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<br />JCan:imum ditJcha".gell preL;oll~lll recorded for atreama in. Roc7cy -]f01mtain. Statea.
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<br />Mora Rlnr at La Cueva, N, Max............... sept. 20,19CM. 8cc.-II. 8....-11. Sf.ml. Hour..
<br /> 22,200 140 '159 12
<br />OalllnasRlverat Rot SPrfnB.' N. Mex......... sept. ~,19CM. 11, 600 129 00 1
<br />Canadian RIver at J'nnChll . Max....,........ October,l9CM. 156,000 105 1,480 .5
<br />Mora River at weberTln"ld~............,.,.., sept. ~,lllO4 ~700 114 2114 2
<br />~toIre Rlveut Colo........."., ......do........ ,400 61 742 1,5
<br />N Fork of Sun RIver near Aupta, Mont.. lune 21,1916 32,200 54 600 ...........
<br />Bear Creek at Morrison, Colo. . . .... ., .., .... .', lull' 24,18llIl 8,600 48 1SO .......5:i
<br />WIllow Creek near Augusta, Mont...... ........ May 26,1917 3,740 42 00
<br />Two Butte Creek at Diilnth; CoIo" .... '....,... OctOber,l908 35,000 29 ,000 ..........
<br />North Felfli: of Cache Ie POtidn Blnr at Llver.
<br />mOle, Colo.........., ............., ..... ...'.. May 2O,lllO4 20,000 38 li32 3
<br />WUlow Creek near A~ Mont...,..,....,.. lune 23,1916 3,400 38 00 9.5
<br />Crow Creell: at Cheyenne, yo.,......,.. .....' May 2O,lllO4 8500 34 251 .5
<br />Cherry Creek at Denver, Colo...........,. , .. ... lull' '14,1912 11; 000 25 445 ...........
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<br />One of the most complete lists of. fl<?od flows in various parts of the
<br />country is contained in a paper by Emil KuichlingP A general
<br />discussion oi destructiye floods in the United States is given in the
<br />iollowing water-supply papers oi the United States Geological Sur-
<br />yey:
<br />96. Destruclh'e floods in the United States in 1903, by E. C. Murphy,
<br />147. Destructive floods In the United States in 1904, by E. C. ~lurphy.
<br />162. Destructive floods in the United States in 1905, by E. C. Murphy and
<br />others. ' .
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<br />Many references to flood literature are also given in appendix 7 oi
<br />the report of the Flood Commission, Pittsburgh, Pa. .
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<br />It Flood l1<lWs: .Am, Soe. Civil Eng. Trans., vol. 7T, pp. 1150-662, 1914,
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