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<br />the rili nfa II occurred within a 3-hour period, Peak d i~charqes <br />a lon~ Cherry Creek were 1,000 cubic leet Der S>lcond unstrea'" IrO'l\ <br />Frilnktown, 39,900 cubic feet rer ~acond ne~r Melvin, and 50,000 <br />cubic loet per seco~d at Cherry Cree', dam. An e~t I",~ted peak <br />flow 01 14,100 cubic loet per second di ~char~ed from Piney Creek, <br />J ri!Jht-bdnk tribuhryol Cherry Creek, During tho evening and <br />night 01 16 June. the Cherry Crook r!Jservoir I",pounded a llood <br />which had e volumEJol 16,000acre-Ieet. Olthal8srnalldd",s <br />constructcd by the Soil Conservation Service In the upper Cherry <br />Creek basin botween Franktown and Parker, 3 were filled, Two 01 <br />these wore subsequently overtopped and sustained erosion da~qe. <br />The remaining 15 structures wera outside 01 tha araa of high <br />intensltyrainlallandrecolvodonlymodaratarunofl. Theheavy <br />runoll caused major floodinq alono thO main stem 01 Charry Creek <br />Irom the vicinity 01 Franktnwn to the Cherry Creek ro~ervo;r. <br />^bout2,720acreswcrl'llooded,o.lostolfhebridqesacross <br />Cherry Crec~ were oi the, dil"'~gcd or ::!('stroyed. One lllc WdS lo~t <br /> <br /> <br />-~'.=~ <br />'-~"'- . <br />,-....... . <br />,"::-.. <br /> <br />:--oJ; <br /> <br />,,- <br />- <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />~- <br />-, <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />-,..,,' <br />.:);~~~' <br />... ..~' <br /> <br />'~.r <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />'0 <br /> <br />Figure (0. Looking downstream toward~ FrllOktown. <br /> <br />$1,306,000. Flgu,eslOthrouqh 1:1 <br />~~os caused by this flood. <br /> <br />Flood d~mag"s to~"I~d <br />~~" llooding and llood dam- <br /> <br />Juring the flood On C:hcrry C,eek. <br /> <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Figure 11. Looking upstrCIlm 'r,,", Color~do St~te <br />Hi'lhway86. <br /> <br />2Q <br />