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<br />. <br /> <br />Floods occurred on various parts of Eaton Draw in 1935, 1951, <br /> <br /> <br />1954, 1961, 1965, 1972, and 1974. A major flood occurred on 1 May <br /> <br />1977 . <br /> <br />Storms in the Ault and Eaton area caused flooding along Lone Tree <br /> <br /> <br />Creek in June 1973. Many farms were inundated and the Eaton Sewage <br /> <br /> <br />Plant was damaged. <br /> <br />Available damage data fDr historic floods is summarized in <br />table 5, Damages are given in terms of price levels at the time of the <br />flood. With increasing development and inflation, a moderate flood may <br />now produce more dollar damage than a major flood of earlier years. <br /> <br />Table 5 <br />Historic Flood Damage Estimates <br />Cache La Poudre River Basin <br /> <br />Date Stream <br /> <br />1904 Cache la Poudre <br /> <br />1904 North Fork <br />1917 Cache la Poudre <br />1923 Cache la Poudre <br />1923 North Fork <br />1947 Cache la Poudre <br />1949 Cache la Poudre <br />1951 Cache la Poudre <br /> Dry Creek <br /> Small draw <br />1965 Cache la Poudre <br /> <br />Location or Type of Damage <br /> <br /> Damage <br />$ 33,000 <br /> 30,000 ~, <br /> 35,000 <br /> 67,000 <br /> 5,000 <br /> 10,650 <br /> 1,000 <br />$ 181,650 <br /> <br />Crops and livestock <br />Farm improvements & machinery <br />Irrigation structures <br />Road & railroad structures <br />LapDrte <br />Fort Collins <br />Greeley <br />Total 1904 flood <br /> <br />Livermore <br />Greeley and vicinity <br />Basin <br />Livermore <br />Main stem <br />Main stem <br /> <br />2,000 <br />19,000 <br />132,000 <br />500 <br />74,000 <br />20,000 <br /> <br />118in stem <br />Undetermined <br />Colorado State College <br />Total 1951 flood <br /> <br />96 ,900 <br />76,300 <br />270,000 <br />$ 443,2UU <br /> <br />Greeley <br />Rural areas <br />Transportation facilities <br />Total 1965 flood <br /> <br />85,000 <br />711 , 000 <br />1,915,000. <br />$2, 111,000 <br /> <br />16 <br />