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<br />"u133~1 <br /> <br />1.5 The Flood of June 1985 <br /> <br />Hot temperatures <br />the upper reaches of <br />unusually rapid runoff <br /> <br />and <br />the <br />from <br /> <br />an unusually heavy late snowpack ~n <br />Rio Grande basin combined to cause <br />June 8 through June 14. 1985. <br /> <br />The following peak discharges were recorded on the stream <br />gages at Del Norte, Monte Vista, and Alamosa: <br /> <br />RECORDED PEAK DISCHARGES <br /> <br />Peak <br />Discharge <br /> <br />Location <br /> <br />Date <br /> <br />Time <br /> <br />Del Norte <br />Monte Vista <br />Alamosa <br /> <br />Monday, June 9. 1985 <br />Monday, June 9. 1985 <br />Wednesday, June II, 1985 <br /> <br />7,00 A.M. <br />3,00 P.M. <br />Mid-Nite <br /> <br />9,040 cfs <br />6,000 cfs <br />4,420 cfs <br /> <br /> <br />Stream gaging station on the Rio Grande at <br />State Bridge about six miles upstream of Del <br />Norte. This station is equipped with remote <br />sensl.ng devices and is part of the state I 5 <br />satellite monitoring network. The flow in the <br />river during the damage survey was 1,730 cubic <br />feet per second (cfs). <br /> <br />7 <br />