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32 THE ARKANSAS RIVER ]<LOOD OF JrUNE 3-5, 1921. are the lar~est. In its upper cOli;se Fountain Creek flows through canyons and has a heavy fall, which in the lower part of Ute Pass amounts to 300 feet in' a little more than half a mile. Near Colorado Springs the creek leaves the mountains and enters upon the plains, across which it flows southward to its mouth a short distance below Pueblo. At Colorado Springs it is joined by Monument Creek, which rises in Palmer Lake, on the divide between the Arkansas and South Platte drainage basins. Other important tributaries are Rock and Little Fountain creeks, which rise in the mountains south of Colorado Springs. Fountain Creek flows over a sandy bed, and although it has considerable underflow, ordinarily it carries very little water at the surface. Its drainage area is 932 square miles, l The only marked topographic features on the generally level sur- face of the plains consist of scores of little conical hills called" tepee buttes," most of them less than 50 feet hil!h. The followi.ng table has been compiled from topographic maps: Elevatioll,~ and (liManCC8 alollg Fonntain ,Creek from J[on1t1nent Creele to mouth. Point. Eleva- tion above sea level. Monument Creek. 0... 0.....0.......0............... ,.. Near Widefield..... .......... .0...................... Fountain. 0._. .._ _ ....-.. -...... -.. -.....- - -. -........ Buttes. 0 ..... ..............00 0...............'.....0 O. 0 Wigwam.. 0 ...... .0.. 0...0...0.......0..0........0... Pinon___........__...____................____......... ~d"J:':~~:::::::::::: ,::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Mouth...o.....o..o.....o....................o.....,.... Feet. J. 5,960 .u 5, 700 5,500 5,300 5,200 5,000 4,850 4, 700 4,660 Di~tnncc. Descent between points. '~rom J[onu~ Point to Total, Per nent point.' mile. reek. '~filt8. !filu, Feet, Feet, ....-....- ....-..... ...-.-.... , 10.0 10.0 260 26 16.1 6.1 200 33 23.4 7.3 200 7:l 28.0 4.6 100 22 36.2 8.2 200 24 43,8 7,6 150 20 49.6 5.8 150 26 52. 0 2,4 40 17 1 b r C / On June 3 a heavy rain that extended over the greater part of the drainage basin began about 9 p. m. and lasted all night. From Foun- tain station to Pueblo, according to local residents, the storm was the worst in many years, but no estimates have been made regarding the total rainfall. At Colorado 'spring-s, near the north end of the basin, the '\Veather Bmeau record c;ho\\'erl the rainfall for the 24 honrs pnding Ii a. 1Il. .TUIlI' ,\ to l)l' 1,87 ill('l}('s, Tt was e\Oident.ly . . hea\'ier f:lrt.hpr south. as indicated llY the ~t:d('ll1('nts reg:t1'lling the storm, bnt it is not belie\'(~(l to h'IH hl'l'll "s ::;('\'('!'l: :I" th'lt in thr, areus of intense rainfall.