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<br />TABLE 15.
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<br />~pril.M~y 1942 flood discharges.
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<br />! . Drainago Date Maximum JTlood ----.
<br />, Station of "i scharge volUmo
<br />I area -.-.--
<br /> s qual' (} miles peal, of dis charge second-feet o.crc>-f0ut
<br />I 3;090 4-23-1942 9; 720 283;.10Ci
<br />I Litt10ton, Colo.
<br /> Doxrrer, COlo. 3;840 4-25-1942 10;200 333,000
<br /> Henderson, Colo. . 4,792 4- 2G-1942 10;700 425;500
<br /> Fort Lo.pton, Golo. 5.10a .~-26-1942 9;000 419; 500
<br /> Kersey-; Colo. 9;741 ~-25-1942 19,200 813;3,00
<br /> Ba1ze.c, C610. 17;191 4':'27-1942 I 17;000 G10i6OO
<br /> Julosburg. Celo. '22;800 5- 5-1942 16;250 5f:3;1~
<br /> North Platte, Nobr 23.960 5- 7-1942 I 11.,700 5G.3 ~ Ll,;GO
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<br />Floods On ~ributari~
<br />"-7. Plum Creok. Ver;: little detaile" information is avt.ilablo con':'
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<br />corning the e,.dy floods Oll Plum Creek. However. it is known tll'.t floods
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<br />cllcurred in May 1864# 1.1"0/ 1867# Hay 1876, Kay 1894# April 1900, Soptember
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<br />1909, end June 1921. The latest vms oaus.ed by snowmelt and heaVe' ro.ins.
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<br />48. The cloudburst storm of Septo:nber 10, 1933, referred to in pare,-
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<br />grll:ph 43, resulted in a peale dischargo of 5,500 second.fect a.t; the mouth
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<br />of I;lum Crack. ?he flood discharge bolo,", tY,e confluence of Enst an 6. 'dest
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<br />Plum Creoles WD.S unefficially estimr.ted to havo been 30,000 second-foct
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<br />during this flood, The floed in 1864 vms reported Coo h,wo hall (]. 3-foot
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<br />higher steege tluUl tho 1933 flood.
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<br />49. L1 {.pril_l:o.y 19'~2. precipitation anll snm....m0lt OD.uscll u series of
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<br />minor floods on Pltllll Creok. Comparison of t ,'0 flood hl',irogre.phs at stream
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<br />gaging sto.tions above and below 101:1e mouth ef Flunl Crock indicectod t',".t Flum
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<br />Croek he.d a pe8.k diSCharGe of o.bout 3,500 second-feet 0" },pril 19, 1';.12.
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<br />50. Beo.!' Creck, Th" rugGod mountain terrain and steep stremn s lopos
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<br />in the Bo"r Creek basin arc eona.ucivG to ro_:oid storm runoff and 11igh flood
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<br />peak discharges. The floeds result from very intons" cloudbursts ocourring
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<br />OVGr comparativoly small areas.
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<br />1,lany of t he floods emerge fro", the moun-
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<br />to.ins at Morrison as D. .rall of water I but, by the time tho pea.ks of those
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<br />floods roach tho mouth of Bear Creel'"", they O.i'O reducoll by vccllGY storaGo
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<br />to a fra.ction ef thoir maximum dischnrgos. In excoss of 18 fleod hc;cvo
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