and Fountain Valley <br />Ne~s, Fountain, Colorado. <br /> <br />~illione of dollars in damages w8re w~ought in th~ <br />Valle~ d..ring the disaetrous flood of June 17, 1965, <br />the lateet in it5 long history. <br /> <br />Ha11stonB3 ES big ~s tenni~ balls fell in the Securit~_ <br />~'idsfi"ld, S'r~t"'~or lI~ll"_Str"t"oor Val~oy, and 'o~nt3i~ <br />com"'uniti88 ;~ond~y ~ft8rnooc,... ~t the clntrd,~~e to Wid8_ <br />fielo an U.S. Kig"""~ SOl_A"!, floodwaters running bunk <br />high ill lh" drai,,~g" tJitch w~~I1~tJ aw,,~ lh~ "ucl(jL~tJ a~ <br />~ell ~s ~o~crete lines on ~he ditch. Wats" cresting on <br />S~nd (Ji~my C~~p) C~eek with wav~~ ~igh~ fest high put <br />~ :0111:: oo~~t~, ..~nd in the bI"id~e on :he road lu~di"'g <br />to little Ranoheo of tha fo~ntain. Tho next onslaught <br />of water wa~h~t.I tI,i" bridg" out oo"'pl~tely ~~ well <<s the <br />railro<<d t,~"tle on ths tracks i ~ile south. Reside~ts <br />of the area east of .ountain Werd forced to wade th~ <br />3t.eem or go milso aI"ou~d to main traffic a~teriss. <br /> <br />At ths heiqht of the btor~. m~dd~ water$ poured <br />down Focntain's main thoI"oughfare, Santa fs Drivs, w~sh~ <br />ing a huge g.lly at the north ~nd of tho cridgo south of <br />~o'~" a~r01:1: fountain Crsek. The bridge across Crew', <br />G.Jloh, on Highwa~ R~_6 7 b~lw"Bn f ou"tain and SBcuri ty, <br />crumpled ~hBn ths full we1ght of the flood hit it. <br /> <br />S8v"'r~1 pero;on~, "t:ampting to trave,6a the highw"y <br />at Karri~on lntercheng~, drown~d whon their oar w~s <br />cub~orgcd ~y roiling ~~tcr~, <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />10 <br />