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<br />tr.cUnionPilcitic..cqulreds"b5tantialland lro the arOJ "hlch is now
<br />I,"roreo On" Do,,~ Id Fleteno; later bought some at the l"noJ ~nd in 18'11
<br />the to~." of FIO,Cl1l;r "US j nGorporated, madS up then of 21 structures "n~
<br />ebout3GplJopl(>, located in the an,,, north of t;lopres"ntColfaxAvenue.
<br />In 1907 The town w"sren<lroeoAuror". The popwlation 01 flurora;1i1s risen
<br />ste,-,JllytcTIl.. 1972 "stir'lilteof l.n,OO:1.
<br />Very IlttlacevolopllWntausoccurrod in the study re"ch flood
<br />ria; ns up to th.. preSElClt fl,*,. lJetween Interstate Iligh'''21Y 225 ~nd Sixth
<br />Avenue on Toll G~te Creek are loc<lted a tra i ler park, a 5"r~ice st~tion,
<br />end a group 01 apiJrtment houses. On t~,o left b~nk of '~es t To II Gate Creek
<br />tMorc are ne'.. neusing develop:nents ne~r Refenm.;;., Point 33 and near the
<br />Cherry Creek Reser~oir spi I Iway ~r~in at Reference Point 39.
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<br />because 01 ~pdrse developmen1 thore. Ten flood o~ent5 hn~e boun recorded.
<br />I n I Q'~lJ, 1912, 1'117, 1921, 1953, I <1,8, 19~8. 1957, 1963, /lnd 1965. It is
<br />probabl<!thi.lt saveral minor floo<:ls ",,"e not recordod. FIQoosintheTol1
<br />Gate Croek ar(lil are generally c~usod by Intense thund<:lrstorms I n the perioo
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<br /><lV'''' i ng hours, Toll Cilt" C,eek t ~ood.,d CJUS i ng d",,",ytJ to ro~ds ~nd cul~ert5.
<br />1'0 peilK ~ i SCI1drSl" '..JS nsti"aTec tor Toll G,)te Creek.
<br />^ hoavy r~lnstcrm On il and" f.'ily 1957 reS" I ted in an estimated
<br />peiJk d i sC"ilrg" 0 f 10,500 CJb j c le01 pur ~"cond on To I I G~t<') Creek ~t Sixth
<br />I\~enue. ^ W:>r1lan anJ ~<:lr two children were Killed wnen tneir (l.",,,"",nt
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