FLOOD05519

• County: Statewide
• Community: Eastern Colorado/South Platte River Basin
• Stream Name: South Platte River
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Report on the Floods of June 1965 South Platte River Basin Colorado and Nebraska
• Date: 1/1/1967
• Prepared For: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Documentation Report

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REPORT ON THE
FLOODS OF JUNE 1965
SOUTH PLA'rrE RIVER BASIN
COLORADO AND NEBRASKA

I. INTRODUCTION

1. AUTHORITY

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This final report on the floods of June 1965 in the South Platte
River basin in Colorado and Nebraska is made in compliance with
paragraph 172.80 of EM 500-1-1. A flood emergency on the South
Platte River and tributaries, Colorado and Nebraska, was declared
on 17 June 1965 in accordance, with the provisions of paragraph 161.30
of the Omaha District's Annex A, Emergency Flood Control Activities,
to EM 500-1-1. Flood fighting and data collection activities were
initiated under authorities contained in paragraphs 122.343, 122.345,
182.70 and 182.72 of EM 500-1-1. In addition, 'the post flood surveys
and report were specifically authorized by the Chief of Engineers on
19 July 1965 by 2d Indorsement, ENGCW-OE (13 July 1965) to basic letter
of 13 July 1965, subject: South Platte River Basin - Post Flood Report
(MROGR-A) .

2. PRIOR REPORTS

A previous report on the floods in the South Platte River basin
in June 1965 was submitted to the Chief of Engineers on 10 August 1965
in response to a request from a subcommittee of the House Public Work.s
Caamittee. The~rt was included in House Camnittee Print No. 15.
89th Congress, :.latSession , entitled: "The Colorado and Kansas Floods
of June 1965 - Report of the Special Subcommittee to Inspect Flooded
Areas in Colorado and Kalisas to the Canmittee on Public Work.s, House
of Representatives, June 1965 It .

3. PURPOSE

The purpose of this report is to supplement the previous report
and to provide a more extensive record of the meteorological conditions
of the flood producing storm, the hydrologic data of rainfall and flood
discharges, the extent and magnitude of flooding, and the economic
delIIages and social impact caused by the floods. It is intended that
the report serve as a source of information on flooding characteristics
and damage potentials for public officials and private interests.

4. SCOPE

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a. The report provides brief descriptions of the physical and
economic characteristics of the South Platte River basin to enable a
fuller understanding of the patternlil of flooding, and the extent and

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