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<br />The crest stage of the flood of Qct,pber' i'9;-iiJ08,was 10.1 feet, or 4~9
<br />feet lower. ' :
<br />Mr. Oscar Hellbeck, engineer for the Arkansas Valley Sugar
<br />Beet & Irrigated Land 90., ,made the following computations of the
<br />discharge of Arkansas River oV,er the diversion dam of the Amitv
<br />canal, 2 miles east of Pro-wers: · .
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<br />Diacharge of Arkollau.y Rit'er at .4mity cunal, June 4-" 1[)!1.
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<br />lune4, lI'OOp,m.........., ............ 2,000 luneS, 4.00 a. m.............. &8 155,
<br /> 12.00 p. m........... .........04.... 6000 4.30 a.. m.............. 9.0 170,000
<br />luneS, 1.00 a. m............... ...'..iT 10:000 8'OOa.m".......... 9.0 170, OCO
<br /> 1.10 L m................... 15,000 ~a.m............. &8 155,000
<br />, 1.308. m..'............. 3.0 20,000 9,00 a. m..,.~......, &0 130,000
<br /> 1.40&. m...;............ ..0 28,000 10,00 a. In.,,,......, &0 130,000
<br /> 2.00 g. m............ 8.5 45,000 11.00 a. m............. &0 130,000
<br /> 2..3Oa.m............... 8.0 M,ooo 12.00 a. m............... 7.5 110,00'>
<br /> 3.00 8. m. ............ 7,0 '1),000. 1.00 p. m,........... . 7.0 80,000
<br /> 3.30 g, m.......,..,. 7,8 110,000 9.oop.m....,......'! 6,0 ,5.:'),000
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<br />At Lamar the river started to rise at 4 a. m. June 5. At 8 a. m.
<br />the gage read 10.4 feet, and at 11 a. m. the crest height of 11.9 feet
<br />wns reached. This stage continued until 1 p. m., when the river
<br />started to fall. The flood was 2 or 3 feet higher than that of 1904,
<br />the greatest flood previously recorded.
<br />At Holly the high~,ate,r mark was determined from levels after
<br />the flood to be aboui 9.1Jfeet above the datum of the State gage.
<br />The discharge was esti'mtte.<las 120,ooQ second-feet, / '
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<br />TIlTBU'rARY STREA~[R.
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<br />,The tributary streams below Pueblo chiefly affected by the flood
<br />were Fountain, Chico, and Salt creeks and St. Charles River. These
<br />streams, unlike the tributaries above Pueblo, which had a very high
<br />but short flood run-off, had sustained high stages. This ,was due
<br />to the fact that the rain extended over the greater part df their
<br />drainage areas, and although it, was not a,s heavy as that over the
<br />smaller areas of the upper tributaries, it caused high stages in the
<br />streams, on account of the compa.ratively large drainage areas. For
<br />the same reason the high run-off was not concentrated at one time
<br />Lut continued for 24 hours or longer.
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<br />FOUNTAIN CRUX.
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<br />Fountain Creek is formed by a number of small streams on the
<br />north slope of Pike~ Peale, of which Catamount and Cascade creelcs
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<br />. Hosea, R, G., unpubllsbt'd report on Arkansas River ftood, dated August 15, 1921.
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