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A com~unity fiash flood reporting net~ork of river and rainfall stations and a flood warning program devaloped and operated in conneotion with the 24_hour ~eathar Bursau facilitis" could minimize loss of life and movable property in the event of a major flood. Such an errangemsnt ~ould require that local river and rainfall reports be communicated promptly by responalbl~ looal offioials to the Weathar Bureau Forecast Office for evaluation and analyl1s. If available, this data ~nd an~lys1a ~ould b" ueed by the Weather Bureau to more accur~tely forewarn community repre- sentatives of potential storm and flood oonditions. This type of network is presently in effeot in portions of the Arkan9as River basin and, to an extremely limited degree, in other tributary areaS. ~ILD HORSE-CRY CREEK Thn Strea~ ant lt~ Vallsy '~ild Hcrs"..ory Cre~k 13 a 'lorth_bank trib...t"ry of the Ar~anO~5 Ri'Jer. Tho "ater5h~d, approxi"'atBly l? "'iloe lonQ ~3 mG~s~red fro~ th~ hoadwaters to the Ark~nsas Riv~r confl~enoe ac Pueblo and ~varagin9 S mile~ wid~, has a drainago area of 82.3 'q4are miles. ~lthin the rn~ghly rectangular watBr6hed, elece_ ticns vary from 6,00D feet ~oar the headwaters to 4,700 feet at the mouth. ThQ soparate ephemeral streams. Wild HoreB C~a~k and Dry Creek, ori~inats in the foothills or thu frontal range north- ~est af Puebla and flow i~ s southeasterly dira~tion to join nGar the Wild Horse ~ubdivi5ion comrnLJnity lo~~t~d approxiMately 2 mlh~ northwest af the city. Below thi~ jun~tian point, the combined \\Iild Horse_Dry Creek strs~m "h3nnel paS Be" undor the U.S. Hlgh~ay 5C bridge ~nd, flo~ing i~ a mOre ~outherly direction, reoeives Ji~ch~rg"s frD~ Willie~s Crp.Ak at mile 2.6t.. ,'~OLJt L.b ,nUe5 doum_ etream fra~, th" brid,)". Contin~in~ G h"lf~mil" farther, the stre~ "nt~rR Ptlebio's nOI'th~,~"t "es1d~nti,,1 ars," dnO then flror.;~,",j8 thro'~gh th8 ~~ist1ng commerci~l "nd r<,Hro~d Jsvdopm~nt c<Y1pLex In ~i~~~~rQo i~t~ th~ Ark~~~~" River. The h~ad~atats of the r~p"ctive creeke ~t~ fa,1 fral" s"o~m~lt Clnd "~infall ",noff during th~ late fall, winter, and c,ariy spr 1"9' Durie,,! th" ",,"'I"8t 'nonth", tho flaw~ ~re th<l "",s"lt of thC'nderstorms or get\e~~1 ~"ins ovp.~ th~ Rntire watershed. The ~cr~b vegetation g,'owing in the highnr ~levation5 h typio~l of 50CJth~tn Colorudo's r,wthill regions whore fair:y rovgh, brokon t~rrain usually p:'evoils. At lo~'''" eievatiot\s, th.. <ore~~s h~v~r~~ high pl~iC\~ cav"r~d '~ith 3P""S" vGgetation of oe~i'arid typn--rr~domin~ntly ~a~e br"sh, ~~ctus, ~nu nativ9 gra5'. Th~ ~t~dy rea~h extends fro", tile ",o'.Jth (Of ~lld HQr"~_ Dc.y Cl'e~k a~ the Ark~~.;"r; Hiv"" ~o"rlu"nc" tu '111" ~.7~ on the O,y .. .< '"