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<br />nood of May 1904. The flood of 20-21 May 1904 ....~s caused by
<br />,.1tM o[ clolJ.dblJ.rs~ in~en"1ty on the ~onh For" C"<;h~ la Poudr~ R{'Jer
<br />and HQxelder Creek ''''ter~heds H an altitude of abolJ.t 7000 fe~t ".s. t.
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<br />The flood reache.d Fort Colllns L1te in the afternoon on 20 May and
<br />continued f~r about, hours, during whlc~ ti~e about 150 houses in the
<br />lowlandswe,e swept from their foundations. All bridges hut one ln
<br />For~ Collins "'eN destroyed. Conce,ntng llo"elder Cree~. the Greeley
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<br />J.A.Ar"'''trong,lrrig>l.tionetlglneer,in'Jest1gatedth"floodon
<br />th~ North Fork C~che 1a Poudre Ri'Jcr, and t~e [o11o~in~ is ~bst,acted
<br />from hI" '''port 1n USGS Water Supply Paper 147, published in 190;.
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<br />Trlbune sta~ed:
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<br />"rhe flood" down these creeks...at'e caused by acontiauou8 hea'JY
<br />rain, ora succes"ion of cloudbursts commencing before nOOtl of the 20th
<br />~nd lasting 5 or 6 hour", centering about Stonewall Mountain at the
<br />head of Stonewa 11 Creek. S~oae""ll, Dale, and Lone Pine Creeks
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<br />.'The Boxelder, a sOlall stre~," ordinarily oaly a few fee~ \<Iide, was
<br />tearing doyn through a fertile valley filled fro~ bluff to bluff with a
<br />sheet of water a mile ...Ide, carry lag bu1lding. and bridges away in its
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<br />are all nIbutary to t~e North Fork Cache la Poud~e RIver. Tha flood
<br />Wa" do...n into Livermore, only a fcy miles, almost before anyone could
<br />rereoveanythingoutofthe\<l"y, and had it been at night, there'..ould
<br />probably have been great las6 of life as well as p~Operty. The 'Jolurne
<br />of\<latarpasalngLlverroorchas been eotimated at 20,OOOcublc feet per
<br />..econd.'
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<br />Downstream from the mouth of ]oxelder Creek, the floodwaters of
<br />the t"ostre.....s reached a width of 1.5 miles in places.
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<br />7he flood reachcd the Cach" La Poudre River ~arly ln the afternoon
<br />M 20 M~y ~~d ".~" ~'Jg",er.t"d upstrea", fro", Fort C.'llin. :'y ft,,~d. frow
<br />Ury ~reel<, flool< ~anyon, and Moore C..nyon. In M.crIbtng the flood
<br />downstrea" fro", the c..nyon, theCrceleyTribune of 26~y stated:
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<br />The flood reached Greeley about 8,30 a.m, on 21 Xay, and flowed
<br />over a large area of the city. Downstream fro", the UnIon Paclflc Rail-
<br />Toa,1 th.. lO<ol'land" "ere ~l.o flooded and the houses In that <tre,' "ere
<br />sub~rged to thelr window .ills. The flood staga conttnued until aoon,
<br />when the wateT feU al..oat "s rapLdly aa it had risen.
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<br />Flood of June 1923.
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<br />T~e flood of Jun@ 1923 WaS caused by a
<br />At th@ ead ~f March, the
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<br />c01llbtnation of ""'-lUng sno" ..nd hea'Jy rain..
<br />snow cover ~as about 50 percent above normal.
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<br />Junewaso.le of the
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<br />.'Abou~ the fir~t w~rnl ng of danger that p"-ople up the 'Jalley had
<br />w~~ when a "~ll or "liter 10 to t4 fe~t high h"fgt out of the ?olldre
<br />C~nyon (e~r1y in the "ft~rlloop.), u c""ple of rn.llcg ahove Lnpon~. A.~
<br />qu1ck as po."ib1a io'ord was t~laph<>n"d to Fon CoLlin. of the co"'i~!l
<br />flood, and ,he people d Lap<;>rte sough~ safety on ~lgh ground. '.'hen
<br />th~ ~.Bter ra~ch"d th~ open v,~llay it .pr~"d ov~f ~ 5ur[,w.e of ..llou~ a
<br />nUe and eu speed \<I~g sOt1ewh,,~ >1~<:kened,..
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<br />",,,tt..~t month~ on r..c<>~d.
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<br />Regarding the flood of 15 and 16 Jun~, th~ Fort Collin~ E~pre.s,
<br />IbJunel923,stated:
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<br />"Fed by mo"ntdn cloudb\l~"ts and h,.~vy general rain8, the (C~che
<br />la) Po~dre River last nigh, in 2 hO'H~ became a ~ag:ln~ t<>n..nt.
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<br />Clo~dbursts, one ~t Liver~ee and ano~he~ at a point not far "\<lay
<br />t"ero, l~te in t!1e after".oon sen~ u "'all of '..dt~t do~.n the c""y.on,
<br />..al'or~e and Fon Colltns th" dv.!r ro..' I fN.t in a, _ny hntlr,..
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