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<br />THE FLOOD BELOW PUEBLO.
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<br />Time of /100(1 /1o,e nt PQ;lIt8' mf-T<'o""tnln Crech-.
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<br />. Point or ob!ervaUon.
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<br />Distance
<br />above
<br />mouth.
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<br />Approximate Lime 01 fiOOll
<br />now.
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<br />Buttes.....,""'~ .~.,"',. .'., ........,"~,..."......,...".,"
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<br />;\IOI1th,....., ,;.., .........".. ......'",...','.,.."".",.",.
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<br />,I(lla.
<br />'28 U.l.1ip. m.June:J.1I
<br />23 Between 11 and 1'2 p. m.
<br />13 11,30 p. m.
<br />11 About midnight,
<br />8 Alter midnight.
<br />o 38. m. Juno 4.
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<br />. II Fh;tod came very suddenly.
<br />Stage and di,.elLa,'ge of Po"..tain Creek (I,t mOl/IlL.
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<br />Time.
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<br />Approxi.
<br />matedis--
<br />charge.
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<br />Stage.
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<br />. . '" . S<<n"d-/tlt.
<br />1une3, 9 p. m............................... ... ........... .................~.............. ........ 100
<br />)(jdnigbt.... .......................... 2.5 reet deep, -100 fret wult!....... ..0 ........0 t,OOO
<br />Jnne 4, 2.30 B. m... ................~. ...... "0 6 reet deep, 400 teet widC".. ;... ............. ,_ 12,01l0
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<br />6 p. m..................................... 6rC('JL ~lmv t'l't":it............................. 12,000
<br />;\Ildnlght......"...., ..........., ..... Heet bclo~' "'............, ..... ....., ........ 18,000
<br />June 5,5 a. M......................... ...... ........ #Jreet below crest....... ..... ... ......... ....... 12,000
<br />a p. ID......................... ....... ......... 7 feet belO\V crest........................... ..... 10,0011
<br />June~, 3 p. m........................................ .................................................. ..... '_1 -I. non
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<br />The total di~barge wa." a.hont 70,000 aere4eet.
<br />ST. ClUll.LES RIVER.
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<br />-- . St. Charles Riyer drains the eastern slope of the southern half of
<br />the Greenhorn Range and the foothill region lying betwe'en that
<br />range and the Arkansas. After leaving the mountains the St.
<br />Charles flows through a canyon for 10 ,miles, below which the valley
<br />widens, and the river finally emerges upon the plain, across
<br />which it flows in a northeasterly direction to its junction with the
<br />Arkansas, Ii miles below Pueblo. Its chief tributaries are Spring
<br />__ Branch a.rid Greenhorn Creek. The topography of its drainage basin
<br />is very rough, as the stream traverses the steep slopes of the moun-
<br />tains, the deeply eroded foothill region, and the rolling plains next
<br />to the Arkansas. The drainage' area is 482 square miles.
<br />The following table has been compiled from topographic mllps;
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<br />Ble-va,tion. and distances a~ong St. ClIarles River frOln 'OltrCe to '1110"''',
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<br /> El"".- Distance, Descent between
<br /> tlon points,
<br />Point. above I
<br /> sea level. From Point to TotaJ. Per roUe.
<br /> souroe. polnt,
<br /> Fed. ..Vila. JIllu.. Fed. Fed:
<br />Smlree..... ".............. ................................... 9,000 ............ "''''6:r '''"2"750' ........20
<br />Contour tross.ing............. ........................ ....... 6,200 6.5
<br />Do,. ............,....',.. ............ ........... 5,750 10. 7 ~,2 ';00 119
<br />DQ.............._...................................... 5,200 IS. 5 7,8 ;00 lU
<br />Do,."................,............"""......, 5,000 2~, 7 6,2 200 to
<br />Do", ........ ...... ...,...:...........,........, ~,800 31,9 7,2 200 28
<br />Do". ............., ..,.................".. ''','' -4 roo :!1l,Q ~,1 100 24
<br />Do., ..,..'................... ......,..", ,.."" 4:600 4t).7 4.7 tOO 21
<br />1foutb........................................._.............1 ~,.;oo lI,9 1,2 40 33
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