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<br />THE ARKANSAS RIVER FLOOD OF JUNE 3-:-5, 1921.
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<br />flood while trying to reach higher ground, cars were overturned and
<br />several lives were lost (PI. II, B). The 2,000 cars in the ;ards
<br />during the flood suffered enormous damage; many were floated away
<br />and overturned or crushed by the impact or pressure of debris.
<br />Some cars were floated great distances and were never recovered.'
<br />The total property loss in the city was estimated ~t $10,000,000.
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<br />PROGRESS OF FLOOD CREST THROUGH ARKANSAS
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<br />The streams that enter Arkansas Ri,er between Canon City and
<br />t~e mouth of Chico Creek, 16 miles below I>ueblo, were the source
<br />of the flood, and'in that section of the river the flood crest increased
<br />rapidly as it proceeded downstream. Below the mouth of Chico
<br />Creek the riyer receh'ed practically no additional flood discharges.
<br />The approximate time of the flood crest at severnl points, as ob-
<br />tained from local observers, and the maximum discharge at points
<br />where it was measured are given in the' following table. .As the
<br />crest flattened out, it became less sharply defined, and the exact time
<br />of its arrival at different points was more difficult'to'deterniine,
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<br />Progre,', of flnod. erNt throngl, Arkan"a. Valley.
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<br /> Distance ,,~ppro:dmate time 0; creSt. Rate or crest Duration
<br />Point 01 observation. between Progress. ftow. 01 crest
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<br />Canon City......"...... ...... ...'....,j. R p. m. June 3.........h.....U. .....iA:<i' 3.1~O
<br />Florence.............. ............. .................. 8.30p. m.lullo 3.......u..... 9(l(JfJ
<br />Pueblo" '..,.. ,..,,'.... ,. .,.. 3,; )Udnlgl1t Junn 3.............. 10.0 103;000 6 mJn-
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<br />lfanzanola...... ...................... ......... 52 9.303. m.Jtlnn .................. ,\,5 ................
<br />Recky Ford.....".....,...... 10 U.30a.rn.luJlct -tu.............. 5.0 ...~~Qij.
<br />La Junta, .......,............. 13 :la.m. June ...................... 3.7 45 min.
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<br />Fori Lyon..................... 28 lip, m. June 4............... 3.5 uim;oo.i'"
<br />.!lead 01 Amlt.y..nal,..,....... 23 ...~ fL m.. Iune &.uu.......... 4.2 31 hoon,
<br />Lamar..... .................................. 7 7.308. m. June & .................... 2.1 ."i2ci;iMxr
<br />lIo11y....,.....,....,.,.",.", 30 8.3Op, m. June 'J1..'..:......., 2.3
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<br />The table shows that the rate of progress of the flood crest de-
<br />creased as it traveled down'the river. . Above Pueblo the decrease
<br />was due chiefly' to the decreased slope of the river, but this could not
<br />have had much effect in the lower part of the valley, as the mean
<br />slope decreases only from 8.3 feet to the mile between Pueblo and
<br />La Junta to 1.5 feet to the mile between La Junta and the State line,
<br />Belo,v La Junta the chief factor in retarding the progress of the
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<br />. Data on railroad los... token from Railway Age" Juoo 11, 1921.
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