FLOOD06805

• County: Statewide
• Community: State of Colorado
• Stream Name: All
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Colorado Extreme Storm Precipitation Data Study
• Date: 5/1/1997
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: CSU
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

October 1996

Extreme Storm Precipitation Reports

USBR
Storm USBR Depth Area
No. Storm Name State Storm Date Realon Tvee Lot Long Maximum PrecloRatlon Remarks Slorm File Our. Slud,
Auaus117-25 1925 4.04" total slorm, Ignacio, CO, flooding
78 lanaclo CO 5 GLC 3708 107 38 3.24" 24 hrs Meeker, CO on SI. Cha~.. River
Widespread heavy high elevation rain
79 Palisade Lake CO June 26-29 1927 3 GLC 37 27 107 11 5.90" 84 hrs Palisade Lakes over SW CO X X
80 S. 01 Hesoerus CO Auausl 24 1927 5 LC 3709 108 04 Unknown Briel but malar floodlnn on laPlata
81 Southwest CO CO Sentember3-14 1927 3 G 3733 107 49 7.4f1' 7 days, Crested Butte 3-5" lotals aver SW CO X
82 Cheesman CO Julv 19-24, 1929 2 LC 39 13 105 17 3.82" 138 hrs, Cheesman, CO 1-3" lotals over central CO X X
83 Southwesl CO CO Julv 27 -Auausl 7 1929 123 LC 37 33 10749 6.50" storm totel Terminal Dam Monsoon rains 2-5" lotals In SW CO X X
6.50" - storm total, Des Moines, NM No~hern NM and southem CO, 2-4" In
84 Valmara NM Auausl 6-11,1929 1 LC 3549 104 56 3.59" Bloom CO CO
85 Galllnas PR. SI. NM SeDtember 20-23, 1929 12 GLC 3509 105 39 4.00' Galllnas PR SI. NM No extreme DreclD. reDOrted In CO X
7JXY' 3 hrs, Cope
86 Rifle CO Auaust 9 1930 1,6 LC 39 31 lD747 2.15" 160 minutes at Rifle Cloudburst local floodlna
2.50" 2 days, La Veta Pass - 3.00' 2 Widespread heavy storms up against
87 ADlshaoa River CO Auausl 11, 1930 2 LC 3720 104 45 days Victor Soanlsh Peaks X
88 Waterdale CO Aunusl 14, 1930 2 LC 40 25 105 12 3.54" In 24 hrs .. Waterdale Rains across northern CO
12.36" - storm total al Meeker, OK Rain across OK, TX, KS, and
89 Meeker OK June 2-6, 1932 1 GLC 38 28 101 46 5.03" - slorm lotal at Two Buttes CO southeastern CO X X
90 Julesbura CO Auausl13 1932 1 LC 41 00 102 15 3.15" 1 hr - JUlesbura unofficial areater amounts recorted
91 SlIverton CO Aunusl 25-29 1932 3 LC 3748 10740 2.75" - storm total at SlIve~on 1-2" In southwesl CO X X
5.04" - storm total at Westclllle, 46.3"
92 Westcllne CO AD~119-22 1933 2 G 3808 105 28 snow Heaw enow In mlns X X
"Cloudburst" near Idledale, slgnlflCanl
93 Bear Creek CO Julv 7,1933 2 LC 3938 105 15 Unknown flood!nn
Auaust 2-3, 1933 Intense ralne 01 3-9" overnight, upper
94 CherrY Creek CO 12 LC 39 39 104 51 3.00' 1 dav, Calhan basin 6500-7500 11
95 Kassler CO SeDlember 9-11 1933 2 G 3930 105 06 4.24" - storm total Kassler Floodlnn In Denver X X
Bear Creek/Mount Vernon
96 Canyon CO Auoust 9 1934 2 LC 3938 105 15 Unknown Floods killed 6 oooDle heaw hall
. Sheets 01 water caused flooding In
97 PuraatolV River CO SeDlember 15,1934 1 LC 37 10 103 S2 Unknown PuraatolV basin
4.29" 2 days, Fremont Exp SI., 20.5"
98 Fremont Exo. Station CO Mav 17 1935 2 G 38 51 104 57 snow Snow In rntns
Report 01 9" In 2 hrs at Seibert, huge 24" In 6 hrs (unofficial) near Hale
99 Chenv Creek - Hale CO Mav 30-31,1935 1 GLC 3938 102 08 floods Bllou Creek and ReDubllcan USBR reoort 3.00' at Rush X X
>6-9" In a couple of hrs - SE 01
100 SEolLamar CO Julv 11-12 1935 1 LC 3804 102 37 Lamar
Horse Creek (north 01 Oestrovad new reservoir
101 HolM CO Aunust 28-29, 1935 1 LC 38 03 102 07 >7-11" In several hrs - Horse Creek
102 Las Cruces NM Aunusl 29-30 1935 3230 106 n 10.00" In 9 hrs - Las Cruces No extreme oreclo. reoorted In CO
3.30" 72 hrs Silver Lake, UT, moslly
103 Sliver Lake UT FebrualV 1-3, 1936 4 G 4036 111 35 snow 2.20" 24 hrs, Tellu~de - 22" snow X X
104 ARa CO FebrualV 19-24 1936 4 G 4030 11130 6.50" 132 hrs, ARa, UT 3.19" 48 hrs Crested Butte - 29" snow X X
105 PRkln CO Julv 17 1936 3 LC 3836 106 32 1.80" 75 minutes PRkln CO Cement Creek Flood on Julv 16th

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Prepared by Calarado Climate Center, CSU