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<br />Plates 10 through 15 show the high water profiles for <br /> <br /> <br />the June 1965 flood, the Standard Project, and Intermediate Regional <br /> <br /> <br />Flood. Plate 16 shows 5 cross sections that are typical of the 32 <br /> <br /> <br />sections obtained on Fountain Creek in the reach investigated. <br /> <br /> <br />The locations of all sections are shown on the map and profile <br /> <br /> <br />plates, as well as the elevations and extent of overflow of the flood <br /> <br /> <br />of June 1965, the Standard Project, and Intermediate Regional Flood. <br /> <br />Flood Descriotions <br /> <br /> <br />Followi~-~are descriptions of known large floods that <br /> <br /> <br />have occurred on Fountain Creek in the vicinity of the city of <br /> <br /> <br />Pueblo. These are based on newspaper accounts, historical records, <br /> <br /> <br />and field investigations. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Information of the "Indian Legend Flood of 1844;" which <br /> <br /> <br />occurrep prior to pioneer settlement in the region, is derived from <br /> <br /> <br />circumstantial evidence only. Early settlers first reported evidence <br /> <br /> <br />to support the Indian legend, indicating that "four feet of snow <br /> <br /> <br />fell over the valley and lay' there for three moons." The Indian <br /> <br /> <br />legend alleged that "the fiood waters reached from bluff to bluff." <br /> <br /> <br />According to a Pueblo resident, an Indian showed river silt in rock <br /> <br /> <br />crevices along the mesa near City Park to his uncle. This flood mark <br /> <br /> <br />would be about 12 feet above the 1921 flood. <br /> <br />IB55 <br /> <br />The first flood of authentic record occurred in 1855 <br /> <br /> <br />after a winter of very heavy snowfall, although the flood Was <br /> <br /> <br />probably caused by heavy rainfall on the already melting snow. <br /> <br /> <br />The exact date and height of the flood are not known. <br /> <br />24 <br />