FLOOD04806

• County: Larimer
• Stream Name: Big Thompson/Cache la Poudre
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Storm and Flood of July 31-August 1, 1976 in the Big Thompson River and Cache la Poudre River Basins
• Date: 1/1/1979
• Prepared For: Colroado Geological Survey
• Prepared By: USGS/NOAA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Documentation Report

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TABLE 1. Daily precipitation. in inches. Boulder and Larimer Counties. Colo. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
2. Total rainfall. in inches, for July 3I-August 2. 1976. at miscellaneous sites..,.............................. .......... 48
3. Flood stages and discharges in Larimer and Weld Counties for the flood of July 31-August 1. 1976, and during previous
maximum floods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
4. Hydrologic data for selected flood.data sites....................................................................... 61
5. Damage estimates for the July 31-August I. 1976,flood.... ....... .........., .......,..""",...,...... ..... ...... 71