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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />-7. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />-"- <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Creek drainage. Up to this time, the Sand Creek region had been <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />used for agricultural purposes, mostly for the grazing of livestock. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Doc~.ented history of flooding is ~eager because of the low value of <br /> <br />Floods struck Pikes Peak area and did <br />extensive land and improve~ent damage. <br />Three people lost their lives in the <br />Sand Creek Region. <br /> <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />da~ages which have occurred in the past. There are nO streamgages <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- . <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />on Sand Creek and the magnitude of floods in terms of flow arc not <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />available. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The following are recorded accounts of flooding On Sand Creek: <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />August 1915 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />~lay 30. 1935 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />June IS, 1965 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />July 24, 1970 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Nemericl Day Flood - Extensive flood <br />damage occurred in the Sand Creek area. <br />A new bridge was badly damaged; Galley <br />Road, north of Highway South 40, was <br />almost washed-out and a bridge completely <br />carrieda"'ay. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />August 1915 _ 1'/wfU, peop~e loGt thei7' liue" when flood wate:r frr;;tll Sand <br />Creek t1n>ned Oller their "Moon" auWmobi~ll. " .." "'0" "'" <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />This was a very costly flood. S~nd Creek <br />overflowed it~ bank~ one-half mile south <br />of Fountain Boulevard. One bridge was waShed <br />out and another was swept away; Drennan Road <br />and the Bradley Road cutoff Nere washed- <br />out. A great deal of agricultural land <br />and stockwater dams were badly damaged. <br />Approximately SSO,OOO damages were sus~ <br />tained in the Sand Creek region during <br />thisfIood. Roads and bridges were badly <br />damaged in the Kelker Road area. A bridge <br />on Aque Lane was washed-out; Powers Boule- <br />vard was washed-out and shoulder damages <br />on Fountain Boulevard were sustained. )he <br />flood carried cars, wood, fences, etc., <br />1.24 inches of rain fell in a 2-hour <br />span; one life was l,,~t in this flood. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />1= <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />, <br />."JIi <br />r~l.::;;:' '.j1ft;'~'~:mi':" ....~-<' ",,_,~:,~-:.'it:;:"F'" " <br />'."~'" ';~'~Xi,'~\i,~...-.".-;, '""",,,-f"..f':;;~,,'.. -~- ,I' . <br />'. ',''-' ,._,,~~ "1.~",,'..' ..,' .'~_:,"'''''' .:.t.,1.c:'-,' ....\>~ 'y:_.~), <br />., ,',.. ". . ."." ., ""'.. --..... .' -. .".. ~ <br />~,...~,"'.. ,1".' '~,!.,;;;,.r,..,_j"",""~~"'.~"'" _"~'.. <br />_-. "",-"',~""{ '.-',..,........ '.._'" 00..'" ."....__ <br />. ''''''.-. ..~ '..- ,"'. ".,\.. '~.. . ."",~"...- .... ,~ <br />....-...-.- .....;-, '-" .~_... --'..'''''.~ .. ~- <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />JuZy 1970 _ F"lood wate!', causi>lg CO>lside1'aMe daJmge, IIWept ca:r off <br />C(lnl<ti"tutum St"N~t widtt:; Zif.. of one perllon. " .." ,"'". '00" <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />, <br />