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. . major townsites in the upper Lefthand Creek Basin. affected in the downstream area. Longmont is The stream gauge history on Lefthand Creek has been sporadic. Gauges were located toward the downstream portions of the creek (refer to Appendix 11).168 Floods in the lower area of Lefthand Creek Basin have generally been cited in reports as occurring on the same dates as those on the lower St. Vrain. 169 The assumptions for the upper Lefthand Creek basin are not as certain. Major floods in the basin probably have occurred at the following tir.1es: 1864 1876 1894 1896 1897 1918 1921 - June 2-6 1938 - September 3 1949 - June 4 1951 - August 3 1963 1969 - May 4-8 1973 - May 5 . Ward Ward is located near the headwaters of Lefthand Creek. Although inforr.1ation on the 1894 flood was uncovered in this study, additional data have not been collected for that townsite's flood events.170 Jamestown Jamestown, founded in 1888, is located on James Creek, the major tributary to Lefthand Creek. As Chapter II relates, the town was severely impacted in 1894.171 The 1969 flood caused the same type of devastation in Jamestown, as shown by the photographs below. mr. Edward Anderson, a longtime resident of Jamestown who witnessed the 1969 flood, discussed the severity of that event. 172 Due to the extensive damages to the public works, the town was declared a disaster area by the Federal Government. 173 DRY CREEK ClASIN Dry Creek No, 2 . Historically the area drained by Dry Creek No. 2 has been sparsely populated. Afthoug h the creek flows by N iwot, and affects a number of new subdivisions of Boulder and Longmont, it traverses mainly through farmland south of Longmont. Stream gauges haVf~ been non-existent. Consequently, information about floods on Dry Creek No. 2 has been