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<br />Wray gaging station located approximately 5 miles west of Wray. <br />T~is station was established in March 1937 and operated to <br />October 1946. InOctober1951,thestationwasreestablishedata <br />location 3/4 mile downstream of the original location and operated <br />until October 1957. Reestablishment of the station was again made <br />for a two year period from Ot.tober 1962 to October 1964. The sta~ <br />tion is presently discontinued. <br /> <br /> <br />~f;; <br /> <br />Floodrecor<ls. It is unfortunate that flood recordS <br />are not available for documentation in the vicinity of Wray. At <br />the Colorado.Nebraska State line station only one flood event ~as <br />been recorded in its 37 year history. This flood event had a crest <br />stage of less than one foot above flood stage. At the Wray, Colo~ <br />rado, station, operation of the station had been discontinued <br />during all periods of heavy rainfall. <br /> <br />Fig. 1- <br /> <br />- ,'- <br />-"'''.' ", <'<"'~ +. <br />""" '....,_.'..... <br />_ .:;":,,,....:.:' <br />-- .'. .' ""'. ..~-,.,.".... <br />'"-_...-:"".'~ ....:;:..", <br />. .- .-'.^ <br />. . --~ .,."".". - <br />, -~-:' --''''.-'" <br />- .~---.:----",,". .... <br />'-:- ;~~~#.,.:.~:. . ..;;.z:.;.,.~-.i <br />." ~'. ....'\ &J~+?=;I:'"~,:",,!, <br />_ _ . -...c...... __. -'~'._-- <br />..:-~: ~'-.:o\.-';'\<: -~;;. -...; <br />.. .'. _':~. .,",c, . ". <br />" ._~ -~ ....~ '~ <br />, ~~;o:,:..::r~.,~-=' _ ~_. <br />July 1932 flood. View of Main Street looking <br />nort~ toward 2nd Street. <br /> <br />Historical floods. The flood problems affecting the <br />city of Wray in t~e past rely completely upon historical accounts. <br />Extracts from newspaper articles, interviews with residents, and <br />review of previous studies were used to compile the flood history <br />of Wray. Unfortunately, some instances of flooding in Wray were <br />oversnadoweo by extreme events occurring in neighboring basins. <br />Table 2 summarizes the known historical storm rainfall data at Wray. <br />Figures I through 4 show the extent of flooding from two past <br />events at Wray. <br /> <br /> <br />Fig. 2. M&,y1958flood. Floodwaters upstream of the <br />ij. S. H1ghway 385 bridge. <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />11 <br />