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<br />COIPS OF ENGINfElS <br /> <br />U. S. AIMY <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br /> REGIONAL STORM IlAINFAll <br /> exPERIENCE-MAY 1935 <br />DENVER RAINFAll <br />CHARACTERISTICS <br /> NEAR KIOWA, REPUBLICAN <br /> COLORADO RIVER BASIN <br />~ <br />. <br />1 ~! <br />~ ~ <br /> ~ ~ <br />~ 0 . ~ <br />0 ~- ~ <br />. o. .Z 0 . <br />- UN ~- < N <br />~ ~ ~~ <br />~ .Z . , <br />~; .~ N <br /> 1~ N. Z <br /> ~~ '0 <br /> ~~ ~ <br /> ~. ~ <br /> ~ Ii~ . ~ <br /> . ~ ~ <br /> 'Z ~ <br /> . ~ <br /> ~ Z <br /> Z ~ ~ ~ <br />~ ~ ~ ~ <br />~ ~ ~ 0 < < <br />< ~ ~ U <br />U Ii Ii U <br />Z Z Z Z <br /> , , - <br />. ~ ~ ~ <br />~ ~ . . 0 - <br />- ~ N N N - , <br /> STOR.MCENTElt...../ \ <br /> AVERAGE FOR 10 SQ. MILES <br />EQUIVALENT TO SAND & TOLL GATE DRAINAGE AREA_191 SQ. .....ILES <br />EQUIVALENT TO CHEIlll:Y CREEK DRAINAQE AREA-409 SQ. .....ltES <br /> SOUTH PLATTE RIVEft BASIN. COtORADO <br /> DENVER METROPOLITAN REGION <br /> flOOD PLAIN INFORMATION STUDY <br /> SAND, TOll GATE AND lOWER CHERRY CREEK <br /> STORM RAINfAll <br /> U. S. ARMY ENGINEElt DtSTltICT, OMAHA <br /> COltPS Of ENGINEUS OMAHA, NEUASl(A <br /> APRIL 196" <br /> <br />FIGURE 2 <br /> <br />CLIMATE AND STORMS <br /> <br />The cli~9te Of the region i~ seml~arid. The Sond Creek watershed has <br /> <br />average annual rainfall of abo~t 14.4 inche~, whereas the Cherry Creek <br /> <br />watershed haa 13.8 inches. However, both basins experience violent <br /> <br />th~derstorms with hlgh.intensity short duration rainfall. This type <br /> <br />of ~torm prod~cea the s~dden rises in stream stageo which rnoy result in <br /> <br />extensive overbank flooding. Figure 2 illustrates Denver rainfall <br /> <br />characteristics, and the regional storm of May 1935 in term~ of eq~ivalent <br /> <br />rainf811 quantitie~ transposed to the Sand and Cherry Creek Io'ateraheda. <br /> <br />There sre no known meteorological faetora whleb wo~d prevent the oeeur- <br /> <br />ranee of a similar storm On these watersbeds. <br />