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<br />^{~~l\~r ' <br />>"'<.-;-::_" <br />\'-<,,'-. . <br />-^~~ <br /> <br />.--:;.;/ <br /> <br />.:'5:~:" <br /> <br />14 THE ARKANSAS RIVBR FLOOD 01' JUNE 3-5, 19'~1. <br /> <br />Summarized statcmcnt" of local re8i<lents, efc,-Contlnuello <br /> <br /> Duration. <br /> - <br /> Began. Ended. <br /> - <br />ld Rarde.st at <br />ek 6.30 p. m. <br />e.. 3p.m..... <br />... 3p.m..... IIp.m, <br />(I- ............ <br />. 2.30p.m.. <br />... 4p.m..... <br />"0 3 p. Dl..... ltJidlllj:::ht. <br /> {'I p,mo.... 6.:lnp.m. <br />... !J p. m...: Mitlnight. <br />,.. 3--4p.mm <br />of 5p.m..... Morning of June i. <br />... 1p.m..... <br />... 3p.m..... <br />... 6p,m..:.. 4: a.. m. JUliO 4. <br /> <br />Locality. <br /> <br />Sta~mumt regarding amount <br /> <br />SOUTH OF ARKANt'lAt'l RlVER. <br />V Chandler Creer half a mile wo.,t of <br />Florence. <br /> <br />9 inches (measured in bucket); d <br />Ilot l~:'(tend up Chandler Cre <br />3 miles, <br />4 inches ot water ran over prairi <br /> <br />V Hardscrabble Crcek on divide <br />southeast of Florence. <br />Rush Creek in sec. 9, T. 21 S., R. ................................. <br />67W. <br />Rvsh Cr{'ek in sec. 22, T. 20 S., Clond.burstIor30minntes. HaT <br />R.67'V. cstmin2mile.c:;sollt.h. <br />~ Plfks Creek 8 miles above month... Tremendonsrain;watcrran every <br />wh('fc. <br />Preks Creek in ~('('~ 3-1, T. 21 :4., .................................. <br />R,67W. <br />CamE:'ron and Ostrcll nrrnyn:-; ill :-;('('. Fivc pf~riod}l or very hanI rain.. <br />30, T. 20 ~., n. r,o \V. <br />,r Hend or ROC"k Crcek in ~C('. 3.t, T. 21 4 illChc::; of water on level........ <br />S., R.67 W. <br />..... - Between Rock and Soda crooks, Horse drowned in ope.n field.... <br />soo.29, T. 21 S., R. 66 W. <br />V Do~gs Flat, about sec. 35, T. 21 S., <br />RoOOW. <br />Blne Ribbon Creek in sec. 32, T. 20 <br />",. ~.,n.(j:;w. <br />Bluo Ribhon Creek in sec. 2, T. 21 S., <br />R,6!;W. <br />Beulah, in See. 3, T. 23 S., R.M W.. Hard ralnallnight.............. <br /> <br />5 inchcs in 30 miunlc8: 6 inr.hes <br />wnter ran over prairJe. <br />Hardest llt 10 p. m.......... u.. <br /> <br />10 inch(''s (harde.c:;t at 10 p. In)... <br /> <br />NOTF..-KtC'Cpt. whem method or mMsuring rainfall is J!:lvcn nl)Ov~, th~ ammmts ('on 00 considered only <br />roughly apprmumate, as the oh.'icrvc~ had IlO mORns of making flecurate measurements. . <br /> <br />Several ranchers on Boggs Flat stated that the precipitation dur- <br />ing the afternoon and night of June 3 was 14 inches. A hard- <br />surfaced road in that section was washed out to a depth of 7 feet. <br />The area drained hy Dry Creek, unlike those of the other tribu- <br />tary streams, had its severest rain on June 2. l\fl'. J. F. Wing, who <br />lives in sec. 26, T. 20 S., R. 65 "7., stated that the heaviest rain <br />began about 2 p. m. June 2 and continued until midnight or later. <br />At 11 p. m. the bridge over Twenty-fourth Street in Pueblo was <br />, washed out. On June 3 it was misty or rainy all day, and at 7,30 <br />p. m. a very hard rain began, which became a cloud-burst at 10 p. mo <br />The residents lil'ing south of Arkansas River agreed that the <br />storm came from the northeast, then worked around north, imd <br />finally to the northwest. The most complete statements are sum- <br />marized below. <br />Mr. Fred Rosencrant7-, who lives in sees. 32 and 3:~. T. 20 S., R. 65 <br />'Y., said, that the storm appcal'cll to come from the northeast and <br />was met hy lInothel' storm which came from OJ,] Baldy (10('011 lHl1lH' <br />for Greenhorll ~[()lIlllaill) 10 f1w s,ltllh\\'l'sc. .\l that lillI<' the wate\' <br />ill the .Arkansas ulIpea]'pd to he f1owinr; hoth Ill' alld ']OWll stream, Ihl' <br />IIp-riwr CIll'1'pnt ]'ping' callsed hv t1,cinflow frolll BIlle HihLon \n'...!; <br />lInd other nrro,\'os from the south, <br /> <br />;,: <br />