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<br />Considerable damage was incurred by homes, farm buildings, and <br />crops along that reach of the river. <br />Flood of 1957. Intense local rains over the Sand Creek <br />basin caused flooding on the South Platte River for a distance <br />downstream from Sand Creek. High rural damages were incurred in <br />some locations. <br />. Flood of 1965. Heavy to torrential rainfall over large <br />portions of the South Platte River basin created extensive <br />flooding along the South Platte River. Heavy rainfall occurred <br />over portions of the northern sections of the South Platte River <br />basin on the 14th and 15th of June. As the storm system moved <br />southward, torrential rainfall of the period extended over some <br />3,000 square miles of the South Platte River basin, including the <br />Plum Creek, Cherry Creek, and Sand and Toll Gate Creek watersheds <br />in the Denver region, and the Bijou Creek, Kiowa Creek, Commanche <br />Creek, Bader Creek, and Beaver Creek watersheds to the east. <br />Flooding occurred on the South Platte River from Plum Creek <br />downstream to North Platte, Nebraska as a result of this <br />rainfall. <br />Flood of 1969. Heavy rains during this period started on <br />the afternoon of 4 May and continued with only intermittent <br />breaks until 8 May. The storm covered an area along and near the <br />eastern slopes of the mountains and extended into portions of the <br />high plains. The heaviest amounts were centered 25 miles <br />southwest of Denver and extended in a band along the foothills <br /> <br />6 <br />