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<br />Flood of Monday, May 22. 1876
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<br />The flood of May 22,1876 waS a "sustained" flood caused by rapid
<br />snowm~lt in the mountains and heavy gcn~ral rains.9 The peak discharge
<br />es~imated by the Corps of Engineers using slope-area ~ea.urements and
<br />high ~atermarks was 13,200 cfs. The flOod began about Monday noon, and
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<br />the peak occurred a out p.m. aecor log to a newspaper descr1pt1on.
<br />This flood ~as slightly larger than the ma~nitude of the 100-year peak
<br />discharge of 12,280 at Erie computed by the Soil Conservation Service in
<br />their October 1976 study. The appro~imate limits of the flood of 1876
<br />were iodicated 00 a flood control plan prepared by the Army Corps of
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<br />Engineers 1n 1944 and arc shown In hgure-. A ncwopaper account rOm
<br />the Greeley Sun reproduced in this report indicated that damage occurred
<br />to houses, businesses. bridges, and about 70 rods (1,555 feet) of railroad
<br />ttack. Apparently no live. were lost in this flood, Erie's largest,
<br />which occurred vcry early in the history of the town.
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<br />The following item appeared in the book entitled, Erie: Yesterday
<br />and Today, and describes a grim event most probably r~laterl to lh~ f1o~d
<br />of 1876:
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<br />The e~act location of the first cemetery i~ unknown, but
<br />some people say lt was on Hollbrnok Street. Some s<lY that
<br />when floods occ~rred. skeltonG were wasbed ~p by the waters,
<br />and boys and girls would go down to the creek ani di~ th~rn
<br />up. The eernete~y was moved to the hill in 1882. 2
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<br />9United States Engineer Office, Appendi~ II,
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<br />page 21 and 28.
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<br />The Greeley Sun, Wednesday, May 31, 1876.
<br />IlUnited Ststes Engineer Office, "Local Protection Areaa, Erie ,Colorado,"
<br />Sheet 1 of 1, February 1964.
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<br />Soclo1ogy and H18tory ~la"se6 of Erie High School, Edi tion 1, page 5.
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