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7-8 July 1933 "Five persons kno>lndead ...propartydamagoofunestl- mated dagree an<.! nearly all -rhe hi'lhway bo-rween .\1t. Morrison and Idledaleruined, is the toll uo to date 01 one of the rrost devllstat- ing floods I...st Frid...y afternoon (July 7l over to visit the Ba<lr Creek>latershad. A cloudburst at about I o'clock intheneigh- borhoodof Idledale sent a >lall of wdterdownSdwM111 Gulch leading to Bear Creek, and another raging torrent down Varnon Creek .... TheVernonCreekwat-orsr&achedaholghtof 15 feet ... In the narrow passage between the business hovses. ... The Highwav up beautIful BearCreekCanyonbetweenMt.Morrlsonllnd IdlOOllle Is practically ruined.".!.! The peak discharge "t Morrison was 8,000c.l.s, on Bear Creek and 1,500 c.l.s. on Mount- Vernon Creeks, The peak dischargo of BellrCreek at-Morrison was 6,200c.f.s. From psot f lood m<lllsurement.~ the Mount Vernon Creek peak discharge was estimated at 9,230c.l.s. "t" point In mile upstream frQl!lMorrlson. FrCl'1 statomonh by local residents It appoors that the peak discharqe on Mount Yernon Creek reached ~orrlson dt 7,00 p.m., preceding that on Bear Croek by 1/2 hour. Six persons were drowned when trapped in their automobile between Morrison and Kittredge. Dil"..,ges In the basin were estImated at $450,000, If Morrison had not beenwerned, or II the flood had occurred late at night, considerable loss of I ile might have resulted. Photos showlnq t-he dam~ges ~fter the 1938 flood are InclUded In.thls report, 9 Augu!it 1934 The flood of 9 August 1934 In the Bear Creek basin was c1lusedbycloudburst-typeralnfall near Kittredge and at the head of Mount Vernon Creek. Si" lives were lost and much property damage resu It03d. I t w~... reported that Mount Yern<:>n ere,," riln higher than the previous yearan(l much of the<;lInyonrOlldway waSdestroved, 8amilgefoMorrlsonwasreducedba<;/Iusethe8carCreekp63kfIOw passed through the town bel orA the Mnunt Vernon Creek high wator arrived, 24 August 1946 On 24 Augus1" 1946,a heavy rain near ldledalecausedBear Creek to overflow. A Morrison woman was swept trom her stranded car and drowned. 21 August 1957 On tho afternoon of 21 August 1957 thunderstorms occurred Over the Bear Creek basin, with heavy raIn and hall beglnnlnq ~bout 1,00 p.m. on t-he east si<1eof S'1uawP"SS northwest of Evergreen. At most locations the rllin stoDped within 111'1 hour. Peak discharges at-Morrison were I,OOOc.f.s, on Mount Vernon Creok at 2: 30o.m. 2-3 September 1938 A widespread thunderstorm thaf buganover the eastern slope of tho Front Range on 30 A,clgus1" became most in-tense in the Morrison area on 2Septomber. Anunofllclal report stated that 7.<l Inches fell just north of Morrison In 6 hours. The hwvlest raln- fil I I centered on the d I v I de between Bear Creek a nd ~.1ou nt V er no 1'1 Cree k . IInd 1,640 C.f.5. on Bedr Creek lit- 3,00 p.m. Boar Creek occurred downstream of Morrison, While most damages from Mount Vernon Creek left debrlsonthegroundsofslxorsevenresidenceslnMOrrlson, llooded II garage and a used car lot and broke a water main. Stat", Highway 8 at Morrison wasclos",d upon warnIng of the flood; later portions of thehlghwilywer..fIO<Xl..dbybothstre",ms. A photograph tekenas the flood roceded follows these llooddescriptlons. It Is marked to show the flood IlmltsoollrthernouthofMountVernonCreek. 'I .".., "<,_'- ", "~"^"'^." J..fhwwn County flapuu can, quo.eu n ,'^'~~ _v v, ~ U,S.Departmentol Interlor,W.S. f'1lper9'l7. " "