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<br /> <br /> <br />FIGURE 7. - Severe scour by Mount Vernon Creek east of Red Rocks Park. Area where figure is standing to left <br />of center was a vegetable garden before the storm. Photograph by Eugene R. Hampton, May 7, 1973. <br /> <br />bends. Scour in such places was prevalent <br />throughout the metropolitan area, <br />Tributaries on the east side of Greater Den- <br />ver in Adams and Arapahoe Counties did rela- <br />tively little scouring; Cherry Creek below the <br />dam was largely restrained. Toll Gate Creek <br />parallel to Interstate 225 eroded its banks <br />slightly between East 6th Avenue and Fitzsim- <br />ons Army Hospital, a distance of about 12 <br />blocks. Sand Creek, historically troublesome, <br />scoured its banks and channel considerably and <br />transported and deposited large quantities of <br />sediment. At Brighton Boulevard it scoured the <br />abutments of a bridge but without structurally <br />damaging the bridge itself (Robert M, Lindvall, <br />written commun., 1973), Scour in the form of <br />sheet wash and minor gullying was widespread <br />in denuded areas undergoing construction. <br /> <br /> <br />FIGURE S.-Severe scour by West Creek between Deckers <br />and \Voodland Park. State Highway 67 and many <br />mountain cabins were damaged or destroyed. Before <br />the flood, road beside cabin in background joined <br />Highway 67 in foreground. Photograph June 1973 by <br />Brent N. Petrie, consultant on land and water re- <br /> <br />sources. <br /> <br />SEDIMENTATION <br />At flood stage, nearly all drainage through the <br />Greater Denver area was overloaded with sedi- <br /> <br />10 <br />