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<br /> <br />GRAND JUNCTION DAILY SENTINEL <br />Wednesday, June 5, 1957 <br /> <br />;!!!,:::: <br />~!!mm <br /> <br />Rivers Rising; <br />May Peak Over <br />This Weekend <br /> <br />"rum, <br /> <br />Western Colorado rivers con- <br />tinued to rise this morning, but <br />there was a possibility they would <br />reach their peaks during the coming <br />weekend. <br /> <br />Theory behind this prediction <br />is that with temperatures as high <br />as they are this week. maximum rate <br />of snowmelt would be reached. <br /> <br />Gunnison River normally peaks <br />in May, Colorado in June. If both <br />should be near crest at the same <br />time. flooding would greatly exceed <br />that in 1952. <br /> <br />.. <br />..-. <br /> <br />Colorado River at Riverside <br />Park, below confluence with Gunnison, <br />is about as high as the 1952 peak, <br />but the seep in the Dike Road area <br />east of Connecticut Lakes is not as <br />extensive as in 1952. A few days <br />of high water. however. will prob. <br />ably boost the seep in the low <br />places. <br /> <br />mij~~~ <br /> <br />Colorado River may go over the <br />levee along the west side of the <br />river protecting the lowlands east <br />of Connecticut Lakes, and it might <br />overflow along the southern edge of <br />the city. especially near Riverside <br />Park and upstream. The river might <br />also go higher into yards of homes <br />along Rosevale Road than it did in <br />1952. Rise of 18 inches would put <br />water into one corner of the city <br />yards in Crawford's Addition. <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />~~tj;" <br />;;~ <br />~i <br />m=:: <br />E~ <br />='..;i;: <br />~~~i <br />~lffi~~~ <br />;:!!i:;;, <br />:::l::::: <br />:::::!::: <br />1!~!~!~~ <br />~mmg <br />~~mm! <br />:!"'::I' <br /> <br />i;===: <br /> <br />:::;"", <br /> <br />'::""" <br /> <br />Hffi1m <br /> <br /> <br />......... <br /> <br />,.. <br />,.. <br /> <br />mmm <br />