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Canal to be used continuousl;y for irrigation purposE's East of the j~own of Nunn. However. the ditch seems to have served. e, useful purpose in relieving the area West of Nllnn from the flood water there accumulat- ing. Sinoe its oonstruction the ditch has become badly silted and its capacity has been reduoed. During May 1935, hee.vy re.ins occtlUed throughout Northeastern Colorado. Abnormal flows oocurred in prac,tically all stream ohannels at that time. The laramie-Polldre Canal W8.$ unable to oarry away the flood waters aocumulating above t!'1e Town of Nunn. The water baoked up behind the di toh to suoh an extent that the lower oa:nal banks were broken by residents in order to a:Llow accumulated water to drain away. These breaks were made at the Spr:l.ng Creek orossinl<:' and also at the tributary draw whioh passes through the Town of Nunn" At other points along the ditoh. the water appearfl to have obtained ,moh h@ight as to break out at the lower bank o:~ the ditoh. The ohanne,l of :Lone Tree Creek was out or washed through the larami'3-Poudre CSLnal. 10. HIGHlVAY AND RAILRO~'3SIN_GS, As a result of the breaks in the lower bank of the laramie- Poudre Canal at the Tovm of NtUUl and at the Spring Creek orossing. all of the water from the 81 square miles of drainage above the oanal was released to flow down to the j~own of Pierce. From the break at the draw through the Town of Nunn. the water flowed toward Highway 85. being interoepted by the road embanklllent just SOllth of the Town of Nunn. Between this point and the Town of Pieroe there e,re three culverts or bridges for drains aoross the highway and railroad. '!'he first of these is one mile North of the Tovm of Pieroe, so that for I~ distanoe of 2-1/2 -10-