FLOOD04939

• County: Sedgwick
• County: Phillips
• County: Morgan
• Community: Northeastern Colorado
• Stream Name: South Platte River
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Flood of June 1965 - South Platte River Basin
• Date: 1/1/1969
• Prepared For: USGPO
• Prepared By: USGS
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Documentation Report

UNITED STATES nEP",4..RTME~rr OF THE INTERIOR

WALTER J. HICKEL, Sect'efary

GEOLOGICA.L- SURVlty

William T. Pee-ora, Director

For s.al6 by tbe SI.t~intendlll1tor D~I1ts.. U.S. Ga."'lutmlt:nt ~..!!!:!!!.g lJ~
Washltlgton. D.C. 3UQ2- Prke $1 (paper rover)

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CONTENTS

Ab5tl'.:tct_~__. "_ _ ~ _ _ ___ _ _ ~ _ __
Introdllction_ ~_____ __ _~_ _ _ ~ ~
Unforgettabl(; expericnccs_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~
Descriptioll of the flood il.rcaS~___~~____n____~~_n____

Acknov{l~dgInents_____________________________________________
Hclathrc magnitude of the fioods_ _ _ _ _ ~ _ _ u_ _ ~ _ ~ _ _ _ _ __ _ ___ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __
Campadson wit.h maximum tiootls known_______~________~________
Cumparison by frequency rda.tious_______________________________
Comparison by channel conditions_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ __ ___
Causcs___~____~_______~_______________________________________~__
Antecedent conditioos____ u _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _" _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Pium Creek a.nd Cherry Creek basins_________________u_____
Kiowa C,eek and Bijou Creek basins_____ _ _ _ _ ~ _ _ _ _ _ __
Precipitationu_ ~_~ _ ___ _~ ___n "__ _ _ __u __ _ ___ ____~____ ____~ __ __
In: pcrspective__~______________ n_~_____ _________
RainfaH on June 14-15__~ _ ~". _ _ _ _ _ u _ _ _ ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~ _ _ _ ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Rainfall on June Ifj___~__u_____________~_~____h__________
Rainfall on June 17___u________~_______________.fu______

Des~::-;pt:cn of the f,.OOd8_~________

The Greeley-Sterling are!L_ _______ _____________________________
Plum Creek and Cherry Creek basins_____________u__u_u___u_
South Platte River-Plum Creek to Biiou Creek______u__________
Kiowa Creek and Biiou Cl:ee.k basin~_h_______________~__u______
South Pla.tte River-Bijou Creek to mouth____u________~u______
Effects of sto1"agc_ ~ ~ _ _ _ ~ _ _ _ ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~ _ _ _ ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Comparisons with previous floods____ _ _ _ _ __ ~ _ _ _ ~ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _____
South Platte River _ _ _ ___ ___ __ _ _ u _ _ ~ __ _ ___ __ ~ __ _ _ __ ~ _ _ _ _ __
Cherry Creek_ _ ___ u h u __ ~ _ _ _ _ ~ _ ~ u. __ _ _ _ _ ~ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ ___
Kiowa and Bijou Creeks_________~____n___~_______~________
Flood damage____________~__ ___ ____ _____ __ __ ___ ____ ___ _ ______ _____
Flood~crest pt'(\files and inundated areas_ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ ~ _ _ u __ _ _ _ _ _ u__ _ ~___
Floodfrequencies________________________~____~________~_~_________
DHcrmination of flood di$chatg.~____~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ u _ _ ~ U h _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ u
Sttearnflowdata___________________~_~_________________________~___
Explana.tion of data__h _ _ _ ~ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~ _ _ _ ~ _ _ ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~ __ _ __
Summary of flood stages and dischargcs_ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ h __ _ _ _ _ _ ~_
l)atD. [Qr individual sites____~ __ _ __ _ ~ _ __ __ __ _ __~ _____ _ _u___u___

Station data______________________________~___________________
::;clected ref~rence~L__ __ _ _ ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ~ _ _ ___ _ _ ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~ _ _ _ ~
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