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<br />PAST FLOODS
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<br />July7,1884
<br />Septtlmber24,1896
<br />September 6, 1909
<br />O<;tober"1911(e)
<br />June2,1914
<br />Juoela,1917
<br />May22,1920
<br />June14,1921
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<br />TABLE 4
<br />HISTORICAL FLOOD FLOWS
<br />Flow
<br />(ct,)
<br />L1qotoer Cree~
<br />
<br />Mirna' HI~er
<br />
<br />SUMMARY OF HISTORICAL FLOODS
<br />
<br />'oj
<br />7,800(b)
<br />10,O:IO(b)
<br />25,000
<br />7,750
<br />8,100
<br />9,100
<br />',,,"
<br />',000
<br />20,000
<br />14,000
<br />12,500
<br />(dJ
<br />'"
<br />
<br />'oj
<br />l,a30
<br />1,450
<br />
<br />'oJ
<br />
<br />Durango is known to h~ve ~ long hIstory of floods, the earlIest of
<br />record occurring In 1884. L~rge floods also occurred In 1896, 1909, 1911,
<br />1927, 1937, 1941, 1946, 1949, 1970 and 1972. In gener~I, the flood that
<br />occurredonOctober5,1911,lsconslderedthemosTsevereknownlnthe
<br />Dur~ngo area. DurIng thaT flood period, a peak flow of 25,000 cubic feet
<br />per second was recorded at the "Animas Rlveret Durango" gage. High flows
<br />are also known to haye occurred on LIghtner and JunctIon Creeks purlng
<br />the 1911 flood, MajOr snowmelt floods occurred on Tho Animas River on
<br />May\4,1941,andJuneI9,1949,whenpeakSflowsreaChed10,500and
<br />12,700 cubic feet per second, respectively. A large flood resulTed from
<br />a raIn STorm on meltIng snow on June 29, 1927, when the peak flows re~ched
<br />20,000 cubic feet per second. The most recent flood on the AnImas River
<br />occurred on June 11, 1973, Flow during thai' flood creSTed ~t 7,590 cubic
<br />feet per second. The I~rgest flood on Lightner and JunctIon CreekS oc-
<br />curred on October 20,1972, when peak flows reached 2,830 ,md \,780 cubIc
<br />feet per second, respectively. Flow records for Dry Gulch Creek during
<br />flood perIods are not avaIlable. HistorIc flooMlow data are shown in
<br />Table4,on the followIng page.
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<br />
<br />JunelO,1922
<br />Juno 29, 1927
<br />Soptombcrl0,l927
<br />SoptomborI3,1927
<br />Juno26,1937
<br />May4,1941
<br />May 14,1941
<br />Juno24,1941
<br />Soptomber22.1941
<br />October13,1941
<br />Octoboc25,1941
<br />July20,1946 (dJ
<br />Mcy19,1948 8,720
<br />Juno19,1949 12,700
<br />Juooll,I952 8,450
<br />Juno6,1957 9,300
<br />July 27. 1957 6,160
<br />May 26. 1958 7,960
<br />Jun..7,1958 7,54e
<br />$optcm"or6,1970 11,600
<br />October20,1972 (d)
<br />Junol\,1973 7,590
<br />(a.) StQtWIlnQtill op<tNtiOll.
<br />(0) E8tiMa.ted.
<br />(c) Lightn8~ and Junction CNoko ""pe:ho..""a h,gh [WoIc dtu'i"ll
<br />fLood,outfLml"otu.at<lo""",,,,,,,,,,,aaMe.
<br />(d! fll<NJffnot o"U"'ifwant.
<br />(o! Sta.tion diecontilll<nd.
<br />(f) J"l<I4J""...ud8to""."cdf1'C'll h;.ghl<la.terllkll'k.o.
<br />
<br />10,500
<br />8,120
<br />
<br />(dJ
<br />'"
<br />
<br />(dJ
<br />I
<br />
<br />1,330
<br />1,400
<br />1,850
<br />1,450
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<br />,.J
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<br />FLOOD RECORDS
<br />
<br />Information on flooding In the study area prior to the turn of the
<br />century Is practically nonexIstent. DetaIled inforlMtion on the earlier
<br />historical floods is ve.ry lImited bec",use strea."Iflow cecords were not
<br />being made, newspaper acoounts were very sketchy, and eye-wltnoss
<br />accounts are not avaIlable. Streilmflow records extend from 1895 to tn€l
<br />
<br />'.J
<br />2,830(1)
<br />'.J
<br />
<br />16
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<br />Jun<;t;.,..,Creek
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<br />
<br />'0'
<br />,.J
<br />1,7ao(f!
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