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<br />PAWNEE CREEK <br /> <br />Flood History. Accounts of flooding along Pawnee Creek are <br />not abundant. Since several floods have undoubtedly occurred, <br />the apparent lack of flood data is probably the result of the <br />rural nature of Pawnee Creek. Residents of the Pawnee Creek <br />area, however, indicate that flooding occurs about once every 5 <br />to 10 years along Pawnee Creek. Available flood accounts <br />indicate flooding did occur in 1883, 1894, 1914, 1921, 1935, and <br />1965. <br /> <br />Flood of June 1965. Flooding of 14 and 15 June due to <br />heavy rainfall caused considerable flood damage throughout the <br />lower reaches of Pawnee Creek. Hundreds of acres of cropland <br />were inundated. Atwood, Colorado was completely inundated by <br />floodwaters. Floodwater overtopped highway and railroad grades <br />east of Atwood. Pawnee Creek floodwaters flowed in an easterly <br />direction toward Sterling causing the inundation of portions of <br />Sterling. <br /> <br />8 <br />