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<br />I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The Colorado Flood Event of 1995 began as a drought. Until the middle of April it <br />appeared that the state would experience less than average snowfall al1d that preparations would <br />be needed for drier than average conditions. About two weeks later things had changed. By the <br />middle of May, the State's Flood Task Force had held its second weekly meeting with Denver <br />television and newspaper media in attendance. By the end of May heavy, rains had caused <br />flooding and storm drainage problems in several communities in the Front Range and Eastern <br />Colorado. Shortly after the middle of June, the first significant snowmelt peak flows were <br />experienced in many mountain and foothills communities as well as plains communities along <br />the South Platte and Arkansas Rivers and some of their tributaries. In the middle of July, the <br />second significant snowmelt peak flows were experienced on a few mountain and foothills <br />streams. <br /> <br />In most affected communities flood frequencies ranged between a I a-year frequency (10% <br />chance each year) and a 50-year frequency (2% chance each year). In a few communities, the <br />flood frequency approached the lOa-year frequency (1 % chance each year). Some stream reaches <br />experienced the flood of record or the second largest flood of record. <br /> <br /> <br />Sandbagging on South Clear Creek - Georgetown, CO <br />