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<br />tJ__wuZ.ht to :lave be ,!l depo8itec~ ~y th:'.s flood. It 1,1';;:".,$ rC90rted ~.;t'r.rt: this
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<br />floucl completoly inundE.ted tho botton. In.nJs i~l tlJe vicinity of Der~_-:r-;r :J.r~d
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<br />covorod t~l,') area n.ox7occupied by a major porti"n of the llusir..os2- and in0.v.s-
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<br />trial district of Denver. Floodin(; also occ'.lrrod on !TIOct of t~t..~; tr:Un.1tary
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<br />streams at this time.
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<br />38. Flood of 1864. Throe sop~:tre.to floods occurred in I.-~LY o.rld ,.luGe e,f
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<br />1864. Tho first orisinc.tod on Cherry Ci"eek :1.nd i:lt.UTI. Creek on l,i:::.y 19 c.ncl 'J,IJ,
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<br />a.'1.d is roportod to have bGI.JU one of .t~1e hi~h(:st stagGs kno-,,-!n 01: thoce tv;o
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<br />strcruns. Heavy ruins.. fc.lling on ILay 26 and 27, c[lused t~lO Sov.th Plo;ttc
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<br />Ri'TE-)r to ovcrflovr its bonks. Ag~:.in or.L ...'uno 9 rUld 10.. sovere rc.i.:.1s C[i.USOQ
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<br />-I.;h) South Platte River to overflow. The lc.tt(:r W8.C r::mc of tho :Cow sovore
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<br />floods above ?l~tto Canyon.
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<br />39. Flood of' 1867. AccordiYl[~ to nov:sparcr acc.ount s" the flood OCG,,~,;."r0d
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<br />on :'lay 20 on CJlerr~T Creek a.Yld the 8onG~} flatto :~l:i,7er, 1'Iit:,h ~n-,'; L:~tJ,:D!" carryinG
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<br />marc yro.-;:;ar than in t he flood of 1064.
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<br />40. Flood of 1876, Tho st.orm of ].;0.:1 21-2;5,1876 oaucodV18 SOUt.],
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<br />Plattei:~ivor oj:; Der..v".:1r" to ovcrf'lavr its bD.Xlks. 'l'his flood l:m.S o:::ceedod by the
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<br />18G~'1:: flood at D(:n."l'er. D::-,.Jco. rccordec. concern:"t.:1G floods on <:;ribu ~D..ry streams
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<br />during t~is ~eriod il1dica.to tllLt:. t::10 3c.1ut:c IJlattu Rivor WD.S D. flood sto.ge
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<br />belo\'f Denver.
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<br />41. Flood of 1894. The stonn of' M~,y ::lO-Juno ~~, 1894 over 'bho F'rcnt
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<br />l.~G.nGo, doscribod in pC'..ro.grc.ph 20, cc:.usod floods on tho ,3outrJ. l'l~'.t-co Ri.ver
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<br />Qnd m~ny of its Front Ranso tributaries.
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<br />'rile flo,.:;.d peak incrc8..scc1 DS tho
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<br />flood progressed dawnstrG:'".i1TI., clu6 tc ~1eo.vy tributary contri'Jutio:Qs.
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<br />estimated l?0o.k disc}~.arg8s at :'~:.l1~ert.on, Donver, rn:..(~ ~.-ort LorgD.T.:., ::::olol"2.Jo
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<br />wcro 4,500, 14,000 c~d 31,000 second-feet., respoctively,
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<br />42. Flood of June 182..~. T~lG storr: 0:2 June 3-5, 1821, doscri~)Ci2 in
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<br />paro.grC'.;:)l: 23, cc.used floodint; throu[)1out tLc o~1tirc length of the river.
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<br />TLe mo.ximur:l dc.i ly avero.go discha.rgcs 011 the Sonth Plc~ tto River duri:1g J'uno
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<br />1921 are prosent.cd in t.abla 12.
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