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<br />THE ARltANSAS RIVER FLOOD OF JUNE 3-6, 1921.
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<br />ably greater on the 5th th,m on t!.1e_3d. -Fortheearlier period thc .
<br />lIleau rnte of the f100l1 crests from the tributary: streams has bel'1l
<br />assumed liS,;,!) miles lIn hour. On this husis the 'followin::t table has .
<br />been computed:
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<br />Time of arr."al of lrib"tarv /loo,! cresls ,,1 Pueblo on .11111C 3-,~, J,?21,
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<br /> Dlslanco
<br /> from Tlmo n"'l <'T<$t Tlmo flood Cf{"!lt
<br />Stream. trlbu-
<br /> tory to entered river. rcnched Pueblo.
<br /> Pueblo.
<br /> Jll11u.
<br />Dry Creek......." .....,...,..',.."......".. ,...... 1.8 10p.m.l11ne3..... 10.15 p. m. lune 3-
<br />Blu. Ribbon Creek............. ....,.......... ,....., 4.2 11 p, m.lane3.... U.35p.m.Jrme3.
<br />if~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 4.8 11 1'. m. June 3. _". 11.40 p. m. June.3.
<br />1\.2 6.30 p, m.lane3.. 7.35 p. m. June 3.
<br />9.6 5.-105 p. m. June 3.., 7 p. m.. June 3.
<br />ock Creek.......... .... ... ..........."....".... .............." 9.8 up.m.JwI83...... 10.20 p. JU. June 3.
<br />Poeks Creek. ..,.,....."........"'",,, .,.. ....,..., 11,0 1i.30 p. m.. June 3uo 7p.m.Junc3.
<br />Cameron Arroyo.....;..~.... ............... ...... ....."" 12.0 9p.m.Juue3..... 10.3.1) p. m. J1Ine:l.
<br />osteen ArrOYO......... ..... .... e.......... ..........~... 13.5 9 p~m.Juno3..... 10.f1O p~ m~ JIII1('13.
<br />Turkel) Creel:.... ......"..,.. ....' ,.. ,...",......., 14,2 11..30 p. m. June 3... 10.25 p.. In. June:t.
<br />Rush ~reek.... ........ ............................... 111.8 5.30p. m. Juue3... 7.4.1p.m.Juno:l.
<br />Rod Creek.. ,.,...."..'....'"".... ....,..'" ...'.., ID,K 5p. m. J1Iu03..... 1..10 p. nl. June~.
<br />Fred Rohr Gulch,...,...,.,...,... ....,.., '. ,.,...." 20.0 5'P.m.Juno3..... 1.40p. m.Jnnc3.
<br />Rltchl. Gulch......,.,...... ,..... ---- ...... ,.'.. .....' 22.0 5p.m.Jun.3..,.. 1~.m.June3..
<br />Beaver Creek.......... ............................ ...: 25.0 1.30 a. rn.. June 4... 10. a. m. Juno 4.
<br />Rardscrabblo Creek.... ................. .1:,u.........1 28.8 7 .3Op. m, Jun.a ,. 11.20 p. m. JWle 3.
<br />Bn..b HoUow Creek..,....,............,..".., ...... 31.0 8];JIl.JUn03..... 12.108. m. June ...
<br />EIghtmU. Creek........... ... ..... .....,.,.."" ..,.. 33.6 8 p.m.June3.. lo..m.June4..
<br />Cool Creek.,... ........"...... .... ,......".., ....... 31,S 7p.m.June3.n.. 11.35 p.. in. JUlI~ 3.
<br />UaIc Crcu..,...""......,......"""""........,.. 3-'1..2 1J:j m. Junea..... 11.40 p. m. June 3.
<br />SlxmU. ereek... ....,...,.. .,. ....".,.. ,...,. .....,. 3.'1..8 7 p, m.lun. 3... 12.JS a. m. Juno"'.
<br />Ch.ndler Creek.".........,..,..,.,.............,.... 31".2 7 p. m. June 3. .... 11..:JOp. m.Jullo3.
<br />OU Creek"......,..........., ...,. ..,......... ..,.... 40.2 11 p. m. Jun.3.... 4.20 a~ m. June 4.
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<br />Apparently the first flood crests to reach Pueblo were those from
<br />Boggs, Pecks, Rush, and Red, creeks and 1!'red Rohr and Ritchie
<br />gulches, ail tributaries within a distnIice of 25 miles. The time of
<br />their arrival was between 7 and 8 p. m, June 3. These crests were
<br />probably greatly diminished in yolume when they reachcd Pueblo,
<br />being affected by the natural storage in the river channel. Although
<br />the heavy rains continued during the aftei'noon and even4J.g, .nnd a
<br />considemble volume of water reached the Arkansas, during that
<br />period, no more flood crests reached Pueblo until late in the evening,
<br />From 10 p. m. until midnight the floods from the tributaries near
<br />Pueblo, which were the streams haying the greatest flood disclmrge,
<br />'rcached the city. At the same time the flood crests from the most
<br />distant tributaries also arrived. As the rivel'-chl\nnel storage became
<br />less with increasing stage, the luter floods must have reached Pueblo
<br />in much more nearly their original volumes than tJle earlier ones.
<br />The effect of the arrival of all theS(> noot! cresls is shown on the ac-
<br />companying hydrogrnph (fig.!' p. 28).
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<br />MAXIJ\[U~[ nrSCHARClE,
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<br />The State engineer maintains a ga::ting station at the Main Street .
<br />bridge in Pueblo, but the gage was entirely destroyed by the flood of
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