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<br />Its..ay t<:> destruction. Bridges, buIldings, fences, headgates, <br />cattla, and horses were swept Into the whirling, roarlng,rush- <br />Ing flood." <br /> <br />The following two photographs were taken August 3. 1976. <br />These pictures. as well as the photograph on the cover. were taken <br />by Floyd Fry, from Columbine Lodge in Poudre Park. Both photographs <br />and the cover picture were shot near reference point 44A illustrated <br />on Plate 3. <br /> <br />June 1923 - Mountain snowmelt and h8~vy r~lnfall created <br />flooding along the C$che la Pbudre River. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />May 1904 - Heavy r~lnfall occurred over portions of <br />the upper Cache la Pbudre River basin. This flood ..as purportedly <br />the largest at fort Collins tor....hlch stream gaging data Is avall- <br />able. However, sInce most of the floodwater orIginated In the <br />North Fork Ceche la Pbudre River basin. the amount of flooding In <br />the Poudre Park area Is not known. <br /> <br />Julvl976-Hellvyrllinfall in the mIddle tnupperCeche <br />la Poudre River basin on 31 Julv. produced flooding In the Pbudre <br />Park "Iclnlty along Falls GulCh, Hili Gulch, f1ewlett Gulch, Wathd <br />Gulch, and minor flooding along the Cache la Pbudre River. Most <br />damage In the Pbudre Park area from the flood occurred In the <br />flood plains of the Cliche la Pbudr", River tributaries. <br /> <br /> <br />Addltion.,1 flooding loll:> undoubiedly u<;cureOld in thOl <br />Pbudre Park area other ~han what has been described In this report. <br />However, dato describing those floods Is meager, <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />8 <br />