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<br />6. . Flood of 14-15 May 1951. The flood on Wolf Creek was caused <br /> <br />by intense rainfall during the night of 14-15 May. Rainfall of from <br /> <br />4 to 7 inches occurred over Wolf Creek and the surrounding area. The <br /> <br />, " <br /> <br />peak discharge was estimated to be 22,000 c.f.s. <br />7. Flows from Wolf Creek spread along and over U.S. Highway 50 and <br />, <br /> <br />then east to the levee on the west edge of Granada. The levee extends <br /> <br />from about one-half mile south of the AT&SF Railroad Bridge to Colorado <br /> <br />State Highway 51. Water broke the levee and entered Granada. One <br /> <br />breach was along the north side of U.S. Highway SO and another breach <br /> <br />was near the north side of the railroad. The water caused considerable <br /> <br />sloughing of the levee near the railroad and undermined the levee at <br /> <br />that point. TIle water flowed over the fields west of Colorado Highway <br /> <br />51 and across the Granada Ditch. East of Highway 51 the Granada Ditch <br /> <br />broke through the north bank and flowed across the valley to the <br /> <br />Arkansas River. <br /> <br />8. The levee breach at the railroad caused some flooding over <br /> <br />Highway 51 and to a few homes in the north part of Granada, There was <br /> <br />no damage to the highway and there was only minor damage in the urban <br /> <br />area north of the railroad. The.'breach at U.S. Highway 50, however, <br /> <br />caused flooding south of the railroad and about 20 homes were damaged. <br /> <br />The railroad bridge was washed out with only rails and ties hanging <br /> <br />over Wolf Creek. U.S. Highway 50 bridge over Wolf Creek, 1 mile west <br /> <br />of Granada, was overtopped to the bottom of the guardrail but it was <br /> <br />not significantly damaged. <br /> <br />3 <br />