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<br />14 THE ARKANSAS RIVBR FLOOD 01' JUNE 3-5, 19'~1.
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<br />Summarized statcmcnt" of local re8i<lents, efc,-Contlnuello
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<br /> Duration.
<br /> -
<br /> Began. Ended.
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<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.
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<br />Locality.
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<br />Sta~mumt regarding amount
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<br />SOUTH OF ARKANt'lAt'l RlVER.
<br />V Chandler Creer half a mile wo.,t of
<br />Florence.
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<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
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<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..............
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<br />5 inchcs in 30 miunlc8: 6 inr.hes
<br />wnter ran over prairJe.
<br />Hardest llt 10 p. m.......... u..
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<br />10 inch(''s (harde.c:;t at 10 p. In)...
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<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. .
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<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,
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