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<br />Mav 30-31. 1935. The Monument Creek basin received extensive <br />rainfall during a short period of time over an area less than 100 <br />square miles. As a result flooding occurred on Monument Creek, <br />Fountain Creek and Sand Creek drainageways. Except for the Bijou <br />Street viaduct, all bridges on Monument Creek were destroyed. <br />Floodwaters spread one mile wide, causing severe property damage. <br /> <br />A new bridge on Sand Creek at Galley Road north of Highway <br />40 was badly damaged and nearly washed away. Floodwaters surged <br />along Fountain Creek, leaving the city of Fountain without water <br />on May 30. <br /> <br />The two day flood resulted in eighteen deaths and <br />approximately $1,769,000 in damages. Peak discharge was <br />estimated at 50,000 c.f.s. (Colorado Springs Gazette, May 31, <br />1935; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1973; Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency, 1986). <br /> <br />Mav 27. 1922. Between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. a cloudburst produced a <br />flash flood in the Templeton Gap Floodway. A rancher living <br />above Templeton Gap estimated rainfall at seven inches from rain <br />collected in a pail. <br /> <br />Papetown, which was located near the current <br />Fillmore/Templeton Gap/Union intersections, was flooded by a four <br />foot wall of water that surged down Templeton Gap at 6,120 feet <br />per second. Most structures in the town were damaged. <br /> <br />The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks were slightly <br />damaged eight miles north of Colorado Springs. At the Sand Creek <br />crossing, the bridge was damaged, and to the east 120 feet of <br />track were washed out. <br /> <br />To the south Fountain Creek rose nine feet and weakened the <br />Tejon Street bridge. The bridge at Buttes, sixteen miles south <br />of Colorado springs, collapsed, killing one person; however no <br />flooding occurred at Pueblo (Colorado Springs Gazette, May 28, <br />1922; Federal Emergency Management Agency, 1986). <br /> <br />June 2-7. 1921. Before 9 p.m. on 3 June, Shooks Run flowed like <br />a river, spreading water over several blocks in northern Colorado <br />springs. In addition, Fountain Creek seriously flooded the <br />county area surrounding the city of Fountain. <br /> <br />On 5 June flooding occurred in Manitou Springs due to heavy <br />rainfall over the Ruxton Creek drainage basin. Flooding <br />continued the following day, destroying the Manitou and pikes <br />Peak Trolley Line. Parts of Ruxton Avenue were also destroyed, <br />causing damage to homes and businesses. <br /> <br />16 <br />