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Creek, 1 mil,~ south of Franktown, and by the Douglas County line on the east. Unofficial rainfall amounts varied from 1 inch to 3,5 inches, occurring in about 2 hours. An estimated peak discharge if 8,700 cubic feet per second discharged out of Bayou Gulch. The discharge on Cherry Creek, 3 miles north of Parker, was estimated to be 17,000 cubic feet per second. Although no damages were experienced in Denver, this was considered a major flood I'or the upstream part of the basin, Flood of August 1933. The storm of 2 and 3 August 1933 occurred over a 175 square mile area upstream from Franktown. Unofficial rainfall amounts varied from 3 to 9 inches and occurred over a 9-hour period between 6 p.m, on 2 August and 3 a.m, on 3 August. The most intense activity of the storm occurred between 9 p,m. and 10 p.m. Waters, in the then existing, Castlewood Darn and Reservoir, reached the spillway crest at about 11 p.m. The inflow was estimated at 35,000 cubic feet per second. Water overtopped the crest of the darn anclthe structure failed at about midnight. The sudden release of water caused a flood wave to move down the valley. The peak discharge is estimated to have ranged from 126,000 cubic feet per second downstream from the dam to about 16,500 cubic feet per second near the South Platte River. The Cherry Creek Flood Commission estimated the damages to be about $1,000,000; approximately $200,000 of this total occurred upstream fmm Denver. This flood caused additional economic effects in the Cherry Creek basin. Loss of the dam cut off water supplies to about 3,000 acres of land. The basin suffered a Sl9vere recession and many families moved from the area. Flood of August 1945. A large storm mass moved into southeastern Colorado on 5 August 194ij, and extended over the Cherry Creek basin. Unofficial rainfall amounts varied from 2 to 5 inches. Severe flooding occurred along Cherry Creek in the Franktown - Parker area. The gaging station at Melvin recorded a peak discharge of 10,700 cubic feet per second. Total damages were estimated to be $200,000. Flood of June.l965.. On 16 June 1965, a major storm centered over the Plum Creek and Cherry 'Creek basins. Rainfall amounts, reported by unofficial sources, ranged up to 10 inches. Most of the rainfall occurred within a 3-hour period. Peak discharges along Cherry Creelk were 1,000 cubic feet per second upstream from Franktown, 39,900 cubic feet per sBOJnd near Melvin, and 58,000 cubic feet per second at Cherry Creek dam. An estimated pllak flow of 14,100 cubic feet per second discharged from Piney Creek, a right- bank tributalY of Cherry Creek. During the evening and night of 16 June, the Cherry Creek reservoir impounded a flood which had a volume of 16,000 acre-feet. Of the 18 small darns constructed by the Soil Conservation Service in the upper Cherry Creek basin between Franktown and Parker, 3 were filled. Two of these were subsequently overtopped and sustain,;l(j erosion damage. The remaining 15 structures were outside of the area of high intensity rainfall and received only moderate runoff. The heavy runoff caused major flooding along the main stem of Cherry Creek from the vicinity of Franktown to the Cherry Creek reservoir. About 2,720 acres were flooded, Most of the bridges across Cherry Creek were either damaged or destroyed. one life was lost during the flood on Cherry Creek. Flood damages totaled $1,306,000. Colorado Flood Hydrology Manual 4.18 a:w=r