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<br />C,~') ~ <br />IV,",' I <br /> <br />Table 5 <br />SOUTH PLATTE RIVER <br />PEAK DISCHARGE SUMMARY - 1973 FLOOD <br /> <br /> Peak Discharge <br />Gaging Drainage 1973 F1.ood <br />Station Area Date &: Time B. <br /> (sq.mi. ) (c.f.s. ) <br />Waterton 2 ,621. 6 May 2030 4,030 <br />Littleton 3,069 6 May 21.00 7,820 <br />Denver 3,804 7 May 0100 18,500 <br />Henderson 4,713 6 May 2100 27,300 <br />Kersey 9,598 8 May 0400 34,500 <br />Weldona 13,245 8 May 2230 26,600 <br />Balzac 16,852 9 May 1230 20,500 <br />Ju1.esburg 23,138 1.1. May 1.1.30 22,000 <br />North Platte, Nebr. 24,300 13 May 0330 20,000 <br /> <br />Urban flood damages were concentrated in and around the <br />D2nver Metropolitan region. Downstream from Denver, the river <br />flooded thousands of acres of agricu1.turaJ. lands and damaged or <br />destroyed agricultural. levees and irrigation structures. The <br />flood crest on the South Platte River reached North Platte, <br />Nebraska during the .ear]y morning hours on 13 May. Agricultural <br />lands sustained damages from a combination of flooding, erosion, <br />and sedimentation. Approximately 86,000 acres of land were <br />flooded a1.0Ilg the South Platte River downstream from Denver. <br />Tbta1. damages in the South Platte River Basin were estimated at <br />$120,000,000. Damages are itemized in table 6. <br /> <br />12 <br />