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<br />PA5TFLOOO5 <br /> <br />parallels the mountains for the rsmaining distanc~ to its confluenc~ <br />with Fountain Cr~ek at about 5,948 feet elevation. <br />The roughly pe~r~shaped water~hed, approximnt~ly 20 <br />mi188 ~ide and 23 cilss long. inclwdss ~ 238 squarB mi:e d~ain~ge <br />ars". West of the craek's main stern, the rough and broken m"~n~ <br />tain terrain shows vegetation ranging from mixed coniferouo trees <br />to hardy .hrubs and typicnl mountain grasses. East of the main <br />stem, the high platsau descends gradually to g8nBrally rollin~ land <br />cov~rod by grass with ~~a shrubs end brushes. Both coniferous <br />and deciduous tress grow along the orBsk banks. Small storage res~ <br />arvoirsarsscatteredthrO<Jghoutthawetarshed. For the rnost part, <br />thsse exist primarily as ~ster supply so~roes ~hich can influence <br />relatively low flaws but provide no significant control over large <br />magnitude flOOds. <br />Within the ~t~dy reaoh, Monument Crsek ia generally en~ <br />trenohsd ~ith an average slo~~ of ap~roximdtely 30 faat per nile. <br />Valley ddths ~verag" about i,8oo fset in the uppar study reach "nd <br />widon to about cna~half'mile near the junotion ~ith fountain Creak. <br />D~rti,,~"t drainage a~e~~ of Mon,.""",,t CrBek arB given in T"ble 1. <br /> <br />Data Sources a~d Rocord~ <br /> <br />Signifioant stre~~ stage a~d discharge ru~ords i~dicat~ <br />i~g flood potential are not ov~ilable for Monument Creak. Following <br />th~ May 1935 flood, a ~o~rBcording gage waS established at th~ Pike- <br />view bridge, resulting in a limitOd reoord of annual peaks extend. <br />ing frorr April 1939 to Ju~e 1949. Other stream 9dges in the water~ <br />shed ereprGsent1y located on West Monu'"ent Creak and at Templeto n <br />Gap, but fLow records fr~ these stations ~r~ inadequate to define <br />hydrologic conditions far the study rcach. <br />Historical doc~entc, newspaper file~, public~tiong of <br />the U.S. Geological Survuy, and Colorsdo w~ter Records ~ere sources <br />of inform~tion rs~rding paat floods. The flood profiles ~nd <br />flooded areas m~ps ~er~ developed from this m~tari~l, along ~ith <br />thB results of pravious studies, fieldinvestigation5,andoffio,", <br />computation~. <br /> <br />H.BLEl <br /> <br />Flood S~.130" an': riDod Char"Gt~r18tics <br /> lI'Io.t "' ce, flood produoing storms over Cco Mon,-,m~nt <br />Creek ,r~ter5hed occur during th~ ,jummer !l'.onths fro," MdY throcJ9h <br />Auy,,~t. During this period, maSse!! ., we"',", moist ." fror:! the <br /> <br />TB~~l~to~ Gep ,lood~~y outlst <br />At cre..k mouth <br /> <br />Mile Contributing <br />Above Droin"ge <br />MOuth Are" <br /> '0' mU.." <br />10.00. 167 <br />~ .41 ?r:l3 <br />4.96 no <br />0.00 238 <br /> <br />Gulf of [II",<1co ~nd cold, coc>p~rativ"ly dry air fro", th~ I'ul~., <br />ragione combine OVBr the higher land areaS to causa lncrea.ed <br />thcJnderstorm activity. The SCVOrBst storms often gensrat~ in tho <br />tr~nsitional periods of lats ~~ring a~d early f~ll ~hen polar oir <br />intrusion~ ere most intensiv~. Isol~tBd sumner thundor~torms ar~ <br />frG~uently SEvere, but li~ited in ~real extent. Av~ilable rocord~ <br />indicate that .nowrnelt has not contri~uted significantly to flood <br />occurr~nces 0" Monument Cre~k. floods in the ~oterohed ~ra chorac~ <br />t.~"i z~d by hig!'1 \leak flo~s, IT,oderatc volumes, and shod durations. <br /> <br />DRAINAGE AREAS l~ WATERSHED Of MO~UME~T CREEK <br /> <br />Loqtio~ <br /> <br />Kettle Cr~ek confluence <br /> <br />~..~~vie.. bLij.;i~ <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />, <br />