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<br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />DRAINAGE BASIN FLOOD HISTORY & FLOOD HAZARDS <br /> <br /> <br />LOCATION: From 13 Driver Lane looking <br />across Dutch Creek to 8th Tee <br />Town of Columbine, Colorado <br /> <br />TIME: Spring, 1969 <br /> <br />Historical Flood Information <br /> <br />Information on historical floods in the study Basin was obtained <br /> <br /> <br />through conversations with local residents, research of the historic files <br /> <br /> <br />of The Denver Post, the Rocky Mountain News, the Denver Public Library <br /> <br />and various U.S.G.S. publications. No stream gauging stations exist <br /> <br /> <br />within the Basin and thus a record of peak discharges which have occurred <br /> <br /> <br />within the drainage areas is unavailable. Little detailed information <br /> <br /> <br />on past flood events for these developed drainageways is available. <br /> <br />LOCATION: From 8th Tee looking across <br />Dutch Creek <br />Town of Columbine, Colorado <br /> <br />Floods on the South Platte River have occurred throughout the history <br /> <br />of the Drainage Basin. The earliest recorded flood was in 1844. The <br /> <br /> <br />recorded peak flood discharges for the major floods and the year of <br /> <br /> <br />flooding are tabulated in Table I for the South Platte River. <br /> <br /> <br />TIME: Spring, 1969 <br /> <br />TABLE I <br /> <br />HISTORICAL FLOOD DISCHARGES <br />SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT DENVER <br /> <br />LOCATION: <br /> <br />From Fairway Lane looking <br />south across Dutch Creek <br />to 10th Green <br />Town of Columbine, Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />Year <br /> <br />Discharge (ds) <br />13,000 <br />8,790 <br />22,000 <br />12,320 <br />10,200 <br />40,300 <br />17,600 <br /> <br />1912 <br />1921 <br />1933 <br />1935 <br />1942 <br />1965 <br />1973 <br /> <br />TIME: <br /> <br />Spring, 1973 <br /> <br />These floods have been generated by intense rainfall over the tributary <br /> <br /> <br />basins. Even though no recorded information is available for the tri- <br /> <br /> <br />butary streams under study, the following pictures depict the seriousness <br /> <br />of the flooding which occurred to the Town of Columbine during the Spring <br /> <br />of 1969 and the Spring of 1973 from Dutch Creek. <br /> <br /> <br />TIME: <br /> <br />Spring, 1973 <br /> <br />LOCATION: <br /> <br />From 13th Tee looking north <br />towards the South Platte <br />River and Dutch Creek <br />Town of Columbine, Colorado <br /> <br />FLOODING ON DUTCH CREEK <br />WITHIN COLUMBINE VALLEY <br /> <br />5 <br />