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<br />Th~ flood of 1921 ~as the third flood known to be ca~sed by rapid snowmelt <br />. , . 16 . , <br />10 the ~untalns and heavy genera talOS. Us log S ope-area measU~e~ents. <br />" <br />the Corps esti~ated ~he peak discharge to be 7,800 efs. This ~aS <br /> <br />~dditional material which supports the newspaper descriptions of this <br />flood is contained in interviews with long-time residents of rrin, as re- <br />ported in the book. reie, Yesterday and TOday: <br /> <br />Flood of Friday, June 3..llih <br /> <br />apparently the second <br /> <br />In 1921, Erie had the biggest flood of irshistory, the <br />water reached as high as the counter ~n the stores and <br />peoplelIlOvedabouttheateainboats.1 <br /> <br />was close to the 25-ye3r <br />Depth of flooding was <br />" <br />of the 1876 f\ood. <br />20 <br />Damages reported by the Corps for this flood wete as follows: <br /> <br />largest flood at Erie and <br />'" <br />discharge (8,210 tIs) as comp~ted by the SCS. <br />considered to have b~en slightly less than that <br /> <br />Jean (SIster) snd St~lla (Lee) also remembered the flood <br />oI Jun.. 3, 1921, ..hen quit.. a fe.. ho"ses ..pre ",~_.t>..d off <br />their foundations and the railroad traeks ,"ere ",ashed <br />out. Water reached counter tops in sto~es.22 <br /> <br />Above Superior <br />In Superior <br />Superior to Erie <br />In ~rie <br />8elovErie <br /> <br />, 1,950 <br /> 1.950 <br /> 19.510 <br /> 81,780 <br /> 19,510 <br /> <br />Follo"ing this flood, the town board passed an o<dinsnee s~tting a time <br />limit for arca resid"'lts to rcs..t their !louses bad" on their respeaive <br />. .. 23 <br />.ounuat1ons. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />TOTAL <br /> <br />$130,700 <br /> <br />Regional newspaper aCCOU'ltS of the flood of 1921 in Erie are over- <br />shadowed by descriptions of the damages and human sutfering from the great <br />flood i'l Pueblo "hich occured on the same "eekend. A fe" articles from the <br />Greeley TribU'le and the Daily Ca~ra Out of Boulder are reproduc~d in this <br />report. These anichs indicate da..a~e to propeny in Erie from the flood <br />of 1921 "ss very seVere. <br /> <br />16U.S. Engineer Offiee, Appendix II, page 28. <br /> <br />'Lb.. <br />~.page <br />18 ~., <br />U.S. ~ol. <br />Discharge Data. <br />19U.S. Engineer Office, ~ppendix IV, pa~e 24. <br /> <br />". <br /> <br />Conservation Service, Table 2. Flood Frequency Elevation and <br /> <br />21sociology and History clsssea <br />StlineKiller),Editionl,page5. <br />22!2ii. Edition 2, page 8. <br /> <br />of Erie High Sctlool (Mr. and Mrs. <br /> <br />>O.b.. <br />11.... <br /> <br />23~, ~ , ",. <br />~rl.e 'o~ ounc1 M1nutes, <br /> <br />June 1921. <br /> <br />~ 25 - <br /> <br />-26- <br />