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<br />Water flowed high all night on Williams Creek. <br />Consequently, high waters flowing into Fountain Creek caused much <br />foundation damaged, and downtown Manitou Springs was threatened <br />until a temporary dam was constructed to direct Williams Creek <br />water into Fountain Creek farther downstream. No peak discharge <br />information is available (Colorado springs Gazette, June 4, 1921; <br />U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1973; Federal Emergency Management <br />Agency, 1986; Novak, 1986). <br /> <br />Auqust 1915. Flooding on Sand Creek resulted in three lives lost <br />and considerable property damage. The actual date of the flood <br />is unknown, and no flow information is available (Gruntfest and <br />Huber, 1985). <br /> <br />June 2. 1914. Flooding on Monument Creek washed away the Bijou <br />street bridge. No flow information is available (U.S. Army Corps <br />of Engineers, 1973; Novak, 1986). <br /> <br />Auqust 5. 1902. A localized thunderstorm over Woodland Park <br />dropped heavy rainfall into the Fountain Creek Drainage basin. <br />All wagon bridges down Ute Pass were demolished. Numerous track <br />and roadbed washouts over a twenty mile stretch down the pass put <br />the Midland Railroad out of business until repairs were <br />completed. No flow information is available (Gruntfest, 1985). <br /> <br />Mav 26-28. 1902. Fountain Creek flooded, carrying the greatest <br />volume of water since the 1864 flood. The creek cut a new <br />channel thirty feet deep south of Keller, necessitating a new <br />Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. bridge (Novak, 1986). <br /> <br />Mav 30-31. 1894. Beginning on 29 May several days of rainfall <br />amounting to at least two inches in the upper Fountain Creek <br />basin prepared soil for rapid precipitation run-off. <br />Fortunately, the heaviest precipitation was in the form of snow <br />thereby reducing resultant floodwaters. However, Fountain Creek <br />ran high for twenty-four hours resulting in great flood damage in <br />Colorado City. The north approach of West 1st Street was washed <br />away, and at 7:30 p.m. a two room house was carried away from the <br />south end of the street. <br /> <br />Flooding continued in Manitou springs throughout the next <br />day with rains occurring over much of the Front Range. Ruxton <br />Creek became a raging torrent. On Fountain Creek floodwaters <br />washed away stone walls, foundations and bridges. In Williams <br />Canyon along Canyon Avenue, millions of tons of rocks were washed <br />down by a torrent of mountain water. During the two to three day <br /> <br />17 <br />