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County
Boulder
Community
Lyons
Basin
South Platte
Title
Floodplain Information Report - North St. Vrain and St. Vrain Creeks
Date
6/1/1998
Prepared For
Lyons
Prepared By
BRW, Inc.
Floodplain - Doc Type
Floodplain Report/Masterplan
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<br />North St. Vrain & St. Vrain Creeks <br />Floodplain Update <br /> <br />Town of Lyons <br /> <br />North St. Vrain & St. Vrain Creeks <br />Floodplain Update <br /> <br />Town of Lyons <br /> <br />SELECTED NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS & PHOTOGRAPHS <br />OF HISTORICAL FLOODS <br /> <br />From the 'Longmont Times-Call' <br />December 2, 1940 <br />Article by Bertha Ramey <br /> <br />1894 FLOOD <br /> <br /> <br />Longmont Flood <br /> <br />,.~ <br />,.. <br /> <br />A day or two before Memorial Day in 1894, a steady rain began which finally reached flood proportions, and the <br />entire lower portion of the town was washed away, The river rose to the railroad tracks, and a portion of the depot <br />was inundated, No lives were lost, but many persons had thrilling stories to tell. Large houses and bams were swept <br />away, as well as all bridges of the region, The road to Longmont was not fully repaired for two months. <br /> <br />-,~~ <br /> <br />1921 FLOOD <br /> <br />Excerpt from the article appearing in: 'The Boulder County Miner and Farmer" <br />Thursday - June 9, 1921 <br /> <br />Storm <br /> <br />The rain storms of last week and the latter part of the week before brought huge damage throughout the northeastern <br />part of the state and at Pueblo a tremendous flood in the Arkansas and Fountain Rivers overran the business section <br />and lowlands of the city and drowned a large number of people, Latest reports are 135 known dead and many more <br />not accounted for. Property loss, it is conservatively stated, will amount to $5,000,000, <br /> <br />',' ~ -~. <br />Dickens Farm, Longmont, 1894. <br /> <br />In Boulder County, the Towns of Lafayette and Erie were flooded, Houses washed from their foundation or filled with <br />mud and water, Longmont is almost completely cut off from the outside by destruction of roads and bridges and <br />within the city considerable damage was done by a flood of the SI. Vtain river and a tremendous local rain storm <br />which turned the streets into rivers of rushing water, <br /> <br /> <br />The County bears heavy loss in bridges washed out and destruction of road beds on many of the County highways, <br />SI. Vrain Canyon roads are closed for a brief time with bridges out and road beds damaged, The valley roads are <br />largely unpassable because of missing bridges, <br /> <br />Iii <br /> <br />'I <br /> <br /> <br />,...,~,l <br />!'f'~ <br />/1_ <br />South of main Longmont townsite, 1921, <br /> <br /> <br />t <br />l ~~.l. <br /> <br />." . <br /> <br />~.-<.- <br /> <br />< <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />Floodplain Information Report 13 <br />K:135600IOO4\FLOODPLAIN INFORMATION REPORT,doc <br /> <br />June 1998 <br /> <br />Floodplain Information Report 12 <br />K:\356001004\FLOODPLAIN INFORMATION REPORT.doc <br /> <br />June 1998 <br />
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