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<br />E46 <br /> <br />FLOODS OF 1'965 IN THE UNITED STATES <br /> <br />SU~Y OF FLOODS <br /> <br />E47 <br /> <br />106" <br /> <br />Boglero <br /> <br />JUNE IN EAST-CENTRAL WYOMING <br /> <br />Flash floods in June occurred in scattered areas in east-central <br />Wyoming due to locally intense precipitation from thunderstorms, <br />Streams where significant flood peaks were measured were SOJld and <br />IndiOJl Creeks near Orin; Elkhorn, North Elkhorn, Horseshoe, and <br />Spring Creeks, and Whiskey Gulch near Glendo; and Whalen Canyon <br />and County Line Draw near Guernsey. (fig. 18, sta, 11, 13-16, 18-22), <br />Peak discharges are given in t..ble 17. Only the official Weather Bureau <br />data are available for this storm period; a maximum of 3,89 inches <br />of precipitation was rePfrrted for the area on June 10, Damage from <br />the floods was limited to rural areas. <br /> <br /> <br />WYOMING <br /> <br />Area of <br />.;eport <br /> <br />41' <br /> <br />EXPLANATION <br />.5 <br />Flood-determination point <br />Nv:mbilr1lO1'Tespcmdsto <br />that m Utb!e 16 <br />L_________________________ <br /> <br />JUNE IN NORTH-CENTRAL WYOMING <br /> <br />An intense thunderstorm occurred June 15 in north.central Wyo- <br />ming over a small area near the mouth of Crazy Woman Creek (fig. <br />22), A stream:gaging station on Crazy Woman Creek (sta. 1) is about <br />4% miles upstream from the mouth, Although only a small part of <br />the drainage area was affected by the storm, the peak discharge at this <br />site was 1.1 times that for the theoretical 50-year flood from the total <br />drainage area of 945 sq mi (table 18). . <br /> <br />-;.". <br />.. <br /> <br />106.0Q' <br /> <br />10 0 <br />II! I 11 1111 r <br /> <br />10 MILES <br />I <br /> <br />T~ <br /> <br />Arvada 0 <br /> <br />FIG'URE 21.-Loca.tion of flood~determination points, :floods of June in southeastern <br />Wyoming. <br /> <br />TABLE 16.-Flood stages and discharges in the ,Platte River basin, June, in 8outh~ <br />eastern Wyommg <br /> <br />44630' <br /> <br /> <br />c<'" <br /> <br />Gag. <br />June height Discharge <br />1965 (feet) (cCs) <br /> <br />oBuffalo <br /> <br /> <br />i <br />~ <br /> <br />EXPLANATION <br />.2 <br />Flood-determination point <br />Number ~1J;XmIi.8 to <br />th4tintablel8 <br /> <br />No. Stream and place of determination <br /> <br />Drainage <br />area Known before <br />(sqmi) June 1965 <br />PeriOd Year <br /> <br />MAx!mumfi_ <br /> <br />1 Litt1eLaramie Rivernear FUmore.... <br /> <br />1914 mnnm <br /> <br />,., 2,400 <br />5,33 ~4S0 <br />a44 1,880 <br />1,SO 2,440" <br />aS1 39 <br />1.6 1,O4!l <br />',93 100 <br />8.11 528 <br /> <br />,I: <br />G <br /> <br />156 <br /> <br />1902-<)3. <br />1911-26, <br />1....... <br />ioo3~.....mi91X.~ nm..~~ <br />1911-27, <br />1....... <br /> <br />1" " 9 <br /> <br />5 <br />I <br /> <br />10 MILES <br />I <br /> <br />2 Litt1eLaram1e River at Two Rivers... <br /> <br />3'/6 <br />'318 <br /> <br />3 Fourmile Creek Mar Centennial..h.__ <br />4 Sevenmile Creek near Centennial... _ _. <br /> <br />11 <br />7 M i~u:::.i964---_u__..... <br />. - 10 <br />11. 2 i962:.mC::.ni963--~nn._m <br />10 <br /> <br />FIGURE 22.-Location of flood-determination points, floods of June in north- <br />central Wyoming. <br /> <br />1 Contributing dra1n.age area. <br />