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<br />THE FLOOD BELOW PUEBLO. <br /> <br />33 <br /> <br />Ti1ne of flood /10/(; at POi/Its OIl. Fountain Creek. <br /> <br />Point of observation. <br /> <br />Buttes............................. ..................... ...... <br />. Wigwam............. ....__.. ...... ...... ._... .... ........ ...... <br />Pinon........................................................... <br />Bragdon.. ......... _................... _................_... _ _.. <br />Eden.................................... ...............___.... <br />Mouth.................................. ............... <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />/J Flood came very suddenly. <br /> <br />Distance <br />above <br />mouth. <br /> <br />Approximate time of flood <br />flow. <br /> <br />.1fju~. <br />28 <br />23 <br />15 <br />11 <br />8 <br />o <br /> <br />1l.t.5p.m..JUllc:l.a <br />Between 11 and 12 p. m. <br />11.30 p. ro. <br />A bout midnight. <br />After midnight. <br />:l a. m. June 4. <br /> <br />Stage and di8char[Je of Fountain Creel.: fl.t lIIoufh. <br /> <br />Time. <br /> <br />Stage. <br /> <br />A pproxi. <br />matedis- <br />charge. <br /> <br />June 3, 9:p. m........ .............. . <br />Midnight. .................. .:: 2:.~ fcet,'rlecp"; ',iriO r~ct. '\~.i;l;":::"""""" <br />June 4, 2.:~Oa. m... ..... ..... ...... .......... 6 feet deep, ilOOfcct wiele...... .......... <br />:la.m...................... .......... Crc<:.t......................... <br />58.m................. ............... ......................_.............. <br />~Ifdl~ghi::::::::: :::: :: :: ::... .. . . . . .. ~ f~~ :;:~~ :~~~~i:::::::::: .. . . . . . . .: - . . . . . .. <br />June 5, 58. m................... ........ ...... fife<:t belo\v I~rest.......... ... ..... ....... <br />5 p. m........... ....... ....... ........ 7 feet below' crest........... . .... .... ... <br />June 6,3 p. m................................. ............................. <br /> <br />I Sl'N/nd.fut. <br />... lOCI <br />~, l)()) <br />l2,{)Ol) <br />::1-1, om <br />2.'i,{)((l <br />12 r.oo <br />18; 000 <br />12,000 <br />1!l,001"l <br />.l.11Q(I <br /> <br />The total digcharge was ahon!. 70,000 acre. feel. <br />ST, OHARLES RX'ITER, <br /> <br />. St. Charles River drains the eastern slope of the southern half of <br />the Greenhorn Range and the foothill region lying betwe'en that <br />range and the Arkansas. After leaving the mountains the St. <br />Charles flows through a ca!l:yon for 10 ,miles, below which the valley <br />widens, and the river finally emerges upon the plain, across <br />which. it flows in a northeasterly direction to its junction with the <br />Arkansas, 8, miles below Pueblo. Its chief tributaries are Spring: <br />Branch arid Greenhorn Creek. The topography of its drainage basin <br />is very rough, as the stream traverses the steep slopes of the moun-- <br />tains, the deeply eroded foothill region, and the rolling plains next <br />to the Arkansas. The drainage area is 482 square miles. <br />The following table has been compiled from topographic maps: <br /> <br />Ele'r:atio1!.<;; a.nd di8tance8 ((.fong St. GlwrlcB Ri-ve,' from ltQHrcc to mO/lth. <br /> <br />Point. <br /> <br />Ele.IO\- <br />tioD <br />above <br />sealevel. <br /> <br />t)Ol1r('('............................ ...... .... ......... <br />Contour crossing..................................... <br />Do.............................................. <br />Do. ............................................. <br />Do. ............................................. <br />Do. ........................-................ <br />Do... ......................... ............... <br />Do............................ ................. <br />:-.[onth.................... .... ..... <br /> <br />.Feet. <br />9,000 <br />6, ~~50 <br />5,j'50 <br />5250 <br />5;000 I <br />1,~OO I <br />.1,j'OO <br />.1,6CO I <br />.1, ~i60 <br /> <br />84158'-22-3 <br /> <br />Distance. Descent between <br />points. <br />m ! Pointto Total. Per mile. <br />ceo point. <br />a, ."\[ile.'~ . Feet. Fat. <br />.............. .......... ........... <br />6.5 6.5 2,750 420 <br />0, 7 4,2 500 11!1 <br />S.5 I 7. 8 500 6~~ <br />-to i G, 2 250 .0 <br />I. 9 ' 7.2 200 211 <br />16.0: 401 100 24 <br />')07 4, 7 100 2' <br />1. 9 ' I'> 40 3:J <br />~--~-_. <br /> <br />Fro <br />sour <br /> <br />.Mil <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />2 <br />3 <br />, <br />4 <br />