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~ 122 CONTRIBUTIONS TO HYDROLOGY OF UNITED STA.TES, 1()23~192~. OHERRY OREEK NEAR PARKER, OOLO. During the afternoon of July 28, 1922, heavy rain fen near Parker, Colo., about 20_ miles southeast of Denver, causing a severe flood in the upper Cherry Creek basin and filling the cl).annel of the stream at Denver. . An investigation of this flood was made by the United States Geological Survey in cooperation. with the State engineer's office, The area of heavy rainfaJl extended from a point 3 miles north of Parker to a point 1 .mile south of FranktOwD. and from the county line on the east to a point 4 miles west of the creek. The heaviest rainfaJl was in the basin of Bayou Gulch. Mrs. William Boegle, who lives 3 miles above the mouth of Bayou Gulch, in sec. 30, T, 7 S., R. 65 W" stated that the storm, which came from the west, began 'about 2 p. m. and lasted for two hours, The total rainfaJl was about 3 ~ inohes as measured in an iron wheel- barrow with nearly vertical sides. The water stood 2 feet deep in the road, and the resulting flood 'WaS the highest in nearly 50 years. A rancher at the mouth of the gulch stated that two storms met over the gulch; one came from the north and the other from the west. Heavy rain lasted one' hour. A rancher living 1 mile above the mouth of the gulch stated that the heavy rain lasted 45 minuteS and that the flood crest was reached at 3.45 p, m. and remained near that stage for 1 hour. A. W. Payne, a rancher living in sec, 3,'T. 7 S., R. 66 W., near Cherry Creek, halfway between Bayou Gulch and Parker, stated that the rain 1ll8ted from 2 to 4 p, m. and amounted to 2 inches as measured in a wash tub in the yard. The rise in Cherry Creek came about 3 p, m. The total discharge of the Cherry Creek flood was estimated at 3,960 we-feet. Maximum ~i8chaTg8 oj Cherry Creek at th6 point8 mea8uT~d, July, 1922. Marlmum discharge! . (second-reet). Drain. ....... Stream. Locality. Per square .<<..... Total, mile of \:.'h""" .... os). 0 .......... Bayou Gulch__________________. Soo. 23, T. 7. SORB. 66 W.._____unm a'70 400 I" Cherry Creeku_________________ See. 4, T. 6 S., .66 W_n_____________ 17,000 I" 87 The flood of July 14, 1912, the highest recorded at Denver, was caused by a storm which covered an area that extended from Parker for a distance of 5 miles toward Denver and by a very severe storm in Denver at the same time,_ At the point where the flood of 1922 was measured the flood of 1912 was at practically the same stage, but in Denver the m,,;,.,;mum discharge Wll5 estimated at 11,000 to 14,000 second-feet and caused considerable damage and the loss of several lives. The maximum discharge of the flood of 1922 in Denver was