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<br />"The Boxelder, a small stream ordinarily only a few feet <br />wide, was tearing down through a fertile valley filled from bluff <br />to bluff with a sheet of water a mi Ie wide, carrying buildings <br />and bridges away .. " <br />Below the mouth of Boxelder Creek floodwaters were reported <br />to be 1.5 mi Ie wide in places. Every bridge between Fort Collins <br />and Greeley was destroyed. The flood reached Fort Collins late <br />in the afternoon on 20 May and the crest arived at Greeley about <br />8:30 a.m. on 21 May. Water backed up behind a culvert at the <br />Union Pacific Railroad track and overflowed a large area in the <br />city. Lowlands downstream of the railroad were also flooded with <br />houses submerged to the windowsills. Flooding continued until <br />noon, then receded rapidly. Total damages for the basin were <br />estimated at $183,650 including $1,000 at Greeley and $33,000 for <br />crops and livestock. <br />Flood of 24-26 June 1917. The flood of 1917, reported <br />greatest near Greeley, was caused by rain falling on a heavy snow <br />blanket in the mountains and supplemented by local rains in the <br />lower portion of the basin. The county surveyor estimated a peak <br />discharge of 13,000 cubic feet per second near Greeley, but the <br />peak at the Greeley gage near the mouth of the stream was 4,240 <br />cubic feet per second on 25 June. Total damages for the basin <br />were estimated at $19,000 with $3,000 at Greeley. <br />Flood of 10-18 June 1923. Snow cover in the basin was <br />about 50 percent above normal in the Spring of 1923 and June was <br /> <br />1 7 <br />