FLOOD05620 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

.. . Magnolia escaped damage to homes and offices, but the mine tunnels were filled with water and roads were washed out. 1 02 EFFECTS OF THE FLOOD IN THE SOUTH BOULDER CREEK BASlr~ The confluence of South Boulder Creek is east of the City of Boulder at Valmont. Upstream from that point South Boulder Creek passes by the towns of Eldorado Springs and Marshall. Eldorado Springs No reliable reports for Eldorado Springs were located. Yet. by examining the effect of the flood up and down the Front Range, it seems plausible that Eldorado Springs would have been affected as well. Unfortunately rain gauges were not in operation in 1894 at locations for South Boulder Creek, but newspaper accounts and diaries of residents of towns in the region attest to significant damage. It was reported that a rider and horse were swept away by the current of South Boulder Creek during the flood. 1 03 Marshall . At Marshall, downstream from Eldorado Springs, two bridges on South Boulder Creek were washed out and two hundred feet of the Gulf rai I road track were damaged. 1 04 Valmont At Valmont, just east of Boulder at the confluence of South Boulder and Boulder Creeks, Mr. A. Durward reported that water was a mile wide and had severely affected the early wheat and hay crops. 1 05 Mr. Burt Andrus, interviewed by U.S.G.S. hydrologist Clifford Jenkins for his 1961 study, reported that the flood did not reach the Valmont Presbyterian Church but that the adjacent house did have water damage. 1 06 I n addition, Mr. Andrus stated that water covered railroad tracks and that the depth reached four or five feet in a log house at Valmont. Mr. Andrus, who lived in the area since 1880, stated that the 1894 event was the largest flood up to that time. 1 07 THE EFFECTS OF THE FLOOD IN THE COAL CREEK BASlr1 Superior . Althougil no specific data were uncovered for the 1894 storm in Superior, it is probable that the townsite was affected. The area was subjected to heavy rain and the downstream towns appear to have been significantly impacted by those floodwaters.