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<br />4.18 Colorado River <br /> <br />Flood of 1884- The first flood on the Colorado River of which definite knowledge <br />is available occurred during June and July 1884 and was caused by the melting of the very <br />heavy snow cover, The Weather Bureau located the high-water mark left by the peak <br />stage of 1884 at fruita, and in 1917 the Geological Survey by connecting this mark with <br />the gage being maintained, found its elevation to be 18.5 feet, as based on the gage <br />datum. By running a line of levels across the area flooded in 1884 and extending the <br />rating curve, the peak discharge was determined to be 125,000 cfs. <br /> <br />4.19 References <br /> <br />Follansbee, A., and Sawyer, l.A.. USGS. Water Supply Paper 997. Floods in Colorado. <br />1948. <br /> <br />USACE, Omaha District. Compendium of Hydrologic Information. A Supplement to Water <br />and Related Land Resources Management Study for Metropolitan Denver, Volume V, <br />Appendix H - Hydrology. 1980. <br /> <br />Colorado Flood <br />Hydrology Manual <br /> <br />4.27 <br /> <br />CRAFT <br />