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<br />, <br /> <br />dike appears to have been constructed along Kattell Street prior <br /> <br />to 1944, as shown in Figure 1. The Kattell street dike was <br /> <br />subsequently removed in 1971-72 when a short reach of the Coal <br /> <br />Creek channel adjacent to Erie was widened to handle the 100-year <br />flood. 33-34 <br /> <br />Flood of Thursday, June 9, 1949 <br />This flood is listed in the SCS flood hazard report. 35 The <br /> <br />bridge at the junction of Coal Creek and Rock Creek, about three <br />miles upstream from Erie was threatened and closed to traffic.36 <br /> <br />No other data on this flood were found. <br /> <br />Flood of Thursd~y, May 9, 1957 <br />This date is given in the SCS report for a flood on Coal <br />Creek with no additional information.37 <br /> <br />Flood of Wednesday, May 7, 1969 <br /> <br />This flood is listed in the SCS report with four photographs <br /> <br />of damage to bridges and irrigation structures on Coal Creek <br /> <br />upstream from Erie.38 TilL, flood was caused by a general rain of <br /> <br />long duration. The historical peak discharge at the Coal Creek <br /> <br />33sociology and History classes of Erie High School, Edition <br />2, page 27. <br /> <br />348i11 Hughes, "Erie Flood Studv" Ray and Associates (Boulder, <br />Colorado), January 12, 1978, page 1: ' <br /> <br /> <br />35U~S. Soil Conservation Service, page 7. <br /> <br />36'b'd <br />!..-!...., page 8. <br /> <br />37'b'd <br />!....L., page 7. <br /> <br />38~, pages 8-10. <br /> <br />-15- <br />