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various locations during the flood dE,~:cent, DurinCj the cloudbu:cst flood of July 27, 1914, the loss was e"Limated at about $250,000, one life was lost and many people were badly injured. 1'he flood which occurred in 1969 was not as destLlcl:ive as the one in 1911 and was confined to ,the western part of 'I:own. Again, lTIud and debris flows were the principal factor, FLOOD FLOW FREQUENCY ANALYSIS Hydrologic analyses were carried Oll't to establish the peak discharge- frequency relationships for floods of 1:1-,,', selec'ted recurrence in-. tervals for each stream in the study area. Since most of i:he study areas are ungauged, a reCjional relationship relating' basin area to peak discharge was the principal method lwed. Gauging stai:ions within hydrologic area No. 10 of flood-'frequency region B (Figure 3) were used to establish the regional relationship. The method developed by t.he United States Water Resources Council (R,eference 8) "Ias used to dei:ermine the flood flow frequency :::elationship based on log~ Pearson Type III Distribution for each selected gauging sta'lion, Gauging stations used for developing Ule regional relationship w,~re selec1:ed according to the criteria of [J) stations which have 10 or more years of record and (2) statim'!": where peak flows are not affeci:ed by regulation and diversion. The locaitions of selected (jauging st.ations are shown in Figure 3, Stream gauging stat:ions used are listed in Table 1 on the follO\"ing page. Since the annual peak discharges published in the U.S. Geo],ogical :3urvey's Water Supply Paper (Reference 3,4, and 5) andlh", U.S. Geological Survey's Surface Water Record,3 (Reference 6) were a mixture of flood flows' 'caused by snowmelt and ):'clinfall events, the reqional -4--