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,. ..,. CORPS OF m,GINEERS, U. S. AID,IT OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER DENVER DISTRICT DENVER, COLORADO MARCH 1949 REPORT ON FLOODS IN THE DENVER DISTRICT CALENDAR y,AR 1948 I. Authority and Scope 1. Authority fcr report. This report is submitted in compliance with instructions contained in paragraph 4223.05 Orders and Regulations. 2, Arrangement of report. The report is arranged in the following order: I. Authority and Scope. II. Floods in the South Platte River Basin. III. Floods in the North Platte River Basil~ IV. Flood Damage Summary. V. Benefits Assignable to Corps of Engineers Flood Control Projects. 3. Scope. This report records the results of investigations of the pertinent hydrology relative to the floods that occurred during the calendar year 1948 on the North and South Platte Rivers and their trib- utaries, all lying within the Denver District, and estimates of the damages caused by these floods (see District map, plate no. 1). All press and radio reports of floods in the District were immediately in- vestigated, and photographs, high-water marks, estimates of damages, rainfall data, and other pertinent flood data were obtained. 4. Cooperation witp_ other Federal Agencies: In compliance with instructions contained in paragraph ,9 of Engine~r Bulletin, No.2, 1942, dated 9 June 1942, subject: "Cooperative Hydrologic Program with the Weather Bureau.." file No" C,B, 7396 - SPEEN, a copy of the flood damages contained in this report will be furnished the Weather Bureau. Flood Damage Estimates and Comments on Flcods Occurring in the North and South Platte Basins have been informally submitted to the U, S. Weather Bureau Offices at Denver, Colorado, Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Lincoln, Nebraska. In addition valuable discharge data was obtained from the Water Supply Branoh of the U. S, Geological Survey and informative data relative to storms waS exchanged with the Bureau of Reclarna Gion and the Forest Service. 5. List of data on file. The follo.ring data relevant to the damaging floodS--described in this report are on file in the Denver District office. a, Clippings from the leading newspapers published within the area of interest.