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<br />PAST FLOODS <br /> <br />, <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />The ~er,,,ra I nJt~re 0' 1 load i na dnd f lood d~rr;a<lB in tilj:; :;lu<Jy dr"d is <br />(,J <br />I IIustr3ted ~y t~e 10110"; nc::: excerpts from nC"5p"per articles. <br /> <br />G~AND JUNCTION O^ILY S~TI~r.L <br />Thy"J.y., Ju"c16. 1921 <br /> <br />SUMMARY OF HISTORICAL FLOODS <br /> <br />RIVER FALLING TODAY <br /> <br />Grand Jun<;tIQn "nd theGrandVJlleyhavoa IQnghlstcrycf late <br />spring flOOds ano hIgh w~ter an the Calor~dQ anO Gunnison Rivers. The <br />earliest flood for whICho<lt" are 3vallable Is the June-July flQod of <br />1884. Other floods on thaColoradoRlveroccurred In 1917. 1920, 1921, <br />1935. 1952,<lnd1957. Floods on the Gunnison River occurred In 1920, <br />1921, ~nd 1957. The 1884 flood on the Color~do River was the most <br /> <br />ALL DANGER OF FLOOD <br /> <br />BELIEVED TO BE OVER <br /> <br />severe On record. <br /> <br />Twelve Foot Five Reached At Eleven Today Betieved To Be Flood's <br />Crest-FallOfB Inches Reported From BagleWith Thrae Inch Fall <br />At Reclamation Dam - Rapid Fall Expected Tonight And Tomorrow <br />Rail Lines To The East Are O.K. - little Damage Is Reported <br /> <br />Information on past floods In the study area Is not detailed <br />bocause any flooding that has occurred was on farml~nd and was saldo~ <br />reported. Flood il'forma"tlon I n thIs repOrt Is based mal nl y on lnfor~ <br />nation available In U.S. ~lo~lcal Svrvey water suoolv ~apars. S~ <br />accovnts wera also Obtained from the r.rand Junction Dally Sentinel and <br />from Interulews with officIals of tha U.S. Bureau of Land ~anagemont, <br />the U.S. Soil ConservatlonSer-vlce, Ihe c1tyot Grand Junction, <'Jnd <br />Musa Co~nty. <br /> <br />80'h ,h~ Colorado ond the Gunnioon ~ive" o,~ fal j;,,~ 'oday, <br />.nd i' is b.li~v.d th.' If,,, Cros. of tb" flood h.. pu.ed .oJ the <br />dalinc ".11 be ,apid Irom 'h.. .im" on. Assu';n~ topo'" ""''' <br />re".ived 'odoy 1'0"1 "..d,y cili.s 01000 bolh ,'re.",. . . . <br /> <br />FLOODRECDRDS <br /> <br />A' 8 o'doc. 'hi> "'0''';''0 'he .ov",,,m.,,' .....t the filth <br />su,.. hrid., ""cordcd 12.3 f.d. os compo."d '012.1 yo.,..d.y <br />"'0'0.0", A' noon <t hod .....". "I> '0 11.5. b~t the <ledi"" ...<teJ <br />.hen. <br /> <br />DefinItive informatIon on the extent of floodIng and the amounts <br />of flood damage Incurre<l during past flOOds are not avall"ble for the <br />studyarBd. Newspaper ,,,,:counts IndIcate that oottoO'. landsutllllBd <br />torfleldcropsandorchardsh<lveOOenperiodlcallylnundatad. Also <br />low lying areas along the river in Grano JunctIon have been flooded. <br />Some woo~ed area~ have been flooded, ,tream banks have bee~ eroded, and <br />base~nts<lf h<lOles hdve filled with floodwater. <br /> <br /> <br />FLOOD DESCRIPTIml$ <br /> <br />FlGURB t <br />29 Rna.a. <br /> <br />- vi"... of eM 1921 [taod >!..a.1' Ct and <br />(Photo aou"t"8~ of WilLiam BOlJl!rl. i <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />(a.) Si,,"~la~cd trom .",;.""ofi/.J" ""pigs. <br /> <br />TC <br />