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<br />. , <br /> <br />9. Flood of 13-14 May 1958. Rain began falling between 2:00 <br />and 3:00 p.m. on 13 May and ended about 10:00 p.m. on the same day. <br />It amounted to 2.85 inches at Granada and extended up the Wolf Creek <br />drainage area for a distance of 15 to 20 miles in amounts up to 3 <br />inches. The estimated peak. flow on Wolf Creek was 17,000 c.f.s. about <br />1 mile south of U.S. Highway 50. <br />10. A motel on the west side of Granada was inundated with about <br />30 inches of water in all the motel buildings. About 20 homes were <br />flooded with depths varying from 6 to 36 inches. About 90 persons <br />were evacuated and some remained out of their homes for 5 days. All of <br />the flooded buildings were west of Highway 51. The flood water flowed <br />east on U.S. Highway 50 through Granada but it was only curb deep and <br />caused little damage. <br />11. A large tree lodged against the railroad bridge on Wolf Creek <br />and caused additional debris to collect and restrict the waterway. The <br />floodflow breached the levee on both sides of U.S. 50 and the AT&SF <br />Railway. The levee breaks at the highway were about 2 feet deep and <br />less than 20 feet long. The levee breaks on the south side of the <br />railroad were similar in size. -The breach on the north side of the <br />railroad, however, was about 65 feet long and all the way down to <br />natural ground. Water flowed over the levee between the railroad and <br />U.S. 50 but did little damage except at the highway and railroad. <br /> <br />4 <br />