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<br />. <br /> <br />001.Glll <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- 4 - <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Below John Martin dam, thunderstorms starting with a 2 inch storm the 14th of <br />June on Crooked Arroyo was followed by storms on the 15, 16 and 17, hitting on <br />nearly every watershed south of and some of those north of the river., Rainfall <br />amounts of 5 inches to 15 inches were reported over a 40 hour period. The <br />Arkansas River was reported to have flood crests of 160,000 c.f,s.at Holly. <br /> <br />Besides all of the farm, ranch, and suburban property damage, road and <br />bridge damages, and railroad damages in the tributary and Arkansas River <br />floodplain, the towns of Lamar, Koen, Granada and Holly were among those <br />inundated up to 4 feet in depth over most of the tovn areas. <br /> <br />As in the South Platte River Basin floods the loss of lives estimated at eight <br />was very low due principally to modern communications and the efforts of both <br />private and public agencies and individuals, <br /> <br />This series of events only highlights the major events of the storms and flooding <br />in Eastern Colorado. Individual watershed and county flood survey reports of <br />agricultural damages are on file in the State Office of the Soil Conservation <br />Service. <br /> <br />History repeats itself but in a few places the people were thankful that they <br />were largely bypassed by the floods because they were protected by flood <br />prevention works such as the watershed protection projects of Big Sandy Creek, <br />Franktown-Parker, Fishers Peak-Carbon Arroyos, Coa1bank Creek, and the Kiowa <br />Creek, Major flood control was provided by the Corps of Engineers' Cherry <br />Creek reservoir above Denver and the John Martin dam on the Arkansas River, <br />