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Table 1.--Selected cloudburst floods in the Front Range oj" Colorado (mil, square mil.., ft'/., cubIc f.et per .econd, ft'/_/mi', cubIc feet.per second per square miles, dishes indicate unavailable information] t\ Drainage Recurrence ~ Location ar.. Date Reference Discharge Unit discharge interval Rainfall amount (ml') (ft'/s) (ft'/s/ml') (years) ~ Spring Creek n.ar ..., "'I Fort COllins 7.31 1938 2 11.600 1.587 11 inches in 48 hours .... MissourI canyon near Malonvlll. 2.37 1938 2 2,130 899 6,000 7 inches in 30 minute. ~ Big Thompson River trlb- ~ utary below Loveland 2 Heights 1.37 1976 4 8.700 6.350 >10.000 12 Inches In about 6 hours os Tucker GUlch at Golden 11.2 1948 5 11.600 1.035 >10.000 6.5 inches in 1 hour l =*' Cold Spring Gulch near r/I MorrIson 4.U 1938 2 9,000 2,009 8.5 inch.. in about 2 hours "- Spring Creek near D ~ Fort Collins 7.31 1948 6 9 Inches in 3 hours fII Missouri Canyon near ((\ MaSODville 2.37 1923 2 4.350 1.835 2.5 inches In 30 minutes III "- Redstone Creek near 't'; MasoDvl1le 3D 1951 7 13,750 458 12 lnches in 2 days ~ Nt. Vernon creek at Morrison 9.45 1938 2 9.230 977 9 inches In 1 1/2 to 2 hOUfl 10 Bear Creek at Morrison 50 1896 2 8.600 172 .a Dixon GUlch near ..". Loveland 2.15 1938 2 3.620 1.684 I Redstone Creek near -1'0 Masonville 31 1938 2 8.400 271 0 W Redstone Creek near tI Masonville 21 1923 2 6.820 324 Big Thompson River 1/ above Drake 34 1976 4 28,200 829 10.000 12 inches in about 6 hours Magpie Gulch near Golden 1.5 1923 1 1.900 1.267 1 1. Follansbee and Hodges (1925) 1'l3S" f:""w^ GIl-Ie.1I:.. 2.4- ...t.MU[ ~IO"""') .", 3.Sp/...s I 2. Follansbee and sawyer (1948) ) '-"" 3. Diebold (1939) 4. McCain and others (1979) L<Ac.w SUOtV[2.-z..~...",) '''' 5. u.S. Geological Survey (1948) 6" ,.."Hh ." z,.4 H""e.s 6. UeS. Bureau of Reclamation (1948) Jqz. , S'I..,n (24". J 7. u.s. Bureau of aeclamation (1951) 8. Jarrett (1987)