FLOOD10305

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: South Platte River and Tributaries Appendices I,II,II and IV
• Date: 8/1/1945
• Prepared For: Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska
• Prepared By: US Engineers Office
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Documentation Report

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.t~:)ENDI;: II

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CONTENTS

Scope

Page
II-l

Physical Characteristics of Bas~

Topography
Streams
Stream slopes
Channel capacities

II-2
II-2
II-2
II-6

Climatol~iO\:

Precipitation
Tenperature
lIumidi ty
Wind
Evaporation

II-IO
II-12
II-13
11-13
II-14

~rms of Record

General
;:ay 21-23. 1876 storm
uay 30-June 3, 1894 storm
April 1~-16, 1921 storm
June 3-5. 1921 storm
May 3D-31, 1935 storm'
~ugust 3D-September 4, 1938 storm

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II-18
II. 18
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Floods of Reoord
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General

II-21

Floods on South Platte River
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37. Floo(~ of 1844 II-22
38. Hood of 1864 II-23
39. Flood of 1867 II-23
40. Flood of 1876 II-23
41. Flood of 1894 II-23
42. Flood of June 1921 II-23
43. Pl ood oJ: Septe,~ber 193:', II-24
~4. Flood of l'ilay-June 1935 II-24
45. J;'looc. of September 1938 II-24
46. Flood of I.pri l-lilay 1942 II-25
Floods on Tributaries
47. Plum Creek II-26-
50. Bear Creok II-26
54. Little Dr; Creek II-28
~5~ Clear Creek II-28
5G. Boulder Creek II-28

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