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<br />" <br /> <br />Flood History <br /> <br />The first major flood at Erie occurred in June 1876. The <br /> <br />following table is a chronology of significant flood events which <br /> <br />have occurred since the founding of the town. <br /> <br /> HISTORIC FLOODS AT ERIE, COLORADO <br /> ESTIMATED PEAK ESTIMATED <br /> DATE DISCHARGE, cfs DAMAGES <br />May 22, 1876 13,2006 $ <br />Spring 1891 <br />June 1896 36,1007 <br />June 3, 1921 7,8006 130,7007 <br />May 26, 1935 3,300 66,3107 <br />Sept. 2, 1938 3,5006 92,5907 <br />June 9, 1949 <br />May 9, 1957 <br />May 7, 1969 2,060Ba 73,785Bb <br /> 1972 <br /> <br />6United States Engineer office Survey Reoort--Flood Control, <br />South Platte River and Tributaries, Colorado, W~minq and <br />Nebraska, August 1, 1945, Append1x II, page 29. <br /> <br />7"b"d <br />~, <br /> <br />Appendix IV, page 24. <br /> <br />8aGage record for Coal Creek at Plainview, Colorado, drainage <br />area = 15.1 sq.mi. <br /> <br />8bUnited States Soil Conservation Service, Flood Hazard <br />Anal ses, Coal Creek and Rock Creek, Boulder and Weld Count <br />Co orado Denver, Colorado), October 1976, page Be <br /> <br />-2- <br />