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<br />THE ARKANSAS RIVRR FLOOD OF JUNE 11--.'5, '1921.
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<br />8ftmmarized Btatcmcn,tB 01 load ruWtmtB, ctc,-Contlnued.
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<br /> Duration.
<br />Locality. Statement regardIng amolmt.
<br /> Began. Ended.
<br />~UTJl OF ARKANMS RIVER.
<br />Chandler CrceIo' haU a mDe ",est 01 9lnches (measured In bncket): dId Hardrstat
<br />Florence. not ""tend up Chandler Creek 6.30 p.m.
<br /> 3 miles,
<br />Hardscrabble Creek 011 dlvlcle 4 inches oC water ran over prairio.. 3p,m.....
<br />southeast oC Florence.
<br />RlISh Creek in see. 9, T, 21 B" R. ...................................... 3p.m..... IIp,m.
<br />67W.
<br />Ryth Creek in see. 22, T, 20 B:, ClOl,d.oorstCor30mlnntes. Hard, ...............
<br />.67W, est raln 2 miles "".tth.
<br />Potcks Creek 8 miles ebo..-c mnulb... Tremendot1sraln; watrrmn every- 2.30 p, m..
<br />wh<<e.
<br />PflC'ks Creek In St'C. 31, T. 21 ~" ...................................... 4p,m.....
<br />R.e7W,
<br />Camt"ron and n"tC"eJt arrO)'M tn ~t't". Five pfl'locl:l or \'ery hard rain..... 3p.m...., Mldlll~hi.
<br />30, T.2Il~" R,roll W. 4 inches o( water on level.............. e p.m..... 6..10 p. m.
<br />Head or R...k Creek in """, 3-1, T. 21
<br />B"R.67W. Ul).m..... Midnight..
<br />.Between Rock and Soda croeb, Hors. drowned in OPe:' lIeJd....,., 3-4p,m...
<br />sec. 29, T,21 S., R.66 w.
<br />BE Flat, about floc. 35, T. 21 S., u Inches In 30 minutes: 6 inches o( Sp.m..... Morning 01 Juno t.
<br />,66W. writer ran over prairie.
<br />Blne Ribbon Creek in .ee, 32, T, 20 Bardcstat lOp.m.....uu....... 4 p. tn..... ,
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<br />Bin. Ribhon Creek In see, 2, T, 21 B., 10 Inch.. (IuLrdeslat 10 p. m)...... 3p,m.....
<br />R.6.~W. .
<br />BeUlah, In sec. 3, T. 23 S., R. 68 W.. Hard. rain an nigh!..,..........:... 6 p. m,.:.. "a.m.Juno".
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<br />Nfrn:.-"~:c:t'C'p1. "'bem mothod olmra.'mrlng ralnro.l1 Is ,:tven abov~, tho aJD01.mt., can boconsiderod only .
<br />roughly apprnxunl1te, &$ the observe~ had no mee.ns 01 maktng BCC'Urate measurements. . .
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<br />, Several ranchers on Boggs Flat stated that the precipitation duro
<br />ing the afternoon and night of June 3 was 14 inches. ,A ,ha.rd:
<br />surfaced'road in that section was washed out ton deptli of '7 feet.
<br />The areo.' drained by Dry Creek, unlike those of the othertribu-
<br />tary streams, had its severest ra~ on June 2. Mr.,J.,F.)Ying,who
<br />;:~~'~'.'.' lives in sec. 26, T. 20 S., R. 65 W., stated that the heaviest rain
<br />~t:1~:j';"c began about 2 p. m. June 2 and continued until midnight or later.
<br />:'t;:}" ,,:', At 11 p. m. the bridge over Twenty-fourth Street in Pueblo was
<br />.:;1@,:~' ,vashed out. On June 3 it was misty or rainy all day,. and at 7.30
<br />:YfI :" p. Ill. a very hard ruin began, which became a cloud-burst at 10 p. m.
<br />The residents !iring south of Arkunsas River llgreed that the
<br />storm came from the northeast, then worked around lIorth, amI
<br />finally to the northwest. The most complete statements are sum-
<br />I111\rized below.
<br />Mr. Fred Rosencrantz, who lives in secs, 32 and 33. T. 20 S., R. 65
<br />'Y., said,that the storm llppeared to come from the northeast 1\11,1
<br />was met hy another storm whi.:h ('ame fl"Om 01,] Haldy (loeal naUlC
<br />for Greenhol'1I Mou1Itain) to the stl1lthw('st. ,\t that time the water
<br />in the Arkansas tll'Pcll1'rrl to hI' flo\\"in~ hoth lip and down stream, the
<br />np"riVl'1' C1Irrent h('il1g' callse,1 hy the inflow from Blue HihLnl1 Crc:ek
<br />and other arroyos from the south.
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