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<br />210 National Water Summary 1988-89-Floods and Droughts: STATE SUMMARIES <br /> <br />Areal Extent of Floods <br /> <br /> <br />June 16--17 <br /> <br />June 15 <br /> <br />June 13-14 <br />June, <br />15-16 <br />.., AU9~2 <br /> <br />\JUnel3-14 <br /> <br />June 4-7 <br /> <br />~JUne29-JuIYl <br /> <br />June4-rO~JUl'\e29-JU1Yl <br /> <br />June 2-17 and Aug. 2, 1921 <br /> <br />June 4-July 1, 1957 <br /> <br />June 24-2B <br /> <br /> <br />16-24 <br /> <br />fff1l1: June 21-22 <br />~{dl;7IY22 <br />June 26-27 <br /> <br />JuneB <br /> <br />May 25-2B <br /> <br />June25-rI <br />t <br />June 24-25 <br />~ <br /> <br />May 27 <br /> <br />May 25 <br /> <br />June and July, 1983 <br /> <br />May and June 1984 <br /> <br />Peak Discharge <br /> <br />o <br />z <br />o <br />u <br />w <br />'" <br />~ <br />w <br />~ <br />e- <br />w <br />Ii' <br />u <br /><D <br />::> <br />u <br />~ <br />ui <br />" <br />~ <br />.. <br />I <br />U <br />'" <br />" <br />~ <br />.. <br />w <br />~ <br />~ <br />.. <br />::> <br />z <br />z <br />.. <br /> <br />15,000 <br /> <br />10.000 <br /> <br />I'. B~RCREEKATMORRISON~. o~ :04.1 <br /> <br />5,000 <br /> <br />25,000 <br />20,000 <br />15,000 <br />10,000 <br />5,000 <br />o <br /> <br />2. ARKANSAS RIVER AT CANON CITY <br /> <br /> <br />200,000 <br />150,000 <br />100,000 <br />50,000 <br /> <br />3. PURGATOIRE RIVER AT NINEMILE DAM, NEAR HIGBEE <br /> <br />. <br />m <br /> <br />60,000 <br /> <br />4. COLORADO RIVER NEAR CAMEO <br /> <br />45,000 <br />30.000 - <br />15.000 <br /> <br /> <br />15,000 <br /> <br />15 WH~T~RI:RNEA~M~EK;~ ~ ~ ,0T- ,:- ~'I j <br /> <br />10,000 <br /> <br />5.000 <br /> <br />~~ ~~""M"^'OO~OO. '.,..'. I <br /> <br /> <br />lBBO 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 19BO 1990 <br />WATER YEAR <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />June 14-22, 1965 <br /> <br />EXPLANA liON <br /> <br />Areal extent of major flood <br />Recurrence interval, <br />in years <br />25 More <br />to than <br />50 50 <br />F::'~;';f June 2-17 and Aug. 2, 1921 (water year 1921) <br /> <br />to' <br />f/ <br /> <br />June 4-July 1, 1957 (water year 1957) <br />June14-22,1965{wateryear1965) <br /> <br />k/:::? June and July 1983 (water year 1983) <br />W(K% May and June 1984 (water year 1984) <br /> <br />Annual stream peak discharge <br />5fi, " " Mapped flood- Color corresponds <br />to flood date <br />100-yearrecurrence <br />t:-'7-y- 1o-yearrecurrence <br />,,-,:',' __,: Peak discharge <br />1980 1990 <br /> <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />o 100 MILES <br />I ' <br />o 100 KILOMETERS <br /> <br />U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations <br />and corresponding drainage basins - Numbers <br />refer to graphs <br /> <br />Figure 3. Areal extent of major floods with a <br />recurrence interval of 25 years or more in Colo- <br />rado, and annual peak discharge for selected <br />sites, water years 1889-1988. (Source: Data from <br />U.S. Geological Survey files.) <br />