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<br />page 32 <br /> <br />pestilence, that usually follows u flood.. Sources of drinking <br />water yirtually were unaffected. <br />"From what we saw I would estimate that damagoo to private <br />and public property was $2,000,000; to state and county highways, <br />$3,000,000 and to farm lands, $2,000,000. There ~,s $3,000,000 <br />damage of other kinds." <br /> <br />August-September 1938 -- Heavy rainfall during the period from <br /> <br />30 August to 4 September over much of the upper South <br /> <br />Platte River basin caused flooding on man)r of the <br /> <br />mountain streams tributary to the South Platte River <br /> <br />as well as the South Platte River itself. Relatively <br /> <br />minor flooding Was reported on the South Platte River. <br /> <br />April-May 1942 -- The flood of April-May on the South Platte <br /> <br />Riyer was caused by excessive rainfall and snowmelt. <br /> <br />The sustained high flows created considerable damage <br /> <br />mainly due to erosion. Some levee failur occurred. <br /> <br />Falling temperatures in late April turned the rainfall <br /> <br />to snow as well as subsiding the melt of the existing <br /> <br />snowpack thus preventing more serious flooding. <br /> <br />May-June 1949 -- Heavy rainfall over a melting snowFack caused <br /> <br />flooding on the South Platte River from mid-May to <br /> <br />late June from Littleton, Colorado to North Platte, <br /> <br />Nebraska. Considerable damage was incurred by homes, <br /> <br />, <br />farm buildings, and crops along that reach of the <br /> <br />river. <br /> <br />June 1965 -- Flooding of 14 and 15 June due to heavy rainfall <br /> <br />caused considerable flood damage throughout the lower <br /> <br />reaches of Pawnee Creek. Hundreds of acres of cropland <br /> <br />were inundated. Atwood, Colorado was completely inundated <br />